USPS to Canada from US

[jbinbpt]

Canadian customers get assigned USPS express shipping no matter which level they choose in the options. Why??

[aiyou]

This issue started occurring (first with the US domestic rates, and then international) when the USPS changed some of their service names (May '08 I believe). Make sure that you have one of the latest USPS Methods (http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/487). I'm currently using 3.0.2 and it seems to work without issue.

 

I think I saw it on one of the earlier threads about this, but I seem to recall that since the service names sent don't return a match, the first alphabetical entry (in this case Express) ends up being the returned rate. May not be the best technical definition...

 

Remember to back up first.

 

--Rob

[aiyou]

First, looks like I was off on when the service names changed...May '07 seems more accurate. Boy, does time fly!

 

Also, there was a minor change that I incorporated into USPS Methods 3.0.2 that I pulled from an earlier version (my apologies, can't remember which). Without it, the Priority may still work, but First Class won't show.

 

In /includes/modules/shipping/usps.php, replace

     $this->intl_types = array('GLOBAL EXPRESS' => 'Global Express Guaranteed',
							'GLOBAL EXPRESS NON-DOC RECT' => 'Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document Rectangular',
							'GLOBAL EXPRESS NON-DOC NON-RECT' => 'Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document Non-Rectangular',
							'EXPRESS MAIL INT' => 'Express Mail International (EMS)',
							'EXPRESS MAIL INT FLAT RATE ENV' => 'Express Mail International (EMS) Flat Rate Envelope',
							'PRIORITY MAIL INT' => 'Priority Mail International',
							'PRIORITY MAIL INT FLAT RATE ENV' => 'Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelope',
							'PRIORITY MAIL INT FLAT RATE BOX' => 'Priority Mail International Flat Rate Box',
							'FIRST CLASS MAIL INT' => 'First Class Mail International');

 

With

/******************************************************************* */
//Added by Greg Deeth on May 12th, 2008
//INTERNATIONAL MAIL OPTIONS
//Change the values to the option you would like

//FIRST CLASS MAIL INTERNATIONAL OPTION:
	//$this->FirstClassIntType = 'Letters';  				//OPTIONS: 'Letters', 'Large Envelope', 'Package'
	$this->FirstClassIntType = 'Package';  				//OPTIONS: 'Letters', 'Large Envelope', 'Package'

//PRIORITY FLAT-RATE BOX INTERNATIONAL OPTION:
	$this->PriorityFlatRateBoxType = 'Flat-Rate Box';  		//OPTIONS: 'Flat-Rate Box', 'Large Flat-Rate Box'
/****************************************************************** */

     $this->intl_types = array('GLOBAL EXPRESS' => 'Global Express Guaranteed',
							'GLOBAL EXPRESS NON-DOC RECT' => 'Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document Rectangular',
							'GLOBAL EXPRESS NON-DOC NON-RECT' => 'Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document Non-Rectangular',
							'EXPRESS MAIL INT' => 'Express Mail International (EMS)',
							'EXPRESS MAIL INT FLAT RATE ENV' => 'Express Mail International (EMS) Flat Rate Envelope',
							'PRIORITY MAIL INT' => 'Priority Mail International',
							'PRIORITY MAIL INT FLAT RATE ENV' => 'Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelope',
							//'PRIORITY MAIL INT FLAT RATE BOX' => 'Priority Mail International Flat Rate Box',
							//'FIRST CLASS MAIL INT' => 'First Class Mail International');
							'PRIORITY MAIL INT FLAT RATE BOX' => 'Priority Mail International ' . $this->PriorityFlatRateBoxType,
							'FIRST CLASS MAIL INT' => 'First Class Mail International ' . $this->FirstClassIntType);

 

Credit to Greg for the functionality to handle the different options for First Class and Priority. The USPS also introduced a new Small Flat Rate box, which I've not incorporated...