wasson65 Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 Hi all, Tim here. Thanks to help from another user (Josh!), there is a new release of the Fedex Zone Contrib, available here: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,490 The fixes are: 2003 rate tables now used (Thanks Josh) Added some indexes to the tables Fixed bug where shipments broken into multiple packages would not get the quotes multiplied properly. Fixed bug where the handling charge wasn't getting added to the total (Thanks Josh) Added Fedex Icon (Thanks Josh) Added the description of the number of boxes x the weight to the output. Enjoy! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
networkdad Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Are the rate tables quoting for fed ex express, or fedex ground ?? Also, in order to get the correct rates to Alasks, hawaii, & puerto rico - which field needs to be removed from the table ?? Thanks Tim! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasson65 Posted March 10, 2003 Author Share Posted March 10, 2003 Are the rate tables quoting for fed ex express, or fedex ground ?? Also, in order to get the correct rates to Alasks, hawaii, & puerto rico - which field needs to be removed from the table ?? Thanks Tim! Jason When you convert the pdf to text, there are 3 sets of 2 columns (6 total) of data for most of the zip codes, but for the Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico zip codes there are 3 sets of 3 columns each. The order of the columns in a set for AK, Hawaii, and PR is zip code range - ground zone - non-ground zone You'll want to remove the ground zone column, to leave 3 sets of 2 columns each. Does this make sense? Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
networkdad Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Yep, that makes sense. So, i'm guessing this is for fedex express rates, these tables do not calculate ground rates ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasson65 Posted March 10, 2003 Author Share Posted March 10, 2003 Yep, that makes sense. So, i'm guessing this is for fedex express rates, these tables do not calculate ground rates ?? They will calc ground and express based on the zone. But for Alaska and Hawaii and Puerto Rico, the ground rates are not accurate because the ground zone is different from the express zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
networkdad Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Perfect, its working now - it took a bit of time to clean out the puerto rico, and the extra column, but the script ran perfectly. I took out puerto rico, as it assigned a zone of *, as that's what was listed in the PDF - * says to consult fedex.com for rates - i figured why leave it in the table..took it out. Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
networkdad Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 1 last question..i promise :oops: Are the rate tables quoting delivery to a business, or residential ?? It does make a difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Any ideas anyone? Im getting the following error Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /usr/www/users/plogix/store/admin/buildfedexdata.php on line 103 Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /usr/www/users/plogix/store/admin/buildfedexdata.php on line 126 Im using MS1 on a linux machine. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Anyone? Is this contribution buit to work in MS1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
networkdad Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Anyone? Is this contribution buit to work in MS1? I'm using it on a live MS1 shop now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 So, it appears that the prices this Mod generates are all for shipping to businesses? Can anybody out there tell me what percentage they add in to the calculations (as per the mod's instructions) to make up for the additional cost of shipping to residential on a regular basis? I think I'm seeing differences between the script and Fedex.com of about 3-5%, but wanted to confirm with others who may already be making sales with this. Thanks! -= Dave =- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 I believe this is what you are looking for: // change this surcharge factor to cover the gas surcharge from fedex, or to bury packaging costs // As of 2/2003, 1.045 was the surcharge factor that Fedex was using. $this->surcharge_factor = 1.045; } It is in catalog/includes/modules/shipping/fedexzipzones.php at about line 36. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Well, yes, I knew about that. Trouble is, that figure, combined with the rates extracted from the downloadable PDF file, gives you the rates for shipping via FedEx to another business. In many cases, if you are shipping to a residence, the ACTUAL rate that is applied is quite a bit higher. So, it seems that if one is selling to consumers, one is going to have to add in some sort of "fudge factor" to take this into account, or one is going to be providing estimates that are too low... and therefore be losing money. I was curious as to how much of a markup people were using for this "fudge factor". Thanks! -= Dave =- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Thanks for spotting that. Why use business rates instead of residential rates when we ship mostly to residential customers? Rates are significantly higher especially for higher priced and heavier items. Thanks for pointing that out. I skimmed over your topic because I figured that I was covered by the handling charge... but why not get it right the first time! Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 I guess it is sort of obvious that I have not made a sale using FedEx yet and I have a bit of research to do but I have looked at the rate tables. If they are using business rates instead of home delivery rates it is easy enough to download the home delivery rate charts, remove the $ signs, compare the formats and use them (if they are available for download). If they are not avaialable just bump up your handling fee or surcharge factor to compensate. It all depends upon your avaerage dollar value and weight per package shipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinLWu Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 I get an Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/modules/shipping/fedexzipzones.php on line 110 Error, and I know its not over 150 pounds and I still get the error. Anyone know why or a solution? Thanks, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodorb Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Does this version of the FEDEX contribution handle shipping from the US internationally to residence? TY Theo Quote Share your knowlege and you learn even more ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COsborne Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 I get the line 110 error as well. I think it has something to do with it shipping to the same area code as my store...I'd like to know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COsborne Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 it also causes that error when i try sending from 29303 to 44890 (willard, OH) 000-003 NA 299 3 458-495 4 786-787 5 004-005 4 300-306 2 496-563 5 788 6 010-046 5 307 3 564-567 6 789 5 047 6 308-309 2 568-569 NA 790-797 6 048-069 5 310 3 570-5715 798-799 7 070-105 4 311 2 572-587 6 800-812 6 106 5 312-322 3 588-597 7 813-816 7 107-118 4 323-329 4 598-599 8 817-819 NA 119-126 5 330-332 5 600-609 4 820 6 127 4 333-349 4 610-612 5 8217 128-136 5 350-353 3 613-622 4 822 6 137-143 4 354-355 4 623 5 823-832 7 144-146 5 356-363 3 624-633 4 833 8 147-227 4 364-367 4 634-635 5 834 7 228-229 3 368 3 636-639 4 835-838 8 230-237 4 369 4 640-653 5 839 NA 238-2413 370-374 3 654-655 4 840-853 7 242 2 375 4 656-676 5 854 8 243-253 3 376-379 2 677-679 6 855-863 7 254 4 380-384 4 680-689 5 864 8 255-259 3 385 3 690-693 6 865 7 260 4 386-397 4 694-699 NA 866-869 NA 261-262 3 398 3 700-702 4 870-872 6 263-265 4 399 2 703 5 873-874 7 266 3 400-402 4 704 4 875-877 6 267 4 403-409 3 705-714 5 878-880 7 268 3 410 4 715 NA 881-884 6 269 NA 411-418 3 716 4 885 7 270-274 2 419 NA 717-719 5 886-888 NA 275-278 3 420 4 720-725 4 889-966 8 279 4 421-422 3 726-738 5 970-994 8 280-282 2 423-424 4 739 6 283-285 3 425-427 3 740-768 5 286-293 2 428-429 NA 769 6 294 3 430-455 4 770-779 5 295-298 2 456-457 3 780-785 6 006-007 * 96744 10 96797 10 008 NA 96745-96757 12 96798-96800 12 009 * 96758-96759 10 96801-96863 10 96700 12 96760-967611 2 96864-96899 12 967011 0 96762 10 969 NA 96702-96705 12 96763-96774 12 99500 11 96706-96707 10 96775 10 99501-99524 9 96708 12 96776-967811 2 99525-99539 11 96709 10 96782 10 99540 9 96710 12 96783-96785 12 99541-99566 11 96711-96712 10 96786 10 99567 9 96713-96716 12 96787-96788 12 99568-99576 11 96717 10 96789 10 99577 9 96718-96729 12 96790 12 99578-99999 11 96730-967311 0 96791-96792 10 96732-96733 12 96793 12 96734 10 96794-96795 10 96735-96743 12 96796 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COsborne Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 does anyone know how to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam5532 Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 The surcharge for FedEx Ground to a residential address is a flat $1.40 accordingto the FedEx web site. Note that FedEx Home Delivery is different than FedEx Ground with the residential surcharge. Home Delivery has extra services available like late delivery and prearranged drop-off times, and is more expensive. It would be totally cool if the following could be added to the contrib: 1) A flat surcharge amount for the residential surcharge (it isn't a percentage amount) (separate from the Osc shipping surcharge, since I'd use that for packaging costs for any carrier). 2) Detect if the customer's "Company" field is blank or not and automatically display the business or residential rates accordingly. - Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam5532 Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 When you convert the pdf to text, there are 3 sets of 2 columns (6 total) of data for most of the zip codes, but for the Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico zip codes there are 3 sets of 3 columns each. The order of the columns in a set for AK, Hawaii, and PR is zip code range - ground zone - non-ground zone You'll want to remove the ground zone column, to leave 3 sets of 2 columns each. Tim Tim, Looking at the pdf generated by FedEx, it looks like the second column is FedEx Express and the 3rd column is FedEx Ground, the reverse of what you say above. Also, questions: 1) I don't have the mentioned pdf-txt converter. If I convert using Acrobat to an rtf, and then convert that to txt, it comes out nicely but it is 1 set of two columns -- will that work ok? 2) For the zip codes with NA or *, should these be left as-is or the whole line removed? Will there be a problem if a zip code range is missing or will it just not show up as a shipping option if someone enters one of those codes. Thanks, Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njpern Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 Hi. I got the 110 error as well. I think what is causing the problem is the Zone_Locator.txt file. I polished the file some and got it working. You just need to be careful with the Zone_Locator.txt file. I looked through the file catalog/includes/modules/shipping/fedexzipzones.php . I notice that at the beginning of the file // class methods function quote($method = '') { global $order, $shipping_weight, $shipping_num_boxes; $rounded_weight = round($shipping_weight,0); During the rounding of weight process, any number below 1.5 is rounded to 1.0 and any number above 1.5 is rounded to 2.0, which does not sounds right to me. If I have to ship a 1.4lb package, it will be rounded off to 1lb (but Fedex will charge us rate at 2lb), which means customer is paying less shipping. The fix to this is to replace the round command to ceil // class methods function quote($method = '') { global $order, $shipping_weight, $shipping_num_boxes; $rounded_weight = ceil($shipping_weight); This will round off 1<weight<=2 to 2lb. Hope that this help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamPGT Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Hi. I got the 110 error as well. I think what is causing the problem is the Zone_Locator.txt file. I polished the file some and got it working. You just need to be careful with the Zone_Locator.txt file. Hi, i've been trying to get this contribution to work for hours now but I keep getting this error: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/gforceau/public_html/store/includes/modules/shipping/fedexzipzones.php on line 110 This is what my Zone_Locater.txt file: 000-003 NA 004-005 8 010-324 8 325 7 326-349 8 350-359 7 360-363 8 364-367 7 368 8 369-372 7 373-374 8 375 7 376-379 8 380-397 7 398-399 8 400-402 7 403-418 8 419 NA 420-424 7 425-426 8 427 7 428-429 NA 430-459 8 460-466 7 467-468 8 469 7 470 8 471-472 7 473 8 474-479 7 480-497 8 498-499 7 500-503 6 504 7 505 6 506-507 7 508-516 6 517-519 NA 520-560 7 5616 562-567 7 568-569 NA 570-5816 582 7 583-588 6 589 NA 590-5915 592-595 6 596-599 5 600-639 7 640-649 6 650-652 7 653 6 654-655 7 656-676 6 677-679 5 680-692 6 693 5 694-699 NA 700-709 7 710-711 6 712-717 7 718-719 6 720-725 7 726-738 6 739 5 740-789 6 790-794 5 795-796 6 797-812 5 813 4 814-838 5 839 NA 840-853 4 854 3 855-863 4 864 3 865 4 866-869 NA 870-872 5 873-874 4 875-878 5 879 4 880-885 5 886-888 NA 889-892 3 893-898 4 899 NA 900-933 2 934 3 935 2 936-939 3 940-966 4 970-986 5 987 4 988-994 5 96700 12 96701 10 96702-96705 12 96706-96707 10 96708 12 96709 10 96710 12 96711-96712 10 96713-96716 12 96717 10 96718-96729 12 96730-96731 10 96732-96733 12 96734 10 96735-96743 12 96744 10 96745-96757 12 96758-96759 10 96760-96761 12 96762 10 96763-96774 12 96775 10 96776-96781 12 96782 10 96783-96785 12 96786 10 96787-96788 12 96789 10 96790 12 96791-96792 10 96793 12 96794-96795 10 96796 12 96797 10 96798-96800 12 96801-96863 10 96864-96899 12 99500 11 99501-99524 9 99525-99539 11 99540 9 99541-99566 11 99567 9 99568-99576 11 99577 9 99578-99999 11 I would really appreciate some help, because as it stands now my customers can't get select FedEx as the shipping type and that the only shipping I'm offering! --Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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