[ic] Priority Mail
Ed LaFrance
interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Nov 30 12:14:00 2001
At 10:41 PM 11/29/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>nobody got priority mail to work? come on guys im dying here.
I have done it (once) with a 4.6.5 store. Basically:
I took a look at this document:
http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/r700.htm#Xih82834
..and made an educated guess as to which rate table would best apply. Then
I downloaded the corresponding csv file here:
http://www.usps.com/consumer/csv.htm
...and modified it to follow the format of the other rate tables (i.e.:
Ground.csv).
Finally, I manually added the ParcelPost field to ###.csv, (your zone
table) which itself is a standard zone chart from UPS, which of course did
not originally include ParcelPost. Zones, rarely change, if ever; rates
tables are what my periodically need to be updated.
Finally, I added ppost shipping mode entries to shipping.asc, following the
model of the UPS entries, and added ppost as a valid mode to US in the
country table.
Good Luck!
- Ed L.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <steve@moddepot.com>
>To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [ic] Priority Mail
>
>
> > I spoke with Jim privately and we tried a bunch of things and still no
>luck.
> > can somebody please help me. I need this working tonight.
> > www.moddepot.com/shipping I put the files there so you can tell me what's
> > up. thanks in advance. I will personally paypal you some money if you help
> > fix this problem.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Balcom" <jim@idk-enterprises.com>
> > To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ic] Priority Mail
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 steve@moddepot.com wrote:
> > >
> > > >>How can I get priority mail working? I've tried everything and it just
> > wont
> > > >>show as a option. I have the zone and price charts. Please help ASAP
> > since I
> > > >>need to convert my business to usps cause FedEx has screwed me 3 times
> > so
> > > >>far.
> > >
> > > Did it feel good? FedEx is very good at it. But, they are not as good at
> > it
> > > as UPS.
> > >
> > > Here's the short course in using Priority Mail.
> > >
> > > shipping.asc has got have entries in it for Priority. Here is mine:
> > >
> > > uspspm Priority Mail weight 0 0 e Nothing to ship!
> > >
> > > uspspm Priority Mail weight 0 150 u PriorityMail [value
> > > name=zip filter=digits default=22306] {}
> > >
> > > uspspm Priority Mail weight 150 999999 e @@TOTAL@@ lbs too
> > > heavy for Priority Mail {}
> > >
> > > That is actually 3 lines, and the columns are tab delimited.
> > >
> > > My zone table 220.csv, has had a column added to it called 'Priority
>Mail'
> > > which matches the second column in shipping.asc. In 220.csv I added a
> > column
> > > labeled 'Priority Mail' and populated it with the data in the first
>column
> > > for UPS Ground. It seems pretty close.
> > >
> > > My rate tables are in PriorityMail.csv. Someone on the list made them up
> > and
> > > posted them. Pattern them after whatever tables you presently have.
> > >
> > > I think that you need a PriorityMail.csv.numeric. I've got no idea what
>it
> > > is, or why. Just make it. Pattern it after comparable ones in that
> > > directory.
> > >
> > > Go into dbconf/default_db (in my case). Copy something else to
> > > PriorityMail.dbm and edit it to suit the Priority Mail names.
> > >
> > > And, finally, go into country.txt and make sure that you have a line
>like
> > > this:
> > >
> > > US US fdxg fdxb fdxa uspspm United States
> > > ^tab^ ^tab^ ^tab^
> > >
> > > The order that those shipping methods are in will determine the order
>that
> > > they appear in in the drop-down menu.
> > >
> > > I also recommend going into catalog.cfg and adjusting mv_shipmode to
> > > Priority Mail.
> > >
> > > Go in to the Admin interface and apply changes. And, then restart the
> > > server.
> > >
> > > Maybe some of these steps are superfluous and unneeded. I dunno. I just
> > know
> > > that I've added a few shipping methods this way and it works.
> > >
> > > I hope that it works for you!
> > >
> > >
> > > -= Jim =-
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Jim's Linux-Operated Underground Bomb Shelter
> > >
> > > Tagline for Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 18:45 PM:
> > > If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> > >
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