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[benny2012]

@14steve14 thanks for that   all installed and new prices now inputted.

having done a bit of testing, i note that the shipping methods are only available to logged in members which is fine, however for the buyers who are not logged in, no shipping method is offered,
buyer can use the paypal buy it now , upon going to paypal buyer is charged an amount.

question,  how can i force shipping methods to show or how do you solve this issue ??   thanks in advance for any input, i appreciate you taking time to assist, makes open source possible

[benny2012]

/\/\ bump any help with the above please ?

[benny2012]

benny2012, on 16 December 2012 - 08:49 PM, said:

@14steve14 thanks for that   all installed and new prices now inputted.

having done a bit of testing, i note that the shipping methods are only available to logged in members which is fine, however for the buyers who are not logged in, no shipping method is offered,
buyer can use the paypal buy it now , upon going to paypal buyer is charged an amount.

question,  how can i force shipping methods to show or how do you solve this issue ??   thanks in advance for any input, i appreciate you taking time to assist, makes open source possible

Does anyone know the answer to this ??

many thanks and happy new year

[geoffreywalton]

Probably because the operator is not logged in there is no shipping destination to use to calculate the rate.

So nothing is shown

HTH

G

[benny2012]

@geoffreywalton

yes thats the conclusion i made, but its pulling a cost from somewhere, as if you check out without logging in, it adds a charge for delivery it pulls it from somewhere,

if i could find this out i could set it up better,  i guess il just have to try and figure out how to force a log in before purchase can be made

would be even greater if member could input his postcode/zipcode without needing to log in

[14steve14]

I thought that you have to be logged in to checkout, unless you have installed an adon to bypass this.

Have a look at the add on here http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/7821 I use this to show shipping costs in the shopping cart.

[benny2012]

@14steve14

seems my visitors can checkout with paypal button, iv not added any ad ons,

link looks great steve,  il take a look

many thanks for the support

[benny2012]

@14steve14

that add on works great for uk, however once logged in as a member it messes up the shipping options for any other address other than uk,  well actually it takes away all options, any ideas ?  cheers

site is here if it helps http://vwpartsinternational.com

Edited by benny2012, 02 January 2013 - 04:55 PM.

[benny2012]

ok update,  it seems heavy items are not bringing up any shipping options, but light items are.

i have set up all modules to allow for heavy items upto 120kgs infact with parcelforce48  , items are only 4kg so not sure why this is

[14steve14]

For a non UK customer you should not show UK only modules, so that seems to be working correctly. What does not seem to be working is your selected module for non UK deliveries.

I had a similar problem ages ago with international shipping. If you are using the royal mail addon, make sure you have activated the modules by setting to true the enable option. You have probably already entered a minimum and maximum weight to ship, so make sure you have added a maximum value to ship, as I think one of them was set to zero on installation, especially on the airmail module, as I think that is where the problem was, but I may be wrong.

[benny2012]

@14steve14

i have checked settings and all modules are set to true as in enabled.  furthermore this is how they are set.

airmail is set to max weight of 2kgs and max value of £46

parcelforce is set to max weight of 100kgs. and max value of 2450

if i place a 1kg item in cart, then i can select airmail or parcelforce.

if i add a item of 4kg, im not getting any parcelforce48 ,  i have set up all the zones and tariffs as per the last prices update.

im baffled on this one. all appears to work, apart from larger items going abroard.

[benny2012]

ok iv sussed the above,  parcelforce only has the valid iso GB, making it only visable to uk

as my package is over 2kg , it cant go via airmail,  so i think im needing to expand the reach of parcelforce module.

heres my settings for parcelforce


Valid ISO Country Codes
GB
Parcelforce48 Rates
2:9.67,5:10.5,10:12.75,15:17.83,20:22.75,25:31.58,30:35,35:40,40:45,45:50,50:55,55:60,60:65,65:70,70:75,75:80,80:85,85:90,90:95,95:100,100:105


so is there any way i can clone this as another zone ?

in a nutshell i need to offer delivery worldwide , packages could be up to 30kg,  and looking at parcelforce site would cost about £200

how do i best go about adding further zones or adding true worldwide shipping for all zones and weights

many thanks

[14steve14]

You probably need to use a courier for exporting large parcels. There are modules available for this in the addons area dependant on courier used.

[benny2012]

@14steve14

ok thanks Steve,  is there any that can work along side this contribution ? that you know of

[benny2012]

@14steve14
i have browsed the add ons, and cant see anything of use,  would it be easy to duplicate the parcelforce module,  change the allowed iso country codes and rates etc ?  if so roughly how would i go about this ?  ie what exact files would need duplicating ?  many thanks

[geoffreywalton]

Have a look at the zones module.

HTH

G

[benny2012]

geoffreywalton, on 03 January 2013 - 09:43 PM, said:

Have a look at the zones module.

HTH

G

thanks but i see only these are compatible with 2.3.1  and are not what i need.

i was sure there was built in zones in os, but i cant find anything

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[14steve14]

Is anyone updating this to include the new postal charges and delivery options from 2nd April 2013 when royal mail are dropping the standard parcels service and introducing three new parcel bands based on size and weight.

[Mort-lemur]

@14steve14 I think this will cause problems - it certainly will for me - previously my shipments were calculated about right with weight - but now that RM have included the size bands as well - mor parcels going Hermes me thinks...

[benny2012]

how are people getting on with the new updates at RM ?  im struggling lol