donaldgentry Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 (edited) I have my web tools account and I have the united states postal server module installed and when I was testing I notices that the parcel post amount was way too high. Here is the info I have on the problem, anyone have a similar problem? Shipped from Postal 95835 to 95835 4lbs package set under the product 2 dollars handling fee set under the module All the shipping setings under configuration like tare are off Type OsCommerce shows Should Be Express Mail $26.20 26.20 Priority Mail $7.30 7.30 Parcel Post $7.08 5.73 Edited September 1, 2005 by donaldgentry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldgentry Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 I installed USPSMethods_2.8b today and it has listed a fix to parcel post being higher than priority and I though it might fix this issue but it did not, nice to be able to shut off exspress mail though ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldgentry Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 Ok here is what I seem to be seeing, the usps module appears to be sending all packages as Large in size in the XML string passed to the USPS web service. There is one odd thing if I set the tare(packaging) to zero weight wich I do anyway, and the percentage increse to 10 percent for large packages the shipping cost actualy goes down and the weight shown is higher. It seems in that situation it is passing "REGULAR" to the we service, very odd indeed. Im calling a friend who actual reads PHP gonna hard code the web call to Regular. I cant find anywere in the interface or in the SQL server were large is defined, or oversize for that matter, wich might exsplain why its calculating wrong. There is no information in the database that will it allow it do be done right. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong, I so want to be ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadude Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I also am having the exact same experience. Please do post if you find an answer. Thanks! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadude Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Donald, I fixed my Parcel Post USPS calculation error. Do a search for "Parcel Post" in the Shipping Modules forum to see my post for the fix. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldgentry Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 I have found and bookmarked the post. I will look it over this weekend and try to follow the instructions. Thankyou for the reply, I had decided to charge everyone priority mail for the short term, glad to be able to give my customers some options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustdoit Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I also am having the exact same experience. Please do post if you find an answer. Thanks! Joe I was having the same problem except parcel post was more than priority mail. After searching the forums page after page the only thing I could come up with was something about non machinable and to install usps methods. Even then some of the posts stated even that mod didn't solve their problem. Then tonight after trying one more time I came across the solution. It's very simple and is as follows: Go to catalog/includes/modules/usps.php and about 1/4 down the page there is a section (don't know exactly what it's called) but has something like this: set non machinable 'false' Change the false to true and should correct this problem. It did for me :D and I hope this will for anyone who is experiencing the same problem without having to install a contrib. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptnbrent Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I've followed all the posts, installed USPS contrib 2006-05-27 04:59:07Z ++++ modified as USPS Methods 2.7 03/26/04 by Brad Waite and Fritz Clapp ++++, run the sql updates and I'm still having parcel post coming up about $3 over express and not matching what's on the USPS site. I'm rather at a loss here, and since this is the most-used option for my site, I really need to get it working. I also tried setting machinable to no avail. Any thoughts, and any other info I can post? I don't seem to be the only one having this problem, but I'm buggered as to why so many people have resolved it with the steps listed here (thank you!) and I can't seem to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptnbrent Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I've followed all the posts, installed USPS contrib 2006-05-27 04:59:07Z ++++ modified as USPS Methods 2.7 03/26/04 by Brad Waite and Fritz Clapp ++++, run the sql updates and I'm still having parcel post coming up about $3 over express and not matching what's on the USPS site. I'm rather at a loss here, and since this is the most-used option for my site, I really need to get it working. I also tried setting machinable to no avail. Any thoughts, and any other info I can post? I don't seem to be the only one having this problem, but I'm buggered as to why so many people have resolved it with the steps listed here (thank you!) and I can't seem to. Even worse, I've introduced an error: Now, when I hit "edit" from the configuration panel I get: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_GLOBAL, expecting ')' in /home/skyspet3/public_html/catalog/admin/modules.php(216) : eval()'d code on line 1". I tried restoring the backup I took prior to the USPS install and that doesn't resolve it. Anyone feel like helping a newbie here? Brent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forestshopkeeper Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Even worse, I've introduced an error: Now, when I hit "edit" from the configuration panel I get: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_GLOBAL, expecting ')' in /home/skyspet3/public_html/catalog/admin/modules.php(216) : eval()'d code on line 1". I tried restoring the backup I took prior to the USPS install and that doesn't resolve it. Anyone feel like helping a newbie here? Brent Brent: I saw a fix from someone named Scott in the USPS Methods Contribution thread. Last couple of pages. It is important to follow the instructions on changing the database table. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I have my web tools account and I have the united states postal server module installed and when I was testing I notices that the parcel post amount was way too high. Here is the info I have on the problem, anyone have a similar problem? Shipped from Postal 95835 to 95835 4lbs package set under the product 2 dollars handling fee set under the module All the shipping setings under configuration like tare are off Type OsCommerce shows Should Be Express Mail $26.20 26.20 Priority Mail $7.30 7.30 Parcel Post $7.08 5.73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I installed USPSMethods_2.8b today and it has listed a fix to parcel post being higher than priority and I though it might fix this issue but it did not, nice to be able to shut off exspress mail though ) Go to catalog/includes/modules/usps.php and on line 74 change this setting to true it will look like this. $this->_setMachinable('True'); hope this helps it resolved my problem. i am also trying to take express out of the options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Go to catalog/includes/modules/usps.php and about 1/4 down the page there is a section (don't know exactly what it's called) but has something like this: set non machinable 'false' Change the false to true and should correct this problem. It did for me :D and I hope this will for anyone who is experiencing the same problem without having to install a contrib. Cheers, Terry I was having the same issue. The code in my shipping module file was: $this->_setMachinable('False'); I set it to True & it works like a charm now. Thanks for everyone's help! Grace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise99 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Brent:I saw a fix from someone named Scott in the USPS Methods Contribution thread. Last couple of pages. It is important to follow the instructions on changing the database table. Jim change configuration -> set_funtion to TEXT from VARCHAR in phpmySQL and it will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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