I’m running zen cart 1.3.8
Canada post shipping module 1.3.8
All my products have shipping weight (kg) and size (in) imputed (yes the conversion between in and cm works fine)
Multiple shipping boxes options with max load, weight of box and size are programmed into my Canada Post Shipping profile.

Weight Calculation problem:

The problem is the calculation of the weight, it does not take into account the weight of the box programmed into the Canada Post shipping profile. In the Estimate Shipping Cost the weight that is displayed is only the weight of the actual items, the .5kg of the box weight is not added nor is it represented in the estimated shipping cost.

When I run a price check by manually getting a price estimate from my Canada Post Account the price information confirms this. i.e. for me to get the price listed in the Estimate Shipping Cost I have to use the weight without the weight of the box.

Since obviously we can ship multiple items in one box if they fit, adding this weight to the weight of the item is not a good solution.. I figured this was why the information for the weight of the box was available in the Canada Post Shipping profile. Has anyone encountered this? Or possibly figured why this is happening and how to fix it?

Oh, and the admin/Configuration/ Shipping/Packaging (discovered while searching for an answer) is set to for testing to

Package Tare Small to Medium - added percentage:weight 0:3
Larger packages - added packaging percentage:weight 0:10

I’ve tried changing the values here but it appears that this never takes effect on the calculated shipping. The weight that is displayed in the shipping estimator is net item weight only and the amount of shipping reflects only that weight.

Handling Fee:

I would like to offer an option of free regular shipping & handling on order of over 100$.
And there is an option to set this up in the Canada Post Shipping profile. However regardless of where I set up the handling fee (it’s a fixed 2$ fee) even when the purchase is over 100$ and the free shipping kicks in, the regular shipping shows 2$ cost (the handing fee). Anyone have any ideas how to have the free shipping be really free by using the CP shipping module?

Thanks
nev