New Australia Post Shipping Module?

[ttfan]

Good on you Rod, much appreciated!

TO be honest I would prefer a simple module that does not rely on information from other servers at all. I'd be quite happy to update the latest prices for the different services regularly, and prefer a simple weight based calculation for each of the services offered.

OSC had this, and even though it was primitive, it worked very well.

[RodG]

Good on you Rod, much appreciated!.

I don't know you are thanking me for, I didn't resurrect the old code.

TO be honest I would prefer a simple module that does not rely on information from other servers at all.

All versions of zencart has this capability via the zone/table rate shipping.

I'd be quite happy to update the latest prices for the different services regularly

There is a little more to it than that... first you need to define the zones, and then shipping rates for those zones, and if you want anything even close to actual Australia post costs you are heading towards a nightmare..
However, that is entirely up to you.

, and prefer a simple weight based calculation for each of the services offered.

Do you SERIOULSY beleive that Australia Post, etc will be happy to charge you this way? No, they all take dimensions into account and apply the cubing rules...
What is the point of doing a calculation based on weight alone only to find that when you go to mail the item(s) the Carriers end up charging you significantly more?

Yes, this does happen. (I didn't add the dimensional data just for grins and giggles)

OSC had this, and even though it was primitive, it worked very well.

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Please don't try to tell me what OSC has or doesn't have, because It really doesn't have anything more than what zencart has, which is why I've filled the 'gap' in that system by creating an ozpost client for that too, and currently, ozpost for OSC looks like it is going to be more succesful than ozpost for zencart...
Ironically, ozpost for zencart has been around in one form or another for a few years now. The OSC people have only had it for a few months, and the only free access they've had to the server has been the 60 day trial.
OSC registrations are currently leading zencart registrations by almost 2 to 1.

Methinks that although zencart is superior to OSC in almost every respect (IMO), the OSC users are far more greatful for the support they are given (possibly because they don't have as much support as zen). Either that, or they are just plain sick and tired of losing sales due to exessive shipping fees, or just as bad, losing money due to under quoting.

No matter what their reasons, it is an interesting observation (and certainly not something I expected).

Rgds
Rod