AUSTPost module

[RodG]

Thanks much for your help.

Let me see if I understand. The tax options for the Shipping will take the shipping cost from the AP server and subtract the amount for tax.

Yes. zencart will then re-add the tax during checkout.

EG:
Item cost customer $100, plus GST ($110)
Australia post quotes $11 to post.

If the tax options are correct set, during the checkout process the customer will see:

Item $100
Postage $ 10
Subtotal $110
GST $11
Total $121 ($110 + $11)

If the Tax flag isn't set in the AP module, the same item will be quoted thus:

Item $100
Postage $11
Subtotal $111
GST $11.10
Total $122.10 - Customer is paying $1.10 too much, and merchant is double charging GST (illlegal).

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Just clearing my head on that one. Tax is not my thing.

GST is quite simple process... anytime money changes hands the goverment takes 10%. It does this by making the person collecting the money pay the tax (thus making all Australian traders unpaid tax collectors).

What you say makes sence why it jumps from 4.20 to 8.40 and skips all inbetween amounts, but I have always only purchased one item.

So where do all those really small test weights come from?

I wasn't going to crunch the code for find bugs but to trace why the test data is so confusing

Hey, it's YOUR test data. If you don't know where it comes from what chance to I have?

and why the weight values do not add up. I know it something with my system Im just at a lost to find out.

You have yet to provide any evidence of figures to show that you have a problem with weights *adding up*. If that really IS your problem, you are looking in the wrong place. As mentioned previously (and in the Australia post doc files) the WEIGHTS have NOTHING to do with the AP module. The parcel weights are passed from zencart itself to the AP module (which then performs legitimacy checks).

If the Austpost module is trying to give a quote on 2gm, or 2kg, or even 2 tonnes, it is only doing so because that is what is being given.
Clearly 2 tonnes is more that AustPost will deliver, but both 2gm and 2kgs are valid, so they are the only weights that the module will use. However, when you enter a product weight, the module doesn't really know what the number '2' (or whatever) signifies, and that is the purpose of the kgs/gms flag. It just tells the module what weight factor to use.
I will once again stress that the AustPost module does NOT add product weights. The total weight of all products in the cart are sent directly to the AP module, and assuming it is a valid weight it then gets passed directly to the Servers for actual quotations.

What kind of links are you looking for.

Errr, a ######## site ? A site that will make me rich quick?

I'm *trying* to help you solve a problem (probably of your own making), what kind of link do you think I'd want?

The site is www.rocciopals.com
I have only been testing Parcel Post the others have handling fees on top of them.

I must admit, I haven't bothered to look at your site yet, the reason being is that the last few people that have sent me just the main site link wasn't much help. They assumed I knew what their products were and would instantly understand where to find the number#6 whatsit that they were having issues with, or that I would just coincidently place the exact same products and number of items in the exact same order as they did in order to duplicate the problem (if I can't see and duplicate it, I certainly can't fix it).

For all I know you MAY only have one item in your store for me to test with, but on the other hand you may not. I don't want to waste my time looking. You need to give me a specific link so I can go directly to the source of the problem.

Rod