Somehow being on page 50 of this topic makes me feel special...

anywho - I've been looking thru here and have found a lot of questions about attributes regarding selections, what I'm hoping to find the answer for seems pale in comparison, but I haven't been able to wrap my brain around it.

Everything is set up as it should be but for a few products that are super large and delicate, requiring extra shipping and insurance costs. I can't figure out how to apply the one time charge or create an attribute that would automatically add the charge to the base price and show in the checkout.

I want to apply a special shipping and insurance charge and have only been able to add it as an option.

Would it be better to create a new shipping type taking the flat shipping module and calling it 'shipping and insurance' or some such?

If that would be the way to go, are there any other files I need to change besides the language files?

If I'm off in left field, could someone toss me a line?

thanks in advance