USPS new rates May

[leonardawilson]

For those of you with USPS issues, is this domestic, international, or both?

So far, as of 3:43PM CST 4-25-07, I haven't had this problem with USPS, but I have only had domestic packages in the past 2-3 weeks.

From what I can tell on the USPS email that I got too, the main issue here is international.

[rtw819]

For us, domestic only as we are not currently shipping (nor quoting) internationally.

The USPS issues have been sporadic over the past 2 weeks, and prior to that stable for the last two years. The "White Screen of Death" at checkout seems to be the most common outcome when the USPS Rate Calculator API has been intermittently non-functional as of recent days.

[DrByte]

New pricing details available here:
http://pe.usps.gov/RateCase2007/default_html.asp

Tech specs are not yet posted on their website.

[spf]

Is there any update? Do we need to make any change on the Zen-CART configuration to make it work with new USPS rate? or it is completely transparent to us? I am using ZC v 1.3.6 thanks!

[BabaGee]

Ditto to the above post, earlier today ... except I'm still running ZC v. 1.2.6!

May this be the time to finally get around to my upgrade?

Thank-you all and everyone!

Barbara

[Olof Holte]

Greetings Dr. Byte and venerable Zen Masters,

Is there a module, upgrade or down load to up-date my currently working USPS Rates Interface Module to the new postal rates based on weight and dimensions?

or... Will my old interface still work once the new rates take effect?

Sincerely,

A Humble Kayak instructor, gathering info for my Zen Cart web master, Tom from www.TopKayaker.Com

[rpctech]

Well, it looks like we have two more business days to get these new API's implemented. I'm glad to see the USPS is right on top of the situation! Nothing like waiting until the last minute to provide the tools we need for such a major change. Since we offer International Parcel Post, we definitely need to make the switch to International Priority Mail. I really hope the Zen Cart development community will be able to help with this at the last minute. You guys rock - no pressure!!!

Daryn from www.powerbrixx.com

[tomarriola]

Someone at oscommerce has created an update for their usps shipping module. Its here oscommerce.com/community/contributions,487

I know it won't work with zencart as-is but it must be possible to make a similar upgrade for zencart.
Tom

[Ajeh]

An upgrade is being worked on ... thanks ...

[tomarriola]

Linda, do you think --in progress-- updated usps module will be backwards compatible with previous zen carts, such as the popular 1.2.6 ?

Tom