Originally Posted by
dbltoe
dbltoe,
Thanks for the response. I do have some of the tare settings set, for small to medium packages, along with large packages, here are my settings:
These settings do work for standard non flat rate services of course, and that is why I have them place, adding the weight in for the box, and packing materials.
I set my tares for both back to 0 and 0 for small to medium and large, and this made no difference in the shipping quote. In fact, i added Medium and Large Flat Rate Boxes as well, and these prices are consistently higher than the current retail rates for these Services, quoting at USPS.com.
I added new product that has a weight of 2lbs, and removed the tare settings so that there's no additional calculations. For a 2 Lb box, here's what's quoted:
USPS.Com
Priority Mail Express: $50.85
Priority Mail: $14.90
Large Flat Rate Box: $21.10
Medium Flat Rate Box: $15.05
Small Flat Rate Box :$8.30
USPS Retail Ground: $13.60
My WEB Site:
Priority Mail Express: $27.15
Priority Mail: $8:25
Large Flat Rate Box: $21.10
Medium Flat Rate Box: $15.05
Small Flat Rate Box :$8.30
Now I know the first two have the wrong price, based on experience, and that's why the tare weights have been added.
I did another testing. Added a product to the cart, that was 0lb 4oz, and did USPS.Com and my WEB Site, here are those results.
USPS.Com:
Priority Mail Express: $37.15
Priority Mail: $9.60
Large Flat Rate Box: $21.10
Medium Flat Rate Box: $15.05
Small Flat Rate Box :$8.30
USPS Retail Ground: $9.35
1st Class Package: $4.20
My Site:
Priority Mail Express: $26.35
Priority Mail: $10.35
Large Flat Rate Box: $23.95
Medium Flat Rate Box: $17.90
Small Flat Rate Box: $11.15
First-Class Package Service: $6.65
I added the 2lb Product as a test called Test Weight, with a value of $0.10. It has no discount, or sale marker applied, and it calculates correctly, even after adding the specific tare weights back in, the Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express options went up, but the Flat Rate options remained the same as the USPS.com quoted retail rates. The issue seems to be with products, already on the site, that are the problem.
What I am confused about is why this should actually matter that, and impact the shipping cost of a flat rate service from USPS. If the Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box is $8.30 for any weight between 0lbs and 70 lbs, these particular settings shouldn't impact the cost of the Small Flat Rate Box, unless the order is over 50 Lbs, as that is the max weight I will ship.
Am I correct here?
I am trying to figure out whether this is Zen-Cart presenting the wrong value, after getting the quote from USPS or if the USPS is providing the wrong amount. I think it's the former, but how do I figure it out?
I have just discovered that my USPS Shipping module is not displaying the most current version, it says it's: USPS Version Date 2017-09-16 in the Admin -> Module -> Shipping, however, when I check the files versions, here's what I see:
The file located: /includes/modules/shipping/usps.php has the following header information:
PHP Code:
* USPS Module for Zen Cart v1.3.x thru v1.6
* USPS RateV4 Intl RateV2 - March 28, 2018 Version K10
Which matches the most recent version for the USPS Shipping module.
The file located at: /includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/usps.php file has the following at the top of the file:
PHP Code:
* USPS Module for Zen Cart v1.3.x thru v1.6
* USPS RateV4 Intl RateV2 - Sept 16, 2017 Version K10
This seems to be the old version. I assume that version information isn't going to be the cause here, although I don't know if the language file is the same or not, and the reason that this is happening, so this is potentially a small Version Display bug, but not the cause of my issues?
James
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