Maxium Shipping Weight

[Lunabu]

Hi,
I added my question to a similar thread yesterday but nobody replied, so I'm starting a new thread with it:

I would like to block package weights of more than 4.41lb/2kg. I've put a comment in under Shipping Costs to advise customers that they should contact me if the total weight of their products exceeds this, so that I can advise the most economical way of sending the order.
The reason for this is that I might split the order into more than one package or I might send the order by courier. Using normal post rates, I'm looking at parcel weights with the Irish postal services which are a lot more expensive.
Instead of "blocking" larger weights, Zen Cart just creates new shipping costs. Is it assuming I want to send the order in 2 packages?
How can I set it up so Zen Cart won't accept orders heavier than 2kg or prompts customers to contact me?

Thanks for any help with this

[schoolboy]

What shipping module(s) are you currently using?

[Lunabu]

Sorry, should've put that in, I'm using Zone Rates only and I'm a newbie to all this, so I'm struggling with a lot of things.
Shipping costs for my different zones come up correctly, but I'd like the cart to accept my top limit/maximum shipping weight for the reasons I've given above.

[design4dotcom]

I have a similar situation, but with additional problems.

My client needs to send items that would be very heavy, even to the point their entire order would need to be shipped via carrier (on a ship) internationally.

So, my question is how do I set up shipping (after a certain weight) to "call for pricing"

Thanks,

[Lunabu]

Can anybody PLEASE help with this?

[Ajeh]

You could add a condition on your shipping methods that disable them based on the weight and if no weight then you cannot get past the checkout_shipping page ... and with a bit of customizing you could have it display a message to call rather than an error ...

Would that work for you?

I am assuming you have the exact weight limitation for ALL of your Zones ...

Is that correct?

[Lunabu]

You could add a condition on your shipping methods that disable them based on the weight and if no weight then you cannot get past the checkout_shipping page ... and with a bit of customizing you could have it display a message to call rather than an error ...

Would that work for you?

I am assuming you have the exact weight limitation for ALL of your Zones ...

Is that correct?

Many thanks for you reply and sorry I didn't thank you earlier. There were things going on in my life for the last couple of weeks that took priority and didn't leave me any time for my website.
Yes, I do have the exact weight limitations for all my zones. It's 2kg, well, the US pound equivalent to that, as parcels over 2kg are a lot more expensive to send.
I understand what you're suggesting but have no idea how to do this. I'm a newbie to website building and Zen Cart and find a lot of the applications in Zen Cart quite difficult to deal with.

[mattys]

You could add a condition on your shipping methods that disable them based on the weight and if no weight then you cannot get past the checkout_shipping page ... and with a bit of customizing you could have it display a message to call rather than an error ...

Would that work for you?

I am assuming you have the exact weight limitation for ALL of your Zones ...

Is that correct?

Hi Ajeh

I would like the implement the above, but, looks like will involve custom development - is this the case? Or, could you advise and I do?

I am using latest zen cart and zone rates, per item, but want to stop EU customers from being able to order over 25 items. the site is www.logo-golfballs.co.uk. If the order over 25 a message is flagged asking to contact to arrange shipping.

all help greatly appreciated.

Matt

[Ajeh]

You would need to customize the shipping module to test for the both the number of items in the cart as well as for the shipping address ...

[haggis0929]

I'm looking for the same thing here...

I have a customer that sends some HEAVY stuff. He ships normal (under 150 pounds) via UPS. Anything over 150, though, still shows a shipping cost, even though UPS doesn't do that (ok, they do, but it's freight, and "call for quote").

So, how would we customize the shipping module to kick any PRODUCT over 150 pounds, but to allow seperate packing (multiple packages) for an ORDER of over 150 pounds?

I couldn't find anything even remotely close to this stuff in the shipping module. The only thing we have enabled is "store pickup".

With a PRODUCT over 150 pounds, they'd have to call for shipping information, and have that amount added to the order (not sure how to do that, either).

Any help? Please?