ozpost shipping module

Hey Rod or anyone,
I have deselected all shipping methods except Regular Parcel (within Australia) and Air Parcel (for overseas) but I am still getting about 7 options coming up for the customer. What have I done wrong?
TIA, Jen

Hey, ignore this question. I refreshed about three times and it stopped happening - just the one option as I selected. Jen

Hello People,

Awhile ago I had a problem with the error messages I got when people added too many products to their cart and the package size dimensions were to large or the weight was too much. The price on error was set to 0 by the store owner so I thought it did not work when there was too many things in the cart.

I fixed this by putting the "price on error back to "25.00,99.99" and turning the errors in to comments such as "Item is over 25Kg's: Fate rate" then we just use fastway or another courier to send those items.

The errors are easy to edit (make black and to turn into comments) in
/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/ozpost.php

e.g. my edit attached

I've been getting a number of these errors recently, have there been server issues?
Unexpected error (no valid methods). Using AP Flat Rate.

Thanks
Jazzah

jazzah:

I've been getting a number of these errors recently, have there been server issues?
Unexpected error (no valid methods). Using AP Flat Rate.

Thanks
Jazzah

Sadly, yes. The server has had several reboots today, culminating in the replacement of one of the hard drives.

Hopefully all is well again now (although a little sluggish while the RAID array is rebuilding itself).

Cheers
Rod

Thanks Rod, Just wanted to check as we had some security work done on our site and wanted to make sure we didn't upset any ozpost apples!

Can't work this one out... have installed OzPost with just one option (regular parcel/air parcel) for within Australia/international. Doing some test orders to try it out. If I order one DVD it comes back with postage of $4.35, but if I change the order to 20 DVDs the postage remains at $4.35. I've got the debugger on and I can see that it's stacking 20 items on top of each other to get the correct dimensions, and the weight is correct, but still just $4.35? What's going wrong?

jenpen:

If I order one DVD it comes back with postage of $4.35, but if I change the order to 20 DVDs the postage remains at $4.35.

What do you think the postage should be?

Do you have a URL so I can see for myself what the problem is?

Cheers
Rod

vandiermen:

Hello People,

[snip]

I fixed this by putting the "price on error back to "25.00,99.99" and turning the errors in to comments such as "Item is over 25Kg's: Fate rate" then we just use fastway or another courier to send those items.

[snip]

Some time back I suggested the flat error rate be replaced by a "weight x rate/kg" or "weight x rate/######" formula. Since I have yet to work out how to do this, I have replaced the "25.00, 99.99" with "0,0" and installed the "RFQ Shipping and Payment Modules" to force a shipping quote.

What do you think the postage should be?

Do you have a URL so I can see for myself what the problem is?

Hi Rod,
Thanks for looking into this. I don't know what the postage should be, but definitely more than $4.35.
I just went back and tried to purchase 100 DVDs, out of interest, but now there's no shipping method available at all and I can't get the cart to move onto the checkout screen. So, a new problem. I have only OzPost enabled, no other shipping methods. Have you ever seen this happen?

http: //www.consciouslightproductions.com/

It's presently password-protected (admin, pw123)
Much appreciated, Jen

jenpen:

Can't work this one out... have installed OzPost with just one option (regular parcel/air parcel) for within Australia/international. Doing some test orders to try it out. If I order one DVD it comes back with postage of $4.35, but if I change the order to 20 DVDs the postage remains at $4.35. I've got the debugger on and I can see that it's stacking 20 items on top of each other to get the correct dimensions, and the weight is correct, but still just $4.35? What's going wrong?

The log files indicate that the weight of your DVD is 1gm. 20 of them = 20gm (plus 10% tare = 22gm).

A 22gm parcel costs the same as a 1gm parcel, namely $4.35.

You won' get accurate quotes unless you provide accurate data.

Cheers
Rod

Got you - sorry, I thought Aussie Post calculated the deadweight from the dimensions and actual weight was not relevant.
Thanks, Jen

jenpen:

I just went back and tried to purchase 100 DVDs, out of interest, but now there's no shipping method available at all

Your DVD's are set with a height of 4cm.
100 of these stacked on top of each other gives a height/length of 400cm.
This exceeds the 105cm limit imposed by Australia Post. They will not accept the parcel and the ozpost module reflects this by not providing a quote.

To cater for larger parcels than Australia Post will handle you'll need to provide an alternate shipping method.

Cheers
Rod.

ps. A new version of ozpost is currently being tested. The new version will support TNT shipping rates to help overcome the AustPost limits. However, a TNT account will be required.

pss. If there are any ozpost users reading this and has a TNT account and would like to help with the testing please PM me.

jenpen:

Got you - sorry, I thought Aussie Post calculated the deadweight from the dimensions and actual weight was not relevant.
Thanks, Jen

Both the weight and the dimensions are important.

The weight being most important because it is used in all calculations. The dimensions are required to enable the module the ability to 'sort' according to the size of the "parcel" - eg, for letters, large letters, different sized prepaid satchels, maximim limits, and the cubing rules for parcels.

Cheers
Rod

ps. A new version of ozpost is currently being tested. The new version will support TNT shipping rates to help overcome the AustPost limits. However, a TNT account will be required.

This is excellent news. I have another client who is unable to use OzPost because he's always sending oversized cartons. He'll be happy to use TNT.

Thanks Rod for your prompt replies. Jen

Are they still fiddling with the AP server?
I have parcels within Aust calculating correctly.
And letter weights displaying correctly but displaying the wrong price
eg
Letters to 125g adding $2.10
Letters to 250g adding $3.00
Letters to 500g adding $6.05

And overseas parcels / letters not working at all anymore (which worked fine early yesterday morning)

OK, so now that I'm just about there with sorting out Ozpost, the client has decided that they will get a distributor for the US. So they wish to take orders from US customers and charge for goods plus shipping, but only local US shipping, not international. The US people will handle the distribution.
I can use table rates just for US customers, easy, but is there a way to prevent Ozpost coming up as an option for US customers?
Any ideas much appreciated... Jen

jenpen:

but is there a way to prevent Ozpost coming up as an option for US customers?
Any ideas much appreciated... Jen

To prevent it coming up for all overseas orders is just a matter of deselecting the overseas shipping methods.

To prevent it showing for US customers only will require custom coding.

You'll probably need similar custom coding in the UPS module too (to prevent it showing up for Australian customers).

Cheers
Rod

I will need to use OzPost for "rest of world". I might just use Table Rates (for US zone definition only) rather than UPS. And I was thinking that if I leave OzPost as is, it will still come up as an option for US customers but the charge will be so much higher that they won't select it (unless they're really silly, then let them pay!)

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Hi Folks,

Attached to this post is a zip file containing the latest ozpost module. (ozpost2.0.3,zip)

As with previous update postings into the forum this is not a complete distribution file set. It only contains the two files required to upgrade an existing installation.

As well as bugfixes, this new update introduces support for TNT and FastWay Courier quotes.

I still have a little more work to do with some of the cosmetic aspects of this upgrade, but the basic functionality seems quite stable so I figured I'd let you guys n gals have a chance to try it out before I package it up and upload it to the downloads area.

Please let me know of any problems or errors that you may find.

Cheers
Rod