New Zenner
- Join Date:
- Sep 2012
- Posts:
- 2
- Plugin Contributions:
- 0
Zone Rates make a totally weird calculation of postage cost
Hi there, the strangest thing happens when I try to implement postage cost based on Zone Rates in my Zen Cart. For instance for the UK I have these values listed in Modules>shipping>zone rates: 500:10,1900:30 (I'm in Europe = grams & euros, so up to 500 gram it's 10 EUR, up to 1900 gram = 30 EUR). But when I put 3 items each weighing 250gr each in the basket (so a total of 750 grams, which shows correct in the shopping basket and should prompt 30 EUR postage total) and checkout with a UK/GB address, the postage is calculated at 150 EUR! Zen Cart totally ignores the fact that the total weight of 750 should push the postage cost into the 2nd postage rate of 30 EUR, and instead comes up with this ridiculous fee of 150. I've been filling out different weight/cost values in the Zone Rates module, and it seems Zen Cart only refers to the lowest tarif (in this case: 10 EUR for a weight of max. 500gr) and charges 1 "lowest tarif unit" per 50 gr. So if the total weight is 750 grams, as in this case, it seems to "think": 750 grams, is (750/50) = 15 units, so 15 x 10 = 150. This calculation is consistent with other values (if I change it into 500:20 the result is 300 EUR). I have no clue at all why Zen Cart makes this calculation. I've checked the modules, the weight listed with each item, even tried to look into the core files, to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated!
