USPS from Canadian Origin?

We have been using the USPS XML by Marco for USPS shipping quotes. Since we no longer have that option, is there a way to possibly hard-code a US origin zip code in the new USPS module or possibly create a field for the origin zip code in the setup of the module? :(

Hoping there is some way I could specify the SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP instead of having it pull the post code from the store setup...?

Are you saying that when shipping from Canada that you are really using a 5 digit USPS Zip Code on the ZipOrigination?

To be honest, I cannot recall how we originally had it set up. I was so long ago! :no: I think I set up the the Webtools account using our US warehouse address.. Maybe the old USPS module pulled the zip from the USPS account instead of from the store setup? All I know is that it has been working correctly until this latest USPS change. The store has always been set up with Canada as its shipping origin.

In any case, to work around it for the time being, in the includes/modules/shipping/usps.php file, I replaced SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP with our US warehouse postal code, set our store's Shipping Origin Country to Canada, and commented out the following to disable the error:

    if (SHIPPING_ORIGIN_COUNTRY != '223') {
      $this->title .= '<span class="alert">' . ' - USPS can only ship from USA. But your store is configured with another origin! See Admin->Configuration->Shipping/Packaging.' . '</span>';
    }

It seems to be calculating correctly. I know this is not a great solution, but for the moment, it'll have to do!

For the benefit of future readers of this discussion ....

So to be clear really this has nothing to do with getting the USPS module to quote shipments originating in Canada, because USPS doesn't actually do shipments FROM Canada, right?

Sorry for the confusion. I was confused myself. After working through it, I believe what I should have asked is if I could get the module to work having a Canadian postal code in the store setup, but using a webtools account set up with a US zip code. I answered my own question though. Again, I apologize for the confusion.

Not a problem ...

You can do this if you are careful in the usps.php code ...

Hello! I am trying to set up USPS module and I am shipping from Canada, I will be driving to the border to drop off the packages which is why I want to be able to use this module. I don't know exactly where you replaced SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP with US postal code (I will be using the postal code of the postal office at the border.

Please guide me to where I need to make these changes. When I changed my postal to a ZIP in config>shipping/packaging I can no longer use the Canadian postal rates. So I am wondering how to change the code so it thinks I changed the store configs. THANKS!

abcisme:

To be honest, I cannot recall how we originally had it set up. I was so long ago! :no: I think I set up the the Webtools account using our US warehouse address.. Maybe the old USPS module pulled the zip from the USPS account instead of from the store setup? All I know is that it has been working correctly until this latest USPS change. The store has always been set up with Canada as its shipping origin.

In any case, to work around it for the time being, in the includes/modules/shipping/usps.php file, I replaced SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP with our US warehouse postal code, set our store's Shipping Origin Country to Canada, and commented out the following to disable the error:

if (SHIPPING_ORIGIN_COUNTRY != '223') {
  $this->title .= '<span class="alert">' . ' - USPS can only ship from USA. But your store is configured with another origin! See Admin->Configuration->Shipping/Packaging.' . '</span>';
}

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> It seems to be calculating correctly.  I know this is not a great solution, but for the moment, it'll have to do!

Not sure if you made those changes in the configuration area or directly in the code; however, if the code itself were modified to reflect those values, an alternate define was used to contain those changes or as able/applicable the observer/notifier system were used to override the values, then it would be possible to do what was requested.

I was able to get this to work with zencart 1.3.9 version and the Canada post module and USPS to work at the same time giving quotes

Now Im trying to upgrade to 1.5.5 and this trick to change the SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP in includes/modules/shipping/canadapost.php to the postal code while in admin/config/shipping and packaging to the zip code, it doesn't work...

What can we do?

Thanks!

dimsumgurl:

I was able to get this to work with zencart 1.3.9 version and the Canada post module and USPS to work at the same time giving quotes

Now Im trying to upgrade to 1.5.5 and this trick to change the SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP in includes/modules/shipping/canadapost.php to the postal code while in admin/config/shipping and packaging to the zip code, it doesn't work...

What can we do?

Thanks!

Actually it's working now... all because I switched to a different template.... I was recently using Tableau 2... but switched to Carlisle Fresh.