Shane,
We initially thought it was general internet traffic too, but this occured
more than 50% of the time over a 2 week period and not always at peak
internet times. That's when we contacted UPS. They now have these
extensive "on-line" tools based on java, etc., that are just too time
consuming to implement -- but, hey, they're free :)
We're now trying to steer our customers to a standard shipping price as
opposed to individually calculating shipping per order. Not all are happy
with this, tho', so we are searching for alternatives.
Laura
----- Original Message -----
From: Shane Witbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 7:50 PM
Subject: RE: shipping costs
> I experienced the same timeout. Possible it was an internet connectivity
> issue rather than too much traffic at UPS? I did a tracert on the problem
> and tracked it to Concentric.net today. Just a thought.
>
> Shane
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 5:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: shipping costs
>
>
> Nice, so they create an API and document it but they don't want folks
using
> it? I thought too much traffic was a good thing! Hummmmm.
>
> FYI, I am trying to wrap a revamp of that tag, new CF_UPS tag does pricing
> and a lot more (tracking, comparisons of shipping options, etc).
>
> --- Ben
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cold Fusion Newsgroup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: shipping costs
>
>
> We have experienced the CF_UPSPrice tag timing out when contacting the UPS
> site recently, especially in the early afternoon East Coast time. This
> produces a shipping price of $0.00. When discussing this with UPS, they
> strongly suggest NOT using this tag. It is sending too much traffic to
> their servers.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
>
> Laura
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shawn Regan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:23 PM
> Subject: shipping costs
>
>
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> > most people setting a global shipping price, or are they pulling the
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> > Shawn Regan
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