I meant to say ofbiz. I'm trying out both applications. Sorry about that. Mike
jacques.le.roux wrote: > > Apart that you speak about Opentaps (remember Opentaps is *not* OFBiz), > please use rather user ML for such questions : > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Mailing+Lists#MailingLists-DeveloperList:dev@ofbiz.apache.org > > Thanks > > Jacques > > From: "mike_mcmillan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> at time the estimate is obtained from UPS and returned to Opentaps, the >> application does not know how many boxes the shipment will be. This is >> because the estimate is returned at the time of order entry. So, when it >> retrieves the estimate it tends to be off by a decent amount (low or >> high). >> We have experienced the high shipping cost for an order with a low >> weight.....but technically only if the shipment is one box. If the low >> weight order was boxed in multiple boxes, the estimate would be just >> about >> dead on to the real cost that’s returned with the label. There is a BUT. >> >> But, in another instance I shipped an order with a medium-high weight (22 >> lbs). The shipping came back $18.59. If we had shipped this in one box >> the >> shipping cost would have been $15.56 (I got this price by going to the >> UPS >> website) which we would have made $3. ....but we didn't ship it in one >> box, >> we shipped it 3, and the actual cost that came back based on weight and >> box >> count came back $24. So we lost $6 >> >> Is there a way to configure the live UPS shipping rate so that we can get >> better estimates? >> >> Also....Under the service name in the shipping entity of the store there >> is >> a field "Config Props". Can anyone tell me what this is used for? >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/UPS-shipping-rate-estimates-tp18036458p18036458.html >> Sent from the OFBiz - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/UPS-shipping-rate-estimates-tp18036458p18037235.html Sent from the OFBiz - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
