Re: shipping madness

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2000

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 30402
interpreted = N
texte = Kenneth Grome wrote:> >Three categories of items: patterns, kits and finished> >quilts... They want shipping to be:> >> >(quote from them)> >1-12 patterns = $3> >Anything else up to $150 = $6> >Over $150 = free shipping> >> >Now I can deal with the last two no problem, but how the> >heck can I track up to 12 patterns _with_ other things> >ordered etc. and mix the shipping amounts?>> Just write a math formula that looks at the items in the order file> and determines the final shipping price based on those items. You do> not have to 'track' anything, all the data you need should be in the> order file when the person checks out.>> If the data you need for each item is not being added to the cart> file, you can change your shopping cart code so it adds the proper> data each time a new item is added, or when an existing item is> changed, then all the data you need *will* be in the cart file when> the person checks out, which means that data will be available to> your math formula that calculates shipping charges at the end of the> shopping trip ...>Okay fair enough... I was thinking along those lines anyway. My SKUs have categorymarkers on them like 100P (P for pattern), 101Q (Q for quilt). So I guess I could tryand write some code that checks on the invoice page for the number of SKUs listed with[lineitems] that end in P and if that's 12 or less tack on $3 dollars for shipping andtreat the rest accordingly? Any hints? Use [math] and some [showifs] etc? Try andremember that we're not all experts at this yet. ;-)> >What if the> >customer orders 8 patterns (which would be $96) and 3 kits> >and a finished quilt totalling say $160 dollars... do I make> >that $3, $6, $3+$6, or free?!? Is this just silly?>> It's silly that you're asking *us* and not your client. If you don't> understand what your client wants, go get the project requirements> cleared up first! You cannot build a formula when you don't know> what the end results are supposed to be ...> --You've never had a client that doesn't know what _they_ want?? I didn't call themfinicky for nothing you know. :-)Thanks for the help so far though.--ParkerZero Echo Inc.http://zeroecho.net-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: shipping madness (Parker 2000)
Re: shipping madness (Kenneth Grome 2000)
shipping madness (Parker 2000)

Kenneth Grome wrote:> >Three categories of items: patterns, kits and finished> >quilts... They want shipping to be:> >> >(quote from them)> >1-12 patterns = $3> >Anything else up to $150 = $6> >Over $150 = free shipping> >> >Now I can deal with the last two no problem, but how the> >heck can I track up to 12 patterns _with_ other things> >ordered etc. and mix the shipping amounts?>> Just write a math formula that looks at the items in the order file> and determines the final shipping price based on those items. You do> not have to 'track' anything, all the data you need should be in the> order file when the person checks out.>> If the data you need for each item is not being added to the cart> file, you can change your shopping cart code so it adds the proper> data each time a new item is added, or when an existing item is> changed, then all the data you need *will* be in the cart file when> the person checks out, which means that data will be available to> your math formula that calculates shipping charges at the end of the> shopping trip ...>Okay fair enough... I was thinking along those lines anyway. My SKUs have categorymarkers on them like 100P (P for pattern), 101Q (Q for quilt). So I guess I could tryand write some code that checks on the invoice page for the number of SKUs listed with[lineitems] that end in P and if that's 12 or less tack on $3 dollars for shipping andtreat the rest accordingly? Any hints? Use [math] and some [showifs] etc? Try andremember that we're not all experts at this yet. ;-)> >What if the> >customer orders 8 patterns (which would be $96) and 3 kits> >and a finished quilt totalling say $160 dollars... do I make> >that $3, $6, $3+$6, or free?!? Is this just silly?>> It's silly that you're asking *us* and not your client. If you don't> understand what your client wants, go get the project requirements> cleared up first! You cannot build a formula when you don't know> what the end results are supposed to be ...> --You've never had a client that doesn't know what _they_ want?? I didn't call themfinicky for nothing you know. :-)Thanks for the help so far though.--ParkerZero Echo Inc.http://zeroecho.net-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Parker

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