shipping madness

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 30395
interpreted = N
texte = (kinda newish.. grain of salt required)I have a client that wants the following for shipping that I'm having some tough times with.Three categories of items: patterns, kits and finished quilts... all different costs (patterns are $8.00).They want shipping to be:(quote from them) 1-12 patterns = $3 Anything else up to $150 = $6 Over $150 = free shippingNow 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? 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? Should I ask my client to stick with a simpler set dollar amount? I have enough [showifs][hideifs] in their dern code as it is (damn finicky fussbuckets). ;-) Thanks.(more questions soon as the site is almost done, but I have one or two issues that don't seem to be covered in the manuals/archived lists)-- Parker Zero 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:

    
  1. Re: shipping madness (Parker 2000)
  2. Re: shipping madness (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  3. shipping madness (Parker 2000)
(kinda newish.. grain of salt required)I have a client that wants the following for shipping that I'm having some tough times with.Three categories of items: patterns, kits and finished quilts... all different costs (patterns are $8.00).They want shipping to be:(quote from them) 1-12 patterns = $3 Anything else up to $150 = $6 Over $150 = free shippingNow 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? 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? Should I ask my client to stick with a simpler set dollar amount? I have enough [showifs][hideifs] in their dern code as it is (damn finicky fussbuckets). ;-) Thanks.(more questions soon as the site is almost done, but I have one or two issues that don't seem to be covered in the manuals/archived lists)-- Parker Zero 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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