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| 19:37.25 | novus_aevum | Does anybody know of a real time shipping calculator that get USPS, FedEx, and UPS rates? |
| 19:46.25 | mindjuju | novus_aevum -- not one that gets them all, but i know UPS and USPS have APIs exposed |
| 19:46.31 | mindjuju | i would think FedEx has one, but not sure |
| 19:46.51 | mindjuju | been a while since i used it, but if i recall, you sign up for an API account |
| 19:47.17 | mindjuju | and then to use, you submit weight, dimensions to and from zip and maybe another param and it sends back a cost |
| 20:07.29 | novus_aevum | I found one for UPS that works well and it just a simple little function. I found one for FedEx also by the same developer but it doesn't seem to work so I've just downloaded a bunch of sample code from FedEx. |
| 20:08.10 | novus_aevum | What are your thoughts on real time shipping costs in a cart application versus other solutions? |
| 20:08.27 | mindjuju | honestly, I prefer realtime -- here's why |
| 20:08.53 | mindjuju | rate change and accurate shipping charges |
| 20:09.11 | mindjuju | more work up front, but then you have it solved from here on out |
| 20:09.15 | mindjuju | unless API changes |
| 20:09.46 | novus_aevum | I agree. As long as it's simple. It seems that the carriers are concerned about weight which is easy to calc, but if dimensions were an issue it could get far to complex. |
| 20:10.13 | mindjuju | true, but how many shipping boxes do you foresee? |
| 20:10.34 | mindjuju | my company has a subsidiary that is a publisher |
| 20:10.58 | mindjuju | so had to know weight of book (single) and box dimensions |
| 20:11.05 | novus_aevum | That's an extemely variable number with this customer. Sometimes it may include a 50lb bag of wheat and other times it might just be a can of green beans... |
| 20:11.17 | mindjuju | yuck |
| 20:11.56 | mindjuju | so you could realistically see freight shipping and pallet shipping, all the way down to a can or small box |
| 20:12.51 | novus_aevum | I hadn't even thought of pallet shipping, but they didn't say anything about that in the project meeting. I brought up FedEx/UPS so if they shipped on a truck that should have said something! |
| 20:13.20 | mindjuju | you know, it came up for us, but i don't recall, it seems max shipping per box, for UPS was right at 50lbs |
| 20:13.39 | mindjuju | so, any 1 box over 50, they don't do on the brown ups trucks, if i recall |
| 20:13.45 | novus_aevum | Maybe that's why their bags of wheat are only 50lbs... |
| 20:14.14 | mindjuju | let's just hope they don't order two bags |
| 20:15.51 | novus_aevum | hmmm... I'll need to look into this a bit more. Maybe if it's >50lbs I'll need to call the API 1 time for each 50lb shippment. |
| 20:16.20 | novus_aevum | I'll call the customer tomorrow and find out more about this. You've brought up some really good points. Thanks!! |
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| 20:58.23 | cycokilr | sweet, i love working on sunday.. |
| 20:58.30 | mindjuju | you do? |
| 20:58.34 | cycokilr | nein |
| 20:58.47 | mindjuju | yeah, was going to say |
| 20:58.53 | cycokilr | big meeting with some forex guys from china though.. |
| 20:59.02 | mindjuju | sure, the office is quite and you can blare your music, but... |
| 20:59.05 | mindjuju | i'd rather be home |
| 20:59.17 | cycokilr | this is true.. and i am blaring the music as we speak.. |
| 20:59.49 | mindjuju | what you playin'? |
| 20:59.52 | cycokilr | it's not all bad though, it's quiet enough to catch up on some smaller projects.. |
| 20:59.58 | cycokilr | it's that radio nigel.. |
| 21:00.02 | mindjuju | ah |
| 21:00.16 | cycokilr | i'm thinking of putting on some toy dolls though.. |
| 21:00.20 | cycokilr | a little more bouncy.. |
| 21:01.03 | cycokilr | ooh, or maybe some joykiller.. |
| 21:01.13 | mindjuju | don't know joykiller |
| 21:01.57 | cycokilr | it's jack grisham (that ran for governor of CA against arnie) from T.S.O.L.. |
| 21:02.43 | cycokilr | for comparison, they're like a speedier pennywise.. |