USPS Calculator - One Package per Item Purchased

I need to ship one package per item purchased, but this option in the USPS shipping rate quote wizard only separates this by total # of LINE ITEMS purchased - not the total # of products overall.

The eCart description states that if 2 of item A and 2 of Item B were purchased, then only 2 packages will be shipped.

But what I need to calculate is that if 2 of item A and 2 of Item B were purchased - then a total of 4 packages are shipped.

Any ideas how this can be accomplished? Each line item will have its own weight.

I believe it should work if you choose: "one package per item purchased", then set the quantity to the quantity field in your cart, and set the weight to the weight field in your cart. That should then calculate it as 4 packages.

Probably now you have the quantity set to 1 and the weight set to the totalweight, which would do one package per line item as you describe.

Nope - still only calculating shipping once per line item.

Item A - Qty 1
Item B - Qty 1
Item C - Qty 3

Cart calculated only $3.66 for shipping - so it only calculated shipping for 1 of item C instead of all three. Shipping SHOULD be calculating at $6.10 (which is what I calculated using USPS.com online postage calculator)

My settings (only listing the ones that pertain to this topic):

$Shipping_Packaging = 1;
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["eCart_Quantity"] = (($Shipping_Packaging == 1)?$btw->DisplayInfo("Quantity"):1);
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["Quantity"] = $btw->DisplayInfo("Quantity");
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["PackageWeight"] = "".WA_eCart_FormatNumber($btw->DisplayInfo('Weight'), true, 1) ."";

It seems like that would work. Do you know how to view the full request sent to usps? I'd be interested in seeing it. This may be a bug, so you might want to post a support incident as well to get someone looking at it on that side.

If you can post the full request and full response and that might shed some light on where to look for a solution.

FULL REQUEST:
API=RateV2&XML=FIRST CLASS921019201001REGULARFIRST CLASS921019201001REGULARFIRST CLASS921019201001REGULAR

FULL RESPONSE:
921019201001REGULAR1First-Class Mail1.22921019201001REGULAR1First-Class Mail1.22921019201001REGULAR1First-Class Mail1.22

So it looks like it is only sending a request for 3 packages, not 5. I'll open a support ticket as you suggested. Thanks.

View source on that request and response... it is xml so it doesnt show on the page.

** FULL REQUEST **
API=RateV2&XML=<ratev2request userid="638BIKIN5070"><package id="0"><service>FIRST CLASS</service><ziporigination>92101</ziporigination><zipdestination>92010</zipdestination><pounds>0</pounds><ounces>1</ounces><size>REGULAR</size></package><package id="1"><service>FIRST CLASS</service><ziporigination>92101</ziporigination><zipdestination>92010</zipdestination><pounds>0</pounds><ounces>1</ounces><size>REGULAR</size></package><package id="2"><service>FIRST CLASS</service><ziporigination>92101</ziporigination><zipdestination>92010</zipdestination><pounds>0</pounds><ounces>1</ounces><size>REGULAR</size></package></ratev2request>


** FULL RESPONSE **
<ratev2response><package id="0"><ziporigination>92101</ziporigination><zipdestination>92010</zipdestination><pounds>0</pounds><ounces>1</ounces><size>REGULAR</size><zone>1</zone><postage><mailservice>First-Class Mail</mailservice><rate>1.22</rate></postage></package><package id="1"><ziporigination>92101</ziporigination><zipdestination>92010</zipdestination><pounds>0</pounds><ounces>1</ounces><size>REGULAR</size><zone>1</zone><postage><mailservice>First-Class Mail</mailservice><rate>1.22</rate></postage></package><package id="2"><ziporigination>92101</ziporigination><zipdestination>92010</zipdestination><pounds>0</pounds><ounces>1</ounces><size>REGULAR</size><zone>1</zone><postage><mailservice>First-Class Mail</mailservice><rate>1.22</rate></postage></package></ratev2response>

It actually appears as if it would work to me. Please post a support incident and reply back with your incident number. I'll look into it further with you.

Thanks - Technical Support Ticket # 96414

Originally Said By: Ray Borduin

  It seems like that would work. Do you know how to view the full request sent to usps? I'd be interested in seeing it. This may be a bug, so you might want to post a support incident as well to get someone looking at it on that side.

If you can post the full request and full response and that might shed some light on where to look for a solution.  

Is there an easy way to view the full request and response?