UPS Size Dimensions Not Working

Hello WebAssist,

The problem I am facing is that my UPS calculation is not factoring in the L x W x H dimensions. I have everything coded correctly, but the only thing that works is the weight of the product in determining the shipping value. Is there any way to make sure that the shipping dimensions can be factored into the final UPS shipping quote?

Thank you,
Robert Crespo

Can I see a copy of the page with the shipping applied? It should be passing the dimensions and accounting for it.

Ray, thank you for your help. I have attached the confirm.php page which contains the UPS shipping calculation script. I appreciate your taking a look at this.

It looks like it is set up correctly. Are you sure the values for Legnth, Width, and Height values are set correctly in the cart? I see there is a typo in the word Length... that is fine as long is it is set that way.

Maybe try dumping the session on a blank page after the shipping is calculated and see if the values appear to be set correctly there:

<?php

@session_start();

var_dump($_SESSION);

?>

Ray,

I added the session dump to the confirm.php and verified that the shipping dimensions are being passed along as you can see in the private message area. It seems that no matter what shipping dimensions I use, the weight variable seems to be the only thing that effects the shipping calculation.

As for the misspelled item, Legnth instead of Length, it is misspelled throughout the entire website, including the database field also named Legnth. The misspelling is not affecting the correct length data being added to eCart.

Thank you,
Robert

Dimensions are only used for light packages. UPS will calculate the weight charge and the box size charge and charge you the greater of the two. Since you are sending a 150lb item, the weight is more significant than the box size when determining cost. A box that size wouldn't be 103.41 if it didn't weigh so much. Is that the amount that is showing in your checkout?

Ray, thank you for getting back to me on this shipping dimension issue I am having. Upon further testing of the UPS dimensions it turns out that if I set the weight of the item to 150 LB's while inputing in the correct shipping dimensions, the "correct" UPS calculation was rendered. However, If I removed the weight figure, or set the weight to 1 LB, it resulted in a shipping price that was 30% less. So, yes, it does look like that the UPS eCart object is factoring both calculations. However, if I set the weight of the product to the actual weight, which would be more like 75 LB's, the resulting shipping amount is "incorrect" because not enough shipping was calculated. To get the "correct" shipping amount requires a lot of playing around with the weights and dimensions.

You could send the information about the request and response to UPS and see what they have to say. If we are passing the right information and they are passing back the wrong rate I'm not sure what the cause would be. We would need to know what was wrong about the request we are sending and then we could correct that to get the correct response.

Ray,

OK, I am slowly getting to the crux of the matter when it comes to the shipping calculations. The biggest issue that I am faced with is when a customer add an item to the shopping cart that comprises multiple boxes. For example, I am selling a large plant light cart called model GA3-P2. Model comprises of three boxes that are the following dimensions:

Box #1: 70" x 24" x 6"
Box #2: 57" x 18" x 6"
Box #3: 57" x 21" x 4"

However, the only dimensions that I am passing to eCart are the Box #1 dimensions of 70" x 24" x 6".

Do you recommend that I add the dimensions all up and pass the aggregate values to the Length, Width, and Height fields? So, instead of passing 70" x 24" x 6" I can pass 184" W x 62" W x 16" H. Would that be better?

Ray,

Well, that did not work. Adding up the shipping dimensions of all three boxes to 184" W x 62" W x 16" H resulting the UPS shipping calculation to fail.

From the way I see the problem, the solution would need to account for multiple boxes per item. It seems to me that I am in need of a custom solution. Can this problem be solved with a custom support ticket?

Thank you,
Robert