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My client wants customers who order over 12 lbs of items to call for shipping charges. (They don't expect anyone to actually order over 12 lbs, but they only gave me rates up to 12 lbs so IF someone did order 12+ lbs there would be no charge added in the cart - whew! does that make sense?)

My Shipping Logic is this:

Quote:

@sc_shipping_logic = ( "Ground|||-.99|2.19",
"Ground|||1-1.99|3.15",
"Ground|||2-3.99|7.07",
"Ground|||4-7.99|7.48",
"Ground|||8-11.99|7.80",
"USPS Priority|||-1.99|4.55",
"USPS Priority|||2-11.99|8.10",
"UPS 2nd Day|||-1.99|15.95",
"UPS 2nd Day|||2-3.99|17.40",
"UPS 2nd Day|||4-7.99|19.95",
"UPS 2nd Day|||8-11.99|22.27",
"UPS Next Day|||-1.99|38.95",
"UPS Next Day|||2-3.99|40.37",
"UPS Next Day|||4-7.99|44.08",
"UPS Next Day|||8-11.99|47.68");
#
$shipping_price = &calculate_shipping($temp_total,
$total_quantity, $total_measured_quantity);

This works great until someone order over 12 lbs.

Is there a way to add a note that says "Call For Shipping Rates" if the order is over 12 lbs?

Obviously this doesn't work but this illustrates what I want to do:

Quote:

"|||12-|Call For Shipping",

did you get help for this?
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No, I did not. To be clearer, I realize that I could add a note in the html of the page, but I would prefer that it only displayed "Call for Shipping Rates" in the shipping field and not allow an online order to be placed, if possible.

no. the "call for rates" wont work because the data needs to be numeric only. the code can't add "call for rates" to the total cost of the order LOL.
to prevent anyone from checking out it is easier to always direct them to the viewcart page being the only way to continue to step one. then you can do some agorascript in the cart footer file to replace the checkout link or button with a message.
this process based on shipping is not the best way to go, IMHO. this is bad client pr. they took the time to browse the products, add what they wanted to the cart then you tell them they can't make the purchase? i hope there isn't any competition on the net for your client's products.
since the shipping methods are standard try to convince them to use the API's for the carrier. i personally never liked shipping logic for this type of instance as some people will be paying way too much and some will not be paying enough. the ones who don't pay enough will be happy but the ones paying too much will not. actual shipping costs (or as close as you can get using the API) are almost always better in terms of pr and bean counting for unforseen expenses. if the client feels the API rates are too expensive then they can do an across the board discount or some discount logic to appease customers. at least the discount(s) can be determined and expected where excessive shipping costs (unforeseen expenses) can bite hard into the profit margin as well as alienating customers.
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