[thelist] [UPS] Complex Shipping
Hassan Schroeder
hassan at webtuitive.com
Wed Apr 20 10:11:57 CDT 2005
Joshua Olson wrote:
>> I'm currently using a piece of code that calculates
>> shipping via UPS using their online XML services. I'd
>> like to find a way to improve the accuracy
>> of the calculation so that it uses the same shipping
>> calculation as the available software.
>>
>>Uh, what "available software" are you referring to?
>
> UPS's very own "WorldShip" product.
If you're using either one, shouldn't they both be "accurate"?
Ha, no, trick question. A couple of years ago I tried using the UPS
XML interface for a client. It *seemed* to work, *but* -- their own
HTML-based shipping calculator gave different results for identical
input.
UPS "tech support" couldn't seem to grasp this being a problem. So
my client decided to use the US Postal Service :-)
I offer this only to indicate that "accuracy" in the context of UPS
may be a bit of a wraith, and trying to pin down anyone at UPS on
this a waste of time. (I spent literally weeks sending and resending
documentation of the problem - repeatable test case -- without ever
getting any kind of resolution.)
Good luck!
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