Fedex shown as shipping option with a PO box

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I have an issue where Fedex is shown as a shipping option when the address is a PO box. It should not be doing that.

How can I limit the Fedex shipping quotes to only show when the address is not a PO box?

The address line, instead of a street address, will have something like "PO Box 411". It could be "P.O. Box 411", and very rarely "Post Office Box 411". Of course the number is different each time.

These addresses get delivered to a box at the local post office. Because of that Fedex can't deliver to them.

What would be really handy is the ability to not show FedEx shipping for PO Box addresses, since it should not anyway, and to be able to show USPS for only PO Box addresses. That way I could have two shipping methods (Fedex and USPS) setup, and Fedex will be the shipping method for all addresses except PO Boxes, and USPS will be the only shipping method for PO Boxes.

Does that make since?

Hello,

What would be really handy is the ability to not show FedEx shipping for PO Box addresses, since it should not anyway, and to be able to show USPS for only PO Box addresses. That way I could have two shipping methods (Fedex and USPS) setup, and Fedex will be the shipping method for all addresses except PO Boxes, and USPS will be the only shipping method for PO Boxes.

I completely understand that there is no option for this at the moment. I was just telling you folks what would be ideal, and how this should function here in the United States.

What I am reporting here is that there is an issue with the Fedex shipping plugin. It should not return shipping rates for PO box addresses. It is wrong that is is doing that as Fedex can't deliver to PO box addresses.

So please understand that this is a bug and needs to be addressed to make the Fedex shipping plugin work properly.

Please let me know if you folks are going to address this, or if I need to look elsewhere.

Thank you.

So what you are saying is that you give Fedex the information they way, and if they return wrong information then it is a problem with Fedex, not you folks. Is that right?

Regardless everyone needs to know that the Fedex shipping plugin IS NOT RELIABLE.

I have attached a screen capture of a test I just did with it. I used a PO Box, and got shipping rates for Fedex Ground, Fedex 2 Day, Fedex Express Saver Time Pickup, and Fedex Ground (Home Delivery), which are all shipping methods that do not deliver to PO Box addresses. Also, you can see I get an error that reads "The FedEx request failed with the message : Customer not eligible for service." That is from turning on FedEx Smart Post.

People need to know that this plugin is not returning valid shipping results at all.

Hello,

"The FedEx request failed with the message : Customer not eligible for service." That is from turning on FedEx Smart Post.

People need to know that this plugin is not returning valid shipping results at all.

if(isset($null->shipping_address->address_street) && preg_match("/PO/i", $null->shipping_address->address_street)){
	$messages['po_address'] = "Your error message";
	continue;
}

$receivedMethods=$this->_getRates($rate, $order, $heavyProduct, $null);