two different shipping methods

I've tried Sue's method and it seems to work. One comment. It seems like in order to get the weight correct, you need to create a separate Shipping method for each possible weight. Which means that if I want to cover 4 separate weight possibilities for each state I would have a total of 200 rules. Is this correct?

Thanks,

Mark

Do you mean that you want a different shipping charge for the same item in each individual state?

If the shipping charge for one product is the same in all the states you only have to make one rule. You don't have to make a separate rule for each state unless the shipping charge is different per lb, for example. One rule for the US can include all the states (subzones).

Let's say I want a 1 oz product to Florida for $5.00 which includes the shipping package. A single Florida order would be $5. But my Florida customer orders 2 of them. Shipping price is calculated to 10.00 BUT since they'll be shipped in the same package, which takes most of the weight, the actual shipping price would be, say, $7.50. So, should a 1 oz product be shipped at $2.50 with some way to increase the amount for a package? Is that what the "Actions" under "Shipping prices" in the Product screen are for (You can add an action that's a child of a listed shipping method)?

The same would apply to California, but the total price might $3.00, not $5.

I found this but I don't know if it answers your question:
www.hikashop.com/en/forum/2-general-talk...ct-prices.html#54823

If your one oz. product ships free, you could make a rule saying that a product between .5 and 1.5 ounces ships for $0. But if a customer orders 2 of them, the weight becomes 2 oz. and another rule says that a product(s) between 1.5 and 2.5 ships for $7.50. If a person orders 3, the weight becomes 3 oz, and the next rule says that shipping for that is ___. ($10?)

Is this correct? I certainly do not claim to be an expert!

It's close. Seems like what it comes down to is I want to have an option to set a package shipping cost independently of the product shipping cost and have that added one time up to the max number of items in a package. If only 4 items fit in a box, have it split into 2 packages e.g. order 8 package cost would be x2, product ship cost would be x4.

Better yet, I'd like to know why the USPS plug-in can't log me in and get shipping costs. I tried it, but it comes back with an authentication error (even though I set up an account with the USPS).