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Quandries re: Shipping Charges

I need advice.

For many years my website (www.OOZandOZ.com) has utilized PayPal’s virtual terminal to process credit card payments.

I‘ve never been comfortable with PayPal’s only two options regarding applying shipping charges:

Option 1 lets us assign a fixed shipping price per item.

Option 2 lets us assign a shipping cost per dollar range of sales.

Neither system works satisfactorily for my product line or for my customers’ ordering patterns.

Both options force me to charge customers added shipping costs for extra items ordered despite the fact that they can fit into the same flat-rate priority mailer or first class envelope and not exceed the weight limit. It irritates me when e-tailers do it to me and I bristle at being forced to do the same to my own customers. I want to be fair to my customers and fair to myself. Golden Rule, ya know!

Does anyone know of an affordable, adaptable alternative plug-in?

Has anyone written work-around code that addresses this kind of problem?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Yeah, I’m bad. I’d shoot you on site & twist your head if you lived in Seattle.

And you’d love it! I’d bring my Mobile Morphing Unit to do the job! Outside Seattle, alas, you have to send me your photograph to be Custom Morphed.

My OOZ & OZ software has been creating unique optical illusion products -- multi-award-winning tabletop toys and party activities -- for more than 10 years. Check out www.OOZandOZ.com. Now I’m growing the service side of the company for special events, parties, workshops. “Oohs and Ahhs” guaranteed! Contact me, Myrna Hoffman. Force me to upgrade my new Biznik membership!