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DHL multi-division shipping extension for Magento 2
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max_package_weight #19

Closed throbbingcat closed 3 years ago

throbbingcat commented 3 years ago

We use (or maybe misuse) the weight property of articles to calculate shipping costs via tablerate. This is not the real weight, but in most cases a much higher number. With the old extension this was no problem. This new extension seems to have a max_package_weight defined in https://github.com/netresearch/dhl-module-carrier-paket/blob/3a64acc69a14fd019319a70449ad49aadf5d1a82/etc/config.xml#L14. Could this value become configurable in the backend?

mam08ixo commented 3 years ago

This is a very special requirement that we will not consider in our module code. However, you should be able to replace that value using a database or config.php/env.php entry, whatever suits you best.

ngolatka commented 3 years ago

@alexandergolz I guess you are aware that all DHL modules transmit the weight to the DHL API. Does this not cause much higher postage (porto)?

Also, DHL is usually not very happy if the transmitted parcel weight differs grossly from the actual weight (which they do check).

throbbingcat commented 3 years ago

@ngolatka: We really only send maybe 10-20% actually with DHL, for the rest we simply do not generate the label. And of course we use the real weight when generating the label. It's all mabye somewhat convoluted, but it works suprisingly well with our small sales.

@alexandergolz I guess you are aware that all DHL modules transmit the weight to the DHL API. Does this not cause much higher postage (porto)?

Also, DHL is usually not very happy if the transmitted parcel weight differs grossly from the actual weight (which they do check).