Hi.
I'm almost ready to go live with a site for a client, but we are struggling to find a suitable solution for shipping because the shipping options seem too restrictive - anyone else configuring a site for the UK market I'm sure will have found this too.
I need to configure the following in addition to a Standard flat rate shipping charge:
Scottish highlands & islands charge applies up to 20 kilo's of £25.95
Northern Ireland charge applies upto 10 kilo's of £25.95
Channel Islands charge applies up to 10 kilos of £45.95
Isle of man charge applies up to 10 kilo's of £45.95
Isle of Wight charge applies up to 20 kilos of £25.95
Dublin charge applies up to 10 kilos of £45.95
Rest of Eire charge applies up to 10 kilos of £49.50
This kind of scenario is
standard for UK couriers, there are no one-shipment-fits-all logistics companies that will work in the UK without these weight based surcharges for outlying areas, channel islands, etc.
I have edited the table
_virtumart_states in the db to modify the (rather pointless) England/Wales/Scotland/Ireland to match the above, adding a few new options, so now these regions are selectable in the chekout for Shipping. Great!
However, shipping options can only currently be set by Weight and Country, not by State/Region also. I am aware that Tax Calculations can be used to add additional costs for a State/Region, but these calculations cannot be limited by order weight too.
So, is there any way I can set up VM2 to also allow configuring shipment fixed by Country + State? If not this seems completely inflexible for the UK market guys!

Looking forward to hearing a developers view.