[knightjt02]

It was to my understanding, that I have to give them there total price before they check out, so therefore, I do not understand how to get the right price without seeing the zip code first.
But it is still to my knowledge, that you do not recieve the order, until the customer has already paid for it. And how will they know how much to pay, if I can not put a rate on the site? All areas have different percantage rates, and I am trying to figure out how to put that on my web site, so that it does not send the customers on a man hunt looking for their total cost. For an example-----
zones 2-8 all have different percantages---
2---13%
3--- 15%
4--- 17%
and that is only for UPS, but all the others have different percantages. Do you undersand what I am trying to explain?

[gizmoitus]

You have a base price. Everyone understands that shipping and handling are going to be extra, beyond the cost of the items, and that is based on their location, and the method of shipping they choose.

In your basket, you need to have logic that allows them to set the shipping options, and recalculate the total, with the shipping and handling displayed as a line item which gets added to the subtotal for the items.

In order to do this, you must know where the item is going to be shipped, so you need to get the shipping address from them, or at very least the zipcode before you can do this calculation.