2 messages in com.googlegroups.google-checkout-api-ukUK Postal Codes
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Top-Togs.co.uk23 Jan 2008 02:23 
GoogleCheckoutDevProJoel31 Jan 2008 04:16 
Subject:UK Postal Codes
From:Top-Togs.co.uk (s.@top-togs.co.uk)
Date:01/23/2008 02:23:55 AM
List:com.googlegroups.google-checkout-api-uk

Hi,

We're currently setting this up so that the correct postal charges are being shown for different areas. i.e our courier has a surcharge for items going to the Isle of Wight.

If you use the following code:

<postal-area> <country-code>UK</country-code> <postal-code-pattern>PO30*</postal-code-pattern> </postal-area>

repeated for codes PO30* to PO42* it works great, google spots the IOW postcode and adds the surcharge.

If a customer from the Portsmouth area has a postcode of say PO3 0AA google doesn't add the surcharge which is correct. However google allows customers to enter postcodes without formatting i.e. without the space, so that PO3 0AA could be entered as PO30AA. Google now thinks that this Portsmouth postcode is on the IOW and add the surcharge.

Can google force the formatting or is there another way to do this?

Regards,

Stu