When I have a zero value $0.00 item but there is a shipping value, however the amount on the paypal standards page is shown as blank - top of the page where it says total, shipping included. And you cannot log in to complete the transcation as a buyer as it says you need to enter an item higher than zero.
Surely the amount at the top should be the total including shipping whatever the item value is.

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Title: Paypal ZPS not accepting zero vlue items where the cart total does have a value » Paypal WPS not accepting zero value items where the cart total does have a value

PayPal API apparently does not support zero amounts for cart items, even if you choose to charge for shipping. See https://www.x.com/thread/43314 for example.

However, if you select "submit the whole order as a single line item" in the Ubercart payment method settings, you may be able to work around this issue.

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cham74 commented

"submit the whole order as a single line item" is selected. I appreciate the WPS side not accepting zero values, but I don't get why this line at 990 creates a blank amount?
$data['amount_1'] = uc_price($order->order_total - $shipping - $tax, $context, $options);
sends nothing.

By adding a number 1 to the line I get the right amount +$1,
$data['amount_1'] = uc_price($order->order_total - $shipping - $tax +1, $context, $options);

by removing $shipping I get the total with shipping twice...

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cham74 commented

Even though I have single line item, its still split at paypal into the 0 for the object which is $0 and therefore rejected... The single line items are fees and shipping grouped together.

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cham74 commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

In my case I forced all the items including fees and discounts into the Paypal object box to make the cart total a single item and no breakdown on items or shipping and fees.
Works for us as the invoice page on the site gives a breakdown of the items, fees and shipping.
I did this by removing $shipping on line 924 to give: 'handling_cart' => uc_price($context, $options),
and on line 990 removed the - $shipping to give: $data['amount_1'] = uc_price($order->order_total - $tax, $context, $options);
Seems strange Paypal won't accept $0 for the items in the cart.. there must be other stores who end up only charging for shipping or extra fees.