If a product does not qualify for free shipping its value should not count towards the Free Shipping threshold as it currently does. The fact that it does has a truly adverse effect on the shipping total resulting in a loss of $ as noted here https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=114995

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