How to make your shopping cart suck less - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2012, 11:36:49 pm
content: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/shopping_cart

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2012, 03:07:06 am
content: BRILLIANT! LMFAO!!

author: TheWelly888
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 01:31:06 pm
content: I REALLY HATE having to scroll past miles of shit nowheres to find my own country to enter but this doesn't affect Our Dave though!Great find!

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 02:18:50 pm
content: And when you have selected your country they still ask for the US state. Damn, there are no US states in my country, but if they insist I'll select Alaska. And when they are dumb enough to print the state on the package label, good luck getting that delivered without a detour through Alaska. And of course when the print the shipping address in US order it creates extra fun.Also nice, when they verify the ZIP code against a ZIP database, and of course use the US database for all countries. I always wounded if the proprietors never scratch their head when they look at their shop system statistics and see that 100% of all foreign orders are aborted during checkout.

author: chrome
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 04:14:56 pm
content: Quote from: TheWelly888 on January 08, 2012, 01:31:06 pmI hope you know that when you start typing it will go to it.

author: Greg J
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 06:04:32 pm
content: Don't put US and Canada on top of the country list. Who the fsck cares about US, they already bother most of the world with their presence and 'saving the democracy'.As far as not having to register, coupling it with Facebook and alike is not a good idea, because your personal safety will be compromised if someone compromises your Facebook or whatever account. There are quite few sites out there where registration is not required and you can still order stuff. Its perfectly doable, from web development perspective.

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 02:02:33 am
content: Quote from: Greg J on January 08, 2012, 06:04:32 pmYou know. They're typically the ones who forget that the UK is still a viable market.

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 11:13:02 am
content: Quote from: Greg J on January 08, 2012, 06:04:32 pmI don't really mind, its never too far to scroll down to AustraliaAlso, <3 theoatmeal

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 12:49:16 pm
content: Quote from: slateraptor on January 09, 2012, 02:02:33 amWho told you that? Next thing they'll be claiming England has a top shelf Cricket Team.

author: im_a_human
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 01:58:10 pm
content: Sometimes when i order components from a supplier the order can be essential basic items but a bit dull. For example if i order a load of resistors and capacitors well thats not very exciting is it? so i throw in some goodies too. Maybe some blue LED's and a few PIC chips, perhaps a few tools or some push switches or some connectors.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 02:57:48 pm
content: Most browsers allows you to quickly jump to drop down menu entries by pressing whatever letter the item starts with. So if I want Vanuatu, just open the drop down and press V.(The oatmeal is a great site btw)

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 03:34:01 pm
content: Great if you live in Uruguay. Press U and you end up at 'United States', which was put at the top per Oatmeal's recommendation.

author: Ajahn Lambda
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 10:00:34 pm
content: Y'all jelly?j/k It's probably a case of pandering to the market (or at least what a particular company sees as their largest or most-typical consumer market). I haven't a clue otherwise.I always thought it'd be more 'diplomatically appropriate' if one had to TYPE IN his/her country and other relevant address information. Why does their system have to be the end-all to it? If I want to mark a package "Santa Claus, North Pole", who the heck are they to argue?!?

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2012, 12:10:04 am
content: Quote from: SigEpBlue on January 09, 2012, 10:00:34 pmThose chaps who have to manually sort through dead mail. I read a presumably fictional short story a long time ago about a guy whose job was exactly that; in the end, he committed suicide. It was quite sad.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2012, 05:36:28 am
content: Quote from: SigEpBlue on January 09, 2012, 10:00:34 pmProviding a list reduces the number of failed deliveries due to people unable to spell the name of their own country, or the idiots that confuse state and country.In my opinion, the only way to handle international addresses is to just provide a number of free-form address lines. Take the UK format with name of the house, village name and postal town for example (is this still common?). Preferred order and fields are just too different between countries, although most are able to handle their addressed formatted according to US standards.

author: sonicj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2012, 06:45:23 am
content: What really chaps my @$$ is those search engines that think they know what I'm looking for better than I do... ie: Amazon & eBay. I know exactly WT* it is Im looking for and don't want to have to scroll past craptastic garbage from china that didn't match my search query exactly but some algorithm thought I might also be looking for!When I sign in to eBay, I want to go straight to my eBay page. I'm not interested in the d**n deal of the day OK?! Have I ever clicked on the Deal of The Day? NO! Why am I forced to load, look at and then click past that crap every single day? Offensive!Amazon is the epitome of too much crap on the screen syndrome. It looks like it was coded by2nd gradersthe marketing department all of whom forgot to take their ADHD meds before reporting to work. I avoid shopping there if possible!-sj

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2012, 06:50:58 am
content: Quote from: alm on January 10, 2012, 05:36:28 amYeah, but some idiots thought with a single line of freeform address line but with only 20 characters max is enough.