online shopping

[spacefem]

I haven't done a public entry in a bit so I'll make this one just to tell online retailers, in case they're listening, that I hate them.

Here's the pattern:

Me: visit a website to look at things

Site: Giant popup! JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST!

Me: Can I just look at the things? How do I know I want to join your email list if I don't know what you have? Where's the tiny close button? Oh there it is... I had to wait for a delay for it to show up, and now it's nearly invisible, but I found it! okay!

Site: THERE'S STILL A CODE YOU CAN GET IF YOU JOIN OUR LIST AND IT'S WORTH 3.2% OFF!

Me: I'll pass. But I like these socks. I'm going to buy these socks.

Site: GREAT WE'LL PUT YOU ON OUR EMAIL LIST!

Me: No, I'm unchecking that box.

Site: (sneaks in another box)

(12 hours pass)

Me: I wonder if my socks shipped. I will check my email for a tracking number on the order.

Site, in my email: WE HAVE A SALE GOING ON

Me: Tracking number?

Site: BUT IT'S A REALLY BIG SALE.

Me: It looks like the prices are the same as they were yesterday. Besides, I don't have the first thing! How do I know if I like your site enough to buy another thing if I don't even have one thing?

Site: WHAT?

Me: Is anyone shipping my order, or do you only have time for marketing?

Site: ONLY HAVE TIME FOR MARKETING.

Me: Well darn.

Comments

[anais_pf]

All pop-ups everywhere on the internet must die. Nobody will miss them. Nobody.

[armiphlage]

There is a small specialty shopping site that I get stuff from.

I checked out their "New Arrivals" page. They had a shampoo. I looked at its ingredients, I can't use it, too bad, I closed the page.

Four times in the next 12 hours in my email: "You forgot something! Come back and get the shampoo!"

I wrote to them that, no matter how many times they emailed me, the ingredients in the shampoo would still irritate my skin, but if they kept emailing me I'd have to block them and never shop from them again.

The spam stopped. I don't know why anyone thought it was a good idea to enable that feature.

[adafrog]

Sounds right.

[kazzy_cee]

I have a pop up blocker, but they still seem to be getting around that on some sites. So frustrating!

[low_delta]

One of the things that drives me crazy is When they ask you to answer a survey when you just got to the site, and haven't even placed your order yet.