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Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user.

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On 2017-12-02, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

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> I plucked this one from the "Old Calculator" thread.  In that thread, 
> Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> said:
>
>  > b) None of the prices shown was likely to match what I paid when I
>  >    take postage, packaging and often-disadvantageous currency
>  >    conversion rates into account.
>
> Which reminded me of yet another one of my pet-peeves.  Sales sites
> that charge postage and handling, but hide the amount of postage and
> handling I'll need to pay until *after* I have entered payment details.

Hear bloody hear. I usually abandon the purchase when this happens.


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Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-02 11:23 +1100
  Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-02 01:37 +0000
    Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-02 13:12 +1100
    Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-02 09:39 +0000
      Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-02 18:02 +0000
        Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-12-02 12:44 -0800
          Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-03 09:31 +0000
        Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-03 09:43 +0000
  Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2017-12-02 15:31 +0200
  Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-14 12:50 +1100
    Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-14 02:06 +0000
      Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-21 13:52 +1100

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