Humble Bundle Books: Functional Programming

Re:Humble Bundle Books: Functional Programming by skizm on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @10:35AM (#16367883)

FYI: The $25 box is checked automatically and there is no confirm window after the paypal window. I just accidentally payed $10 over what I wanted to pay. That "checkout area" needs to be a little more clear I think. I didn't even realize that was the checkout area. I honestly didn't even notice the amount bubbles and was wondering when I was supposed to plug in what I wanted to pay. I was super confused when I got to the last page. Didn't notice until I got the paypal notification on my phone and went back to the main page.

I realize I'm dumb, but maybe someone will read this and not make the same mistake.

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Re:Humble Bundle Books: Functional Programming by bawigga on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @11:48AM (#16368536)

At least some of that $10 went towards a good cause!

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Re:Humble Bundle Books: Functional Programming by Jare on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @03:28PM (#16370435)

All of it went to good causes imho. :)

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Re:Humble Bundle Books: Functional Programming by mavrc on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @12:59PM (#16369196)

Having done this myself, in my case, a quick email to the Humble support team got the order cancelled and I was able to re-order at the correct price.

I agree that it would be nice if the price required active confirmation; it's too easy to choose the wrong thing.

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Re:Humble Bundle Books: Functional Programming by staikken on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @12:28PM (#16368883)

Note also if for some reason the payment fails (for example an error with the captcha) the payment resets to $25. Didn't catch it the second time through the payment process.

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Re:Humble Bundle Books: Functional Programming by ineedtosleep on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @03:23PM (#16370399)

Yep, I also did the same and accidentally clicked on the "Pay Instantly with Paypal" button -- which indeed did what it said it would. I supposed I'm not too torn up about it since I put a large majority of the purchase towards charity, but I feel like I fell for a subtle UX trap even after 10+ Humble Bundle purchases.

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