Re:Don't Force Users to Register Before They Can Buy (2015)
by crazygringo on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:34PM
(#34099808)
That sucks, but to be fair that's not usually intentional, but simply a cached price that hasn't updated. You see this especially with flights for some reason due to the complexity -- airlines change prices incredibly frequently but aggregator sites can't refresh them all instantly. I'd forgive a site if I only saw this happen once/occasionally, but I'd report it to regulators if I saw it happen as a pattern.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Don't Force Users to Register Before They Can Buy (2015)
by hunter2_ on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:44PM
(#34099923)
With how laggy those sites are, I figured they are indeed pulling the price from the origin... Interesting that they'd have their own cache and still be so slow.
Re:Don't Force Users to Register Before They Can Buy (2015)
by bobwaycott on Thursday December 22, 2022 @07:36PM
(#34100928)
Can’t recall where I’ve heard it, but that lag is almost always artificial—meant to convince the user that time was spent finding a good deal.
Re:Don't Force Users to Register Before They Can Buy (2015)
by tgsovlerkhgsel on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:51PM
(#34099999)
Not updating the cache before/when asking for CC information is at the very least knowingly ignoring the problem, and likely intentionally ignoring the problem because the user is more likely to continue anyway once you've tricked them into giving their CC information and they just need to click yes to be done...
I hope jurisdictions that have "truth in advertising" laws bring the hammer down on such "negligent" violations.