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Re:Don't Force Users to Register Before They Can Buy (2015) by crazygringo on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:36PM (#34099836)
Wow, I feel like I buy a lot of stuff online but I don't think I've ever come across that. It sounds super bad.

Is there a particular site or commerce platform that is known for implementing this?

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Re:Don't Force Users to Register Before They Can Buy (2015) by RajT88 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:43PM (#34099917)
Those drop-shipper websites which are extremely numerous (and often haven't been running for very long) are quite guilty of this.

They sometimes use this as a way of "bait and switch" - we're sorry, we're out of stock, but if you want to use the credit for this item on other things...

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