Let's rant about online shopping

[Deleted]

Because I need to know why Old Navy's cart is so damned obnoxious and slow.

And I need to know why Target's website sucks balls all over?

Also, why has Amazon's site looked pretty much the same since 2001?

[ringstrue]

Target's website BLOWS

[pamela]

Amazon has looked the same because don't mess with something that works or else you end up like Target.

I refuse to even look at Target for online shopping any more. It's just too painful.

[pescalita]

The latter two are related: Amazon runs Target.com.

Target.com buys separately from the Stores, and maybe it's just my buyer, but they're not the brightest bulbs in the pack. Also the head never talks to the ass. .com regularly buys different items than the stores, and not on purpose.

[eclaires]

Old Navy/Gap has the worst shopping cart set up EVER EVER EVER. It is so slow to edit or delete items, it makes me want to punch someone. That cart has probably saved me $1000s of dollars because I get frustrated and say fuck it.

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omg I hate Target's website.  Like I never buy anything online there because it is AWFUL.  just horrendous. 

I don't have those issues with Old Navy but for some reason I can never find anything online at Gap that I like.  Like they post these cute outfits and then I can't find the actual articles of clothing.


WHY does Loft keep sending me 5 emails a day??  I get it, you are having a sale.  Again.  whoop. dee. do.

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Feb 20, 2013 11:39:23 GMT -5 pamela said:

Amazon has looked the same because don't mess with something that works or else you end up like Target.

I refuse to even look at Target for online shopping any more. It's just too painful.

It doesn't work.

Their search engine is fucking awful and they can't sort to save their lives. I know amazon has a lot of stuff but trying to find it is a pain in the ass.

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Feb 20, 2013 11:42:18 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Old Navy/Gap has the worst shopping cart set up EVER EVER EVER. It is so slow to edit or delete items, it makes me want to punch someone. That cart has probably saved me $1000s of dollars because I get frustrated and say fuck it.

That's the current cycle I'm caught it. Last day, 40% off kids and maternity shit complete with a 15% off coupon. I should be done with this.

However, I have a cart full of shit I have to delete one by one, including shit I left in the cart last time because I was annoyed at having to delete one by one.

Also, I hate when you put something in the cart and the page you're looking at goes back up the top so I have to scroll all the way back fucking down to the items I was looking at on a 296 item page.

I think old navy's card pisses me off the most because I hate going into their stores. If I can't check out on target, I can see if my local has it and go there. But I don't want to go to Old Navy. I think the store is shit. Utter shit for organization and their "sales" labeling is the worst ever. Sly bastards.

[eddy]

I thought target took over their own web stuff and that is why it sucks ass. I don't think they are linked to Amazon anymore.

I love amazon with all of my heart. I shop on it enough that I don't find the search engine bad at all.

I ditto everyone about Old Navy and Target. I have saved a ton of money out of pure frustration.

[eclaires]

Our Old Navy isn't bad, but I can always get better deals online which makes shopping in store worthless. Plus, no talls in store, the bastard assholes.

[Deleted]

The sorting on Amazon is terrible! Soring by price is futile.

I hate the Amazon interface for instant video. I feel like it takes me 10 steps to find what I want. I just want to watch some young Scott Wolf in Party of Five. IS THAT SO HARD, ASSHOLES?!!

[ringstrue]

Did you guys get those $5 long sleeve Ts at ON? I got like 5. LOVE THEM. Actually they are under $4 at our mall now.

[emptygee]

Feb 20, 2013 11:39:45 GMT -5 pescalita said:

The latter two are related: Amazon runs Target.com.

Target.com buys separately from the Stores, and maybe it's just my buyer, but they're not the brightest bulbs in the pack. Also the head never talks to the ass. .com regularly buys different items than the stores, and not on purpose.

Yeah, eddy is right. Amazon doesn't run Target.com anymore.

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Feb 20, 2013 11:57:22 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

The sorting on Amazon is terrible! Soring by price is futile.

I hate the Amazon interface for instant video. I feel like it takes me 10 steps to find what I want. I just want to watch some young Scott Wolf in Party of Five. IS THAT SO HARD, ASSHOLES?!!

Oh god, yes. The interface is damned awful. I know they want me to shop everything but ffs, the new releases should be up front and easy to find. There is no way I should be sorting through episodes of blue clues while trying to find Taken 2.

YOU TOO, NETFLIX!

The best way to sort through amazon is to do a search, note what category the product is in and then go back to the home page, through all the steps to get to the category, then sort by price range, NOT lowest to highest.

Otherwise, you'll find yourself looking at those jibbitz fug ass things that go in your crocs when you try to search for cork wedges. Or hdmi cables when you're trying to find a damned dvd player.

[adhdfashion]

I think Old Navy and Target make their sites crappy on purpose. So you finally break go into the store and make impulse purchases. 

[2curlydogs]

Feb 20, 2013 11:59:13 GMT -5 emptygee said:

Feb 20, 2013 11:39:45 GMT -5 pescalita said:

The latter two are related: Amazon runs Target.com.

Target.com buys separately from the Stores, and maybe it's just my buyer, but they're not the brightest bulbs in the pack. Also the head never talks to the ass. .com regularly buys different items than the stores, and not on purpose.

Yeah, eddy is right. Amazon doesn't run Target.com anymore.

Yup. This is why they re-designed.

And their shopping card is a PIECE OF SHIT.  SHIT I TELL YOU! And I may or may not have ranted about this repeatedly on Facebook.

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Target is resigned but it's still utter shit.

It's slow as damned molasses.

[pescalita]

Feb 20, 2013 12:02:59 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

Feb 20, 2013 11:59:13 GMT -5 emptygee said:

Yeah, eddy is right. Amazon doesn't run Target.com anymore.

Yup. This is why they re-designed.

And their shopping card is a PIECE OF SHIT.  SHIT I TELL YOU! And I may or may not have ranted about this repeatedly on Facebook.

This makes sense.

Amazon is really great to work with, and generally have their shit together about buying, but someone in the design dept over there is smoking something.

Also, I really hate filters based on colors or other kind of subjective things. They always tempt me, but I don't trust them.

[eddy]

What drives me the most insane about Target is they throw all the maternity clothes into the general clothes searches. If I want to look at dresses I have to weed through 5 trillion big bump dresses. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Who the fuck thought that was a good idea?

[2curlydogs]

Here's my other Rant about Target.

So I ordered bedding from them for B's toddler bed.  It cost $12 to ship it.

Want to know why?



Because the little box that actually held the bedding shipped in that HUGE FUCKING BOX stuffed with bubble wrap.

WTMF?!

[meshaliuknits]

Feb 20, 2013 12:27:31 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

Here's my other Rant about Target.

So I ordered bedding from them for B's toddler bed.  It cost $12 to ship it.

Want to know why?



Because the little box that actually held the bedding shipped in that HUGE FUCKING BOX stuffed with bubble wrap.

WTMF?!

Cats must pack those things.

[jlt19]

I hate that if something is available at ONE store, Target won't let you buy it online. They say "available in store" but then it's not available at the stores convenient to me. And only 1/2 of their diapers are available online. I want to buy them online b/c I get free shipping and don't end up spending $100 at the store on pointless crap. Probably why they don't let me buy them online:(

[osulori]

I didn't have a ton of issues ordering crap from ON over the weekend...for once. I was shocked, but relieved-all the stuff I wanted was maternity, and the one ON maternity department we have out of all the ONs around Central Ohio SUCKS BALLS. The online selection kicks the in store selection's ass.

[caden]

My SIL works for target corporate and I think she's somewhat involved with their website. I nag her every time I see her about how awful their website is. It's shockingly bad for a company that huge.

I hate Netflix's interface too.

[Melissa W.]

Our house loves Amazon a little too much. Prime = the devil

[crazytalk]

The online shopping experience at ON & the Gap is terrible, but made 1000x worse when you place your order and then you wait, and wait, and wait AND FUCKING WAIT for it to ship. It has taken them 10-12 days just to ship out my stuff when I've ordered online. It's nuts. Oh but you only have a 20 MINUTE window to cancel an order once you place it online. 20 minutes. But then they sit on your order for a week and a half or longer before they ship it.

Zappos has spoiled me. I don't know how they do it, but I've ordered on a Saturday night from there, and received my items on Monday.

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Feb 20, 2013 11:54:38 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Also, I hate when you put something in the cart and the page you're looking at goes back up the top so I have to scroll all the way back fucking down to the items I was looking at on a 296 item page.

I HATE HATE HATE this about ON. It makes me leave the site. There are some others that do this too like overstock. 

[Deleted]

I find amazon to be super user friendly. I love it.

[moreace01]

Feb 20, 2013 11:57:22 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

The sorting on Amazon is terrible! Soring by price is futile.

I hate the Amazon interface for instant video. I feel like it takes me 10 steps to find what I want. I just want to watch some young Scott Wolf in Party of Five. IS THAT SO HARD, ASSHOLES?!!

For some reason I can never remember where the videos I have bought are stored. I always think - yes, I would like to watch the walking dead instantly. So I go to Your Video Library - nope, that's not it. And then I think, oh its in Prime Instant Videos. Nope. Not there. Oh...Subscribe and Save items? Yes. The obvious choice to select to watch instant video....

Seriously I do this every time I want to watch a video. I realize I should understand this by now, but I don't.

[PinkSquirrel]

Amazon hasn't changed their cart because they know that you don't "fix" things when they're not broken. Amazon used their brain cells in the beginning unlike some other companies *cough*ON*cough*