MORE WAL-MART EVIL
Ran into an interesting problem on the Wal-mart website. I could not check out with my purchase. Clicking on “Proceed to checkout” merely refreshed the screen. This happened under both Chrome and Firefox (Aurora). I contacted customer service to let them know about the bug. They had a solution right away: Disable DoNotTrack+. Apparently, Wal-mart requires an ability to track you across the internet before they’ll sell you something.
Guess which online retailer is now auctoris non grata.
4 Responses to “MORE WAL-MART EVIL”
![]() Comment by Tlumaczenia Ekonomiczne November 30th, 2012 at 7:47 am |
It’s called aggresive marketing. Smart asses! |
![]() Comment by dcobranchi November 30th, 2012 at 8:23 am |
Spam? Or just really poor netiquette? |
![]() Comment by COD January 4th, 2013 at 11:03 am |
I thought the Do Not Track setting was entirely voluntary, basically just a suggestion by the browser that the web server was free to ignore. I think that high quality service Wal-Mart is famous for extends to the e-commerce help desk. |
![]() Comment by Daryl Cobranchi January 4th, 2013 at 11:11 am |
There’s a Do Not Track add-on in FF and Chrome. Used to be called DoNotTrack+ but now I think it’s DoNotTrackMe. It actually blocks the tracking cookies that Walmart and other retailers like to stick on your hard drive. That’s what I had to disable in order to get their website to work. |