> We in fact have done plenty of due diligence, and you will be pleased to know it is not a scam company.
I don't think anyone is pleased to know that you believe this is to a scam company.
> I just went to the site -- you can do this -- picked a random pair of boots and put them in my shopping cart. I then clicked checkout, and here is what that page looked like:
> Seems pretty clear to me. You can get the boots for $39 if you join the VIP program. "With this purchase, you will be activating your VIP membership"
Yep it's pretty clear to me, there's a pair of boots in the shopping cart and you can continue to checkout.
> It's in plain English, and in the same font size as everything else on the page.
Fontsize schmontize. The checkout button is bigger.
The "checkout with no monthly fee" not-really-a-button is both smaller and misleadingly labeled.
It's also in muted colours, and it is very purposefully placed AFTER the big bright pink checkout button.
In the sidebar, where you normally place information that leads away from the current task (reviews, 'recommended items', advertisements, etc).
YOU are being very dishonest if you claim the above is not purposefully misleading.
Is there ANY reason why these terms are not in between the shopping cart and the checkout button? Any reason except tricking people into missing this rather important bit of info?
Because all other websites that actually want you to read those terms do so. They even make you check a checkbox to pull your attention to it.
You know why other websites do that (oh yes you do), it's because they don't want to trick their customers.
The fact that you're defending this and feigning ignorance makes you quite scummy as well.
I don't think anyone is pleased to know that you believe this is to a scam company.
> I just went to the site -- you can do this -- picked a random pair of boots and put them in my shopping cart. I then clicked checkout, and here is what that page looked like:
> http://imagesup.net/?di=15138026329215
Yup, that's misleading.
> Seems pretty clear to me. You can get the boots for $39 if you join the VIP program. "With this purchase, you will be activating your VIP membership"
Yep it's pretty clear to me, there's a pair of boots in the shopping cart and you can continue to checkout.
> It's in plain English, and in the same font size as everything else on the page.
Fontsize schmontize. The checkout button is bigger.
The "checkout with no monthly fee" not-really-a-button is both smaller and misleadingly labeled.
It's also in muted colours, and it is very purposefully placed AFTER the big bright pink checkout button.
In the sidebar, where you normally place information that leads away from the current task (reviews, 'recommended items', advertisements, etc).
YOU are being very dishonest if you claim the above is not purposefully misleading.
Is there ANY reason why these terms are not in between the shopping cart and the checkout button? Any reason except tricking people into missing this rather important bit of info?
Because all other websites that actually want you to read those terms do so. They even make you check a checkbox to pull your attention to it.
You know why other websites do that (oh yes you do), it's because they don't want to trick their customers.
The fact that you're defending this and feigning ignorance makes you quite scummy as well.