Sites of Evil
Today I was going to buy some Sluggy Freelance books for christmas.
I went to Plan 9 Europe, the European distributor for the comics and…
Well, go see. Your mission is to buy the first three Sluggy books without smashing your monitor.
Your time starts now.
- 2004-12-05 11:28:29
- By Aquarion
- From Casarufus, Letchworth
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A Nameless One:
Well, it’s an appalling interface.
Would it get worse if I registered? I got as far as clicking ‘Buy’ on the first book before I decided that no, unless I actually want to buy one of the books, I wouldn’t be going further…
Bluebottle:
AIEEEEE!
Rory Parle:
All I see is a big sign saying “we don’t want your business”. Interesting approach to commerce.
Martyn Clapham:
The site claims to be the product of people at Lancaster University. Dunno which one, as I’d assume that being in the North West the students at the English Lancaster University would be too flaming sensible to come up with that lump of garbage. BTW, given the current exchange rate, is it worth trying the main Sluggy site?
Aquarion:
Yeah, but the shipping would mean it doesn’t arrive until after Christmas from the US
Martyn Clapham:
Um, yeah, you did actually mention Christmas in the original entry, didn’t you.
Can I blame it on getting old?
Corinne:
Uuuuuh…I …uhh..think it’s quite nifty. Needs a little more organisation to make it functional but I love the idea.
Jester:
Don’t worry about it too much, they’re out of stock on book 3 anyway.
Getting to the books was relatively painless using the full site menu (however, that was the only way I could get to them).
Would it be nasty to write to the comic authors:
Dear Plan9 Europe are going out of their way to stop people buying your books, perhaps you should look for a distributor who wants to make you money.
ruthi:
No, I think it would not be nasty to email the authors of the comics). It would be helpful and kind.
Then they’ll ask you who they should get instead…