Have shop websites got worse?

[Uther]

Amazon, OcUk, and now my favourite gun shop seems to have updated its website making it ten times harder to find anything.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Came here to post this. It's ******* useless. One example, looking for a rucksack for work, want a 35l one but Amazon gives no option to refine by size. Instead it offers up a load of useless parameters like a list of makes that look like somebody lobbed a scrabble set in the air and let fate choose the name.

Exactly the same experience and eventually after searching for ages came across the one I wanted and it was at Argos a bit cheaper.
It's what I use for work but it's only 25l.
It really is the worst search engine and you can't boolean search or remove words.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Counter argument: websites have not changed but customers are somehow more entitled than they've ever been.

me: high fives cheesefest behind the Deli counter.

 

[KompuKare]

Amazon is brutal. It's got so much worse.

But true it's a lot of sites.

I assume it's like my work. We replaced an old system been there for 10yrs. With a new one. They took no one from the old team started with a new system new staff, mostly programmers. No one with any experience of the old system. What they created is harder to use than the old system. They basically reinvented the wheel, but a worse one.

Something like this?

Amazon search is useless. I needed a new battery for my laptop. Entered the exact model number into Amazon and it listed batteries with a similar but different model number. Went to Google search and it gave me a link to the correct battery... on Amazon!

The search on a lot of places is now so useless that
site:Sitename Search Terms
is often the only way to find things.

 

[SpellowHouse]

Amazon is easily the worst and I buy so much stuff from them.

Amazon are a mess. Their shop is a disorganised mess and their search is utterly useless. It just pretty much ignores what you ask to see.

 

[Zenduri]

Have to agree website design is getting very poor/lazy. Consider this constructive feedback...

I’m in the market at the moment for a new monitor and every time I browse OCUK's monitor section it pains me as it’s a complete cluster ****. I can select the type of panel but then cant select the size for the monitor or the refresh rate, or I can select the size of the monitor but not the panel type or refresh rate, or i can select the refresh rate but not the monitor size or panel type.... just to name a few issues with it. It's a complete mess. Why not have the option to pick a monitor size and then filter with tick boxes if its IPS, 144hz, etc

Even simple things like you add a CPU to your cart but then there’s no 1 click option to "View compatible motherboards" and there’s no option to filter ATX, M-ITX and M-ATX in the motherboard section or in the case of the latest intel ones, nothing to filter DDR4 or DDR5 motherboards

The usability and structure of OCUK's website for somethings is diabolical considering they're one of the UK's big store/websites for pc parts

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Most online retail still looks ok for me from a visually impaired viewpoint including Overclockers, although my dark settings does cause the arrow logo to appear as "chevron-left" and "chevron-right" as screenshotted here. It's not just this shop though. It affects some other sites too.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

The internet as a whole has gotten worse.

Form over function and things added for the sake of it.

You just been awkward now.

Stop it.

 

[Zefan]

My favourite is when a broad search term takes you to a single product. Can't remember where this was, perhaps B&Q, wickes or the like.

You just been awkward now.

Stop it.

Taking the mickey ennit.

 

[jpaul]

Yes - doesn't everyone search for products using google - for most products it is better than the native shop searches Overclockers, amazon, tescos ....
eg search "overclockers 32" ips monitor"
must be the AI inside on google.

 

[dlockers]

You just been awkward now.

Stop it.

He literally personified everyone of your nonesense posts.

My favourite is when a broad search term takes you to a single product. Can't remember where this was, perhaps B&Q, wickes or the like.

B&Q search is utter garbage now it is a "market place". You can't even filter by what is available in store IIRC.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

He literally personified everyone of your nonesense posts.

WHOOOOOOOOOOSH!

Off to the cooler you go.

Winter 2022/23 - It's too cold :(

In preperation for winter I have prepared a thread ready for you lot to moan. Welcome to the it's too cold thread. Now lets all complain about been cold and what's happening this winter. :D

forums.overclockers.co.uk

Taking the mickey ennit.

You just been awkward now.

 

[cheesefest]

Counter argument: websites have not changed but customers are somehow more entitled than they've ever been.

me: high fives cheesefest behind the Deli counter.

What deli counter? Most supermarkets, including mine closed their delis as not cost effective. Think we took an average of £3k a week. Put the same stuff in the chiller - more sales. Very few items I reduce whilst code checking.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

What deli counter? Most supermarkets, including mine closed their delis as not cost effective. Think we took an average of £3k a week. Put the same stuff in the chiller - more sales. Very few items I reduce whilst code checking.

Hello and I was on your side. Huzzah!

 

[cheesefest]

Hello and I was on your side. Huzzah!

Our imaginary deli counter then

 

[The_Arbiter]

I am surprised so many people still shop at amazon still given the negative outlook to them on here. I was just looking to see if coffee in bulk there was cheaper than supermarket, it's more expensive in bulk than single bags at the supermarket.