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Classic on-line shopping Experience at Gateway

My father is looking for a laptop, so I thought I'd check out what Gateway had to offer online.

I was on the last page of "please please buy some accessories" in the "Additional Software section":

 

OK. No, he doesn't need anything from Google, Napster, a pointless thank you, or the America Online Client Application.

I unchecked them all.

Click buy to see the final total and summary so I can send it to him….

ERROR!

I'm sorry, we don't really want those to be an option stupid user. Not only did you screw up big time user (that would be me L), I'm going to give you some helpful error codes you can refer to later. CRC05928E is one of my absolute favorites – I must have a "Thank You part."

Hello? Earth to web designers and application designers. Don't give me phantom options. If an option really isn't an option, why put a checkbox and better yet, a Quantity?

For extra fun, why not select 6 Google toolbars? More the merrier!

Hmm. It appears I can't get 6 as that exceeds my maximum.

OK, carefully now. Seven or less. Break out calc.exe.

That would be 3 of the Google toolbar and 1 of each of the others. OK. Qty = 3.

Duh.

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