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Built-in shopping extension sends bad message
markshelton Thanks for the response, much appreciated. Perhaps a balance can be struck where in the welcome message there is a simple link that states "Read how we protect your privacy". That same dialog should have a 'turn on' option for the new feature, showing the user that the feature was not turned on by default. Even if people don't click through the link, these two minor changes would immediately show that MS cares about privacy, which I think is important for Edge's reputation.
I did find that alot of coupons on the dell website were invalid or expired. Hope that is fixed.
It would be nice if you had a welcome message and press ok or not. Not forcing.markshelton After your post and after reading the Privacy disclaimer (looked good, but I'd still like to see a statement along the lines of "MS will not resell your data, and will only share aggregate data with vendors" or so) I actually did give it a whirl when buying a https://www.guitarcenter.com/Martin/Special-X-Series-Style-000-Cutaway-Sized-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar.gc. Edge told me that there was a coupon, but applying it Guitar Center told me that it was expired.
Due to the roundabout way that I did this (checked for a coupon using Edge in an incognito window after remembering and enabling the functionality, applied the coupon to the original cart) Edge probably didn't notice the coupon fail, so I didn't get to see how that part of the UX works (if any).
ChromeRefugee wrote:markshelton After your post and after reading the Privacy disclaimer (looked good, but I'd still like to see a statement along the lines of "MS will not resell your data, and will only share aggregate data with vendors" or so) I actually did give it a whirl when buying a https://www.guitarcenter.com/Martin/Special-X-Series-Style-000-Cutaway-Sized-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar.gc. Edge told me that there was a coupon, but applying it Guitar Center told me that it was expired.
Due to the roundabout way that I did this (checked for a coupon using Edge in an incognito window after remembering and enabling the functionality, applied the coupon to the original cart) Edge probably didn't notice the coupon fail, so I didn't get to see how that part of the UX works (if any).
Same for me, ChromeRefugee. I tested this new feature on almost all the popular stores and tested Amazon a lot on different products. I also tested on Kohl's, Walmart, and Target. None of the coupons worked. The websites said something like, "This coupon is not valid."
- yup, same for me.
- Thanks for trying it out ChromeRefugee & Deleted. Sorry that you found expired coupons. We can't always tell whether a coupon is expired -- it may just not eligible for whatever product you're trying to purchase through the retailer. However, we are looking at the success rate of our coupons over time and removing or de-prioritizing those that have a lower chance of success.
- What do you mean it can't tell if it is expired? Since I thought Edge shows this poup that shows it is checking the coupons that means it is checking if it works or not.
