[LINK] E-Commerce woes

[Adam Todd]

>Has anyone found an E-Commerce site that is actually the "grail" yet?
>I mean one that promises and delivers 24 hour turnaround to customer queries
>and one that gets the delivery details and everything right?

Oh it's worse than that!  Most banks won't allow credit card transactions 
*IF* they know the transaction came via the NET!

AMEX has (as was reported on Link) refused to have anything to do with 
adult products and the net :)

>Just when am I going to be able to order that pizza on the net I was promised
>4 years ago?

We were able to provide you with locally delivered Pizza's in Sydney on a 
BBS in 1989!  My old phone number was 482 1111 very close to Pizza Hut on 
481 1111.  Use to get a LOT of wrong numbers.  So we sold the calls to 
Pizza places and put a little section on our BBS.

It didn't last long.  Not enough users.

When I spoke with Domino's Pizza about 2 years ago and Pizza Hut about 3 
years ago they were all going to have their sites running by the end of 98.

I guess that's why we buy Pizza Haven via the phone :)

Having the Hot's for what's in the box with the dots doesn't help if I 
can't order it fast!

>The promises made by the E-Commerce mavens mean nothing to me - the system is
>horribly broken and doesn't deserve anywhere near the hype it's been getting
>by the Govt, Business and the hangers-on it's created.....

It's vapourware and thing less.

I'm working on a number of e-commerce developments presently and they are 
all falling short at the same problem.

I do hope to have Optah back online before Christmas with a guaranteed 
delivery system in place.


>I shudder when I see those Win 2000 or Sausage ads on TV promising they will
>make creating an E-Commerce site as simple as plugging in a toaster -
>things are bad enough as they are.

Have you tried Telstra and the EatFresh site?