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  1. When UI design fails. This is the ScrewFix App after clicking on Swift Delivery. A) The bottom line of words is cut off so I have not idea what the warning is about. B) no “back” button. So the only way back is to crash the app and start again! 🤦🏻‍♂️ #Screwfix

  2. I clicked "reject" and Screwfix gave me this rubbish. It hit 83% and then stopped.

    You're not fooling anyone, Screwfix! Everyone knows this doesn't take any time. 🙄

    #DarkPatterns #Screwfix

  3. Defective by design.

    A local hardware supplier in the UK "Screwfix" has an app which you can use to order stuff. Unfortunately it has a problem.

    If I try to add a bank card in the checkout then the last stage asks me to confirm the transaction in my bank app. So I switch to the bank app and do that.

    The problem is because I switched away from the #Screwfix app it auto-cancels the entire checkout and card.

    It is actually impossible to add a card in the app.

    #defective #design

  4. Defective by design.

    A local hardware supplier in the UK "Screwfix" has an app which you can use to order stuff. Unfortunately it has a problem.

    If I try to add a bank card in the checkout then the last stage asks me to confirm the transaction in my bank app. So I switch to the bank app and do that.

    The problem is because I switched away from the #Screwfix app it auto-cancels the entire checkout and card.

    It is actually impossible to add a card in the app.

    #defective #design

  5. Defective by design.

    A local hardware supplier in the UK "Screwfix" has an app which you can use to order stuff. Unfortunately it has a problem.

    If I try to add a bank card in the checkout then the last stage asks me to confirm the transaction in my bank app. So I switch to the bank app and do that.

    The problem is because I switched away from the #Screwfix app it auto-cancels the entire checkout and card.

    It is actually impossible to add a card in the app.

    #defective #design

  6. Defective by design.

    A local hardware supplier in the UK "Screwfix" has an app which you can use to order stuff. Unfortunately it has a problem.

    If I try to add a bank card in the checkout then the last stage asks me to confirm the transaction in my bank app. So I switch to the bank app and do that.

    The problem is because I switched away from the #Screwfix app it auto-cancels the entire checkout and card.

    It is actually impossible to add a card in the app.

    #defective #design

  7. Defective by design.

    A local hardware supplier in the UK "Screwfix" has an app which you can use to order stuff. Unfortunately it has a problem.

    If I try to add a bank card in the checkout then the last stage asks me to confirm the transaction in my bank app. So I switch to the bank app and do that.

    The problem is because I switched away from the #Screwfix app it auto-cancels the entire checkout and card.

    It is actually impossible to add a card in the app.

    #defective #design

  8. Huge thanks to the very helpful team at #screwfix in Shepshed for helping me get this #beastmaker on our wall. I went in looking for rawlplugs; they looked at the screws it came with and laughed, then recommended some heavy duty concrete screws, Torx screwdriver bits and masonry drillbit to do the job properly.

    It’s for The Boy, btw, to help strengthen his fingers for climbing.

  9. Money Talks | “Why Amazon should be afraid of Temu” | …and not just Amazon

    I had a visit from an appliance repair tech to service my dishwasher last week, and he was extremely enthusiastic about Temu as a source for dirt cheap tools/consumables like blades for oscillating multi-tools.

    When you can get a massive variety pack for £25 from Temu, or pay the same for one or perhaps two blades on Amazon or from Screwfix… there is an equally massive disruption ahead.

    https://www.economist.com/audio/podcasts/money-talks

    https://alecmuffett.com/article/109470

    #amazon #diy #screwfix #temu

  10. Today I need a couple of angle brackets. Checked #Screwfix website, in stock. OK click and collect.

    Checkout says authorise your payment (£2.37) in the banking app. New phone so app not set up. By the time I get it so, lost option to authorise.

    Can't buy again as there was only 1 pack in stock and that's now allocated to my failed order. Wait for it to time out. Doesn't!

    Drive to store, they physically have the item, no-one else has ordered it, but they can't sell it to me!

    #ComputerSaysNo