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Some of those mistakes really shouldn't have happened, particularly because it was a community of developers and not just some big, old-school corporation. It's
by darshandsoni 9y ago
Some of those mistakes really shouldn't have happened, particularly because it was a community of developers and not just some big, old-school corporation.
It's nice to see 95% of people eventually received their items but that could've been achieved with a lot less hassle!
On a side note, I hope the addressing experience was insightful and will be thought of better in future applications. It irks me to see so many web forms with the very American form of "City, State, ZIP" that are not designed to handle any exceptions to that rule, not because the company policy doesn't cater to an international audience, but because the developers didn't realise that addressing is very different across the world - and those people all get their mail just fine.
- jads 9y agoIn a very small way, it always bothers me as a Brit (now living in the US) to see address information ask for (and even require) a ZIP code for int'l customers for two reasons: 1. ZIP is a US-only term. Sure, it's easy to figure out, but it's postal code everywhere else in the world. If an address form has a country field, the form should at least change the label accordingly. If not, even just writing "ZIP/postal code" makes at least some attempt to avoid US-centric terminology. 2. Some countries don't use a postal code system at all. I've seen services make this a required field, regardless of country.