Fail Option » Amazon http://www.failoption.com Because failure is always an option Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Amazon needs a Doctor http://www.failoption.com/amazon-needs-a-doctor/ http://www.failoption.com/amazon-needs-a-doctor/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:07:29 +0000 Gareth Moore http://www.failoption.com/?p=39 You’d have thought by now that Amazon.com would understand how to parse people’s names. They probably have hundreds of millions of them on record, so you’d think they’d understand which bits are which.

But no. Today I’m looking at Amazon’s Gold Box Deals page on Amazon.com and what do I see?  This:

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Oh. Dear. Amazon thinks my title, Dr, is my first name. I only typed that in in the first place to match my credit card details!

Fail!

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