Annoying Online Shopping Helpers

from the ways-to-scare-off-customers dept

Amusing little article over at Salon talking about the trend in e-commerce sites (it seems mostly focused on women’s fashions) to add a little talking cartoon helper who talks to you while you shop. It sounds annoying as hell to me, and the author of the article seems to agree.


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