Internet Explorer Tax. Sure, Why Not?

By | June 15, 2012 | 14 Comments

Internet Explorer Tax. Sure, Why Not?Free publicity helps.

If you have free cash to burn then here is something to be excited about.

Australia’s tech retailer, Kogan, has decided to charge the Internet Explorer 7 users a 6.8% tax, just because they haven’t upgraded.

Once they open the checkout page, the following pop up will be shown:

Internet Explorer Tax, Why Not?

According to the company, “The way we’ve been able to keep our prices so low is by using technology to make our business efficient and streamlined. One of the things stopping that is our web team having to spend a lot of time making our new website look normal on IE7.”

You can download Internet Explorer 7 from the following page. Good luck.

[Via: TheRegister

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  • Armin

    Is Safari meant to be on there? :P

    • http://hector-macias.blogspot.com Hector Macias Ayala

      I would put IE9 and/or Maxthon instead.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/ELFSYI2YCEUUI352SCPPTR5MF4 Bummer

    notice that upgrading to IE8 & above aren’t options

    which is correct

  • http://twitter.com/bricky149 Shane Bundy

    I would actually want to see UK sites do that.

    I think that this is a good idea, but it penalises those who aren’t tech-literate and don’t know how to upgrade their browser or how to start using a different one.

  • Guest

    IE7 is too old technology and should be dropped.

  • Disq

    But you don’t need to download it to get the message, just open a current version of IE and open the developer tools (F12) and change the Browser Mode and Document Mode to IE7.  Hit the checkout button on the site, and Voila!, you can see the tax warning. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/sam.coulter2 Sam Coulter

    Dear Kogan, No need to tax your consumers, just have your tech guys switch the IE and Firefox icons on people. 

  • AnnGMorrone
  • http://hector-macias.blogspot.com Hector Macias Ayala

    “You or your admin… has been in a coma”

    I dont think insulting users is the best way to make them upgrade, screw this publicity.

    You want them to upgrade, make your part and simply drop support for old browsers from your site.

    • Tiago Sá

       I believe insulting IE7 users for using IE7 is a very appropriate course of action.

      I myself don’t develop for IE7 anymore, and when the website’s market so requires, I will charge way more, unless the client specifically states that he doesn’t want IE7 support.

      • Ichann

        What hacks do you need? Just use modernizer

  • Ichann

    When I heard about this I was happy; for technologies sake. The. I was puzzled. Was this meant to be a joke? If not, expect a lawsuit

    • Ichannt

       go for it loco! :D

  • rennmaxbeta

    Kogan look like assholes.

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