The problem with their logic is that they still have to update the IE7 charging or not, so the fair thing to do is just say we don't support IE7. And I can see why they don't. IE is a nightmare. However bad strategy in my opinion. Charging your customers like that is stupid.
Online retailer Kogan has imposed the world’s first tax on customers who use an outdated browser like Internet Explorer 7 for their purchases on its site.
Shoppers who stick with IE7 to purchase products on the recently updated Kogan website will be slugged an additional 6.8 per cent.
But customers who come to the site with IE7 can avoid the tax by downloading an up-to-date browser like a more recent version of IE, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Opera using a pop-up on the site.
Kogan says the company was sick of wasting time ensuring its revamped website worked on Microsoft’s old IE7 browser.
“Internet Explorer 7 has long since passed its use-by date,” says CEO Ruslan Kogan.
