daft.google.com

I loved froogle when it first came out. I could buy things like 4-HO-DIPT (before it was scheduled) but never did. What I liked it for was it aggregated stores so I could actually see what the relevant prices are/were. Now, it lets me add them to a list! So on my list I has:

1. clutch and pressure plate kit (exedy)
2. exedy "stage 1" flywheel (14lbs) - the original was torched.
   
3. front and rear sways (20 & 24 mm) with urethane bushings from whiteline
4. stainless brake lines (f/r)
   
5. stainless clutch line
6. front and rear brake pads - Hawk HPS (the porterfields don't do so well when cold)

Aaaaanyhow, this is great for google, because I specifically chose all those vendors because they offer Google Checkout. But, and this is a big but, as they say, I cannot purchase the aggregate of all these items, about $1400 worth of kit, in one swell foop. In fact, I have to go to each manufacturer or reseller and buy them through Google Checkout on their own stupid, frequently buggy, sites.

So since google is ever so good at aggregating things into useful lists, how is it they have such an obtuse approach to Froogle? It's like selling a car without doors. Hey, it's fast as shit, and it's all slick and Viper or Z06 looking, but, if you can't get into the goddamn car, it's totally fucking useless. So, google, thank you for today's story of Fail. I am sure since you've tacked your ever-present "beta" sticker on it, you may indeed change the site to not, how to say, inhale the donkey.

But I ain't holdin' my breath.