I had similar experience many years ago (around 2005 I think), when the QA of our software was moved to India.

The testing involved typing some command in the terminal, and a typo on the first command had "/user/local/bin" instead of "/usr/local/bin" ... but all the subsequent ones were correct.

Do you think they read the second one and figured how to move forward, issuing a note to correct the first command? Nope, filed a bug report that the command was incorrect and that they could not proceed, then stopped for the day.

2 days completely wasted, not to mention the months it took to get them the hardware and set it up. Some money-saving plan that was. Suffice to say, that company doesn't exist anymore

They must use a different one, I "forced" the bad password through, and it worked just fine (at least it did 8 months ago)

.... then we're in trouble

I ran into their awful code back in August, when I was trying to sign in for a Sears email special (hey, I need some cheap tools ...)

the page is still there:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/dap_10153_12605_DAP_Get%20Connected?adCell=WF

It wouldn't validate my password (say ... for example, "ab1cd2ef"), even though it met all the requirements:

"Password must be at least 8 characters, contain at least one number and one character, not start with a number and not contain any
special characters."

so I dug in a little, and found quite a gem of Javascript !
if (/^[a-zA-Z]+[0-9]+[a-zA-Z]*$/.test(oPass.value) == false) {
                alert(invalidMsg);
                oPass.focus();
                return false;
        }

it won't handle the two numbers ...

try it ... go to the sears link up there, and try registering with a password like ("ab1cd2de") ... don't worry, it won't work, so your (hopefully fake) email will be safe ...

if you want to see what's happening, have a look at the script.js file, and searh for the function verifyPass() ...
you can even see some commented out code of their previous attempts at implementing this basic functionality ...

I emailed Sears back in August, telling them where the error was, and a simple way to fix the regex used ... but all I got was an "out of office reply"

ah we.. I still managed to register after all, and have bought a few tools on sale ...

is the Audio Return Channel. Just make a small-ish TV (~ 40") with ARC so I can connect it to my receiver and get the audio out of the built-in tuner without having to have an extra optical cable ... no 3D ... and no 3D price markup either ...

It's so easy to put all the blame on the corporations. but the consumer has to take the blinders off and look in the mirror.

When we buy something (electronics, car, clothes, vegetables, fruits ... anything!), do we stop and ask ourselves in what type on conditions that good was produced ? unlikely ...

Or do we only look at the bottom line and get as much as we can for the lowest cost ? sounds more like it ...

There will always be a corporation willing to do something shady to produce something for a lot cheaper .... because there will always be a consumer willing to overlook shady practices and BUY those goods.

It starts with the consumer. WE have to change.