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Blue Cross of California Member Registration

July 10th, 2007 @ 6:52 am PDT

The new member registration form at the Blue Cross of California website has what I consider to be several major bugs.

  • A user’s username must contain a number and a letter. Because this is not exactly a ‘net “standard”, they need to do a better job of bringing this to your attention.
  • When you submit the form with an error — for example, not including a number in your username — any values selected in drop-down combo boxes are reset to their defaults. This means that you have to re-select your “Group Member Type” and “Secret Question” before submitting the form again. If you don’t re-select these fields, the submission fails.
  • When you submit the form with an error — for example, if you didn’t include a number in your username and then re-submitted the form without re-selecting your “Group Member Type” and “Secret Question” — the two password fields (which you entered twice to avoid typos) are cleared as a security precaution. You must enter these values again.
  • When you submit the form with an error — for example, if you didn’t include a number in your username and the re-submitted the form without re-selecting your “Group Member Type” and “Secret Question” and then re-submitted the form without re-entering your password twice — you really have a strong desire to punch your monitor.


Just for added fun, I should note that if you call the Blue Cross of California customer service line (1-800-888-8288) from Los Angeles at 7:30 in the morning, the automated system tells you that you must call during normal business hours, which begin at 8:00 AM.

If you call at 8:05 AM you are able to push-button your way through at least ten menu options before being told that you must call during normal business hours, which begin at 8:30 AM.

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One Response to “Blue Cross of California Member Registration”

  1. July 18th, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
    murcia

    Well, and I do not have a clue of what is the blue cross, let’s click!

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