You don't generally update the shipping address for pending orders when a user changes their address. Of course, when an order is delayed by years the rules might change a little and asking the users whether the orders should be updated too will be useful.
It's precisely the "this is the way it's done" approach you mention, which means they now have to pay a human to do the work their web stack ought to do!
Hate to break it, but for a lot of real world applications it is preferable to duplicate stuff like addresses when shipping orders, generating invoices etc, everything that resembles paper.
For easier archiving and proper retrieval of history.
lolc|5 years ago
shermanmccoy|5 years ago
the-dude|5 years ago
For easier archiving and proper retrieval of history.
hackernewslol|5 years ago
shermanmccoy|5 years ago