If you have a website and you want traffic (customers) then why would you close the door on them?  I went to a site today and it gave me a message "No Access Without Cookies.  Please enable cookies in your web browser and reload to gain access to this site."  Why would you force a user (customer) to enable their cookies just to access your site.  I know with cookies enabled the site can get much more information about their users but is it that important that you would rather lose customers.  The shocking thing was this was a online marketing company.  Of course, one of the companies that is by default in the block cookies list, because they are known for comprimising computers and/or privacy.  Probably a responsible party for all the scumware that has now disappered after the Windows Service Pack 2 update.

I just do not think it is intelligent for a company to deny access to its visitors because they do not have cookies or anything else enabled.  You wouldn't walk into a (general) store and be required to show all your personal information (driver license, social security card, bank statements, birth certificate, etc.) to a doorman before entering the store would you?  I think the same should apply here.  If a person does not have their cookies enabled then do not force them to have it enabled, this will surely turn the most cautious visitors away.  I think it is poor marketing skills.  No wonder this company has lost its way, because it is not making a huge impact as it once did.