Heads up about that '72 hour flash sale' for mattresses on TikTok

I almost bought one of those bed-in-a-box mattresses from a viral ad last week, you know the ones with the countdown timer. Turns out the company runs the same 'sale' every single week, I checked the Wayback Machine and saw the same price listed 3 months ago. The ad said '70% off' but the original price was jacked up to $1,200 when similar mattresses retail for $400. Has anyone else noticed these fake timers on other products?

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shanec612mo ago

My buddy fell for it. Mattress showed up flat in a month.

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wren_mitchell2mo ago

Wait, the timer is fake? I totally bought into those before. Honestly thought they were legit limited deals. Now I feel dumb for almost jumping on one last month. The whole thing is just a trick to make you rush. Thanks for checking the Wayback Machine, that's smart.

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