Amazon US buy one SD05, get a alarm clock as a free gift

interesting technique… reminds me of the days when you could open a new bank account and get a free toaster!

BOGO has an understood defininistionism. This ain’t it. Edit ,title corrected. Thank You

Barry, I like sofirn but hate deceptive click bait.
this is a ” BUY ONE GET A FREE CLOCK” subject … NOT ” BUY ONE GET ONE FREE”
Do not tarnish the sofirn name with this type of BS, Thanks :beer:

It’s becoming impossible to give anything away here. Complaining about free. No worries Barry. Keep on doing what you do.

Deep discounts, coupon codes, group buys, just pay shipping, contest, giveaways, it’s never enough Barry. They won’t be happy till you send them one of everything you make and, it better be to their house in 48 hours or they will start a thread complaining.

Ya man, last time i advertise FREE STEAK DINNER W PURCHASE OF BEER and people were like ……OMG you’re serving us dog? but then i was like we also have rat!!!
Then they wanted silverware, a table to eat at, a plate…. A CUP FOR THE BEER?
Such entitlement with this generation! geegollygosh

This is a clear example of false advertising.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_advertising

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Do you really think we're that stupid?

Don’t forget the language and cultural barrier. Could just be a mistake.

I hope you're right, but the vast majority of other Chinese sellers know what "buy one get one free" means.

looks like a good deal whats the problem?

Have you read this thread?

"The problem" has been described quite well by several BLF members.

I see this a lot and think/hope this is just a language barrier issue.

I've been on BLF for almost ten years.

During the last seven or so years, I have paid great attention to what goes on here.

I don't think the problem with the OP has happened before on BLF (during that time), or if it has, it hasn't happened very often.

So while I hope it's a language barrier issue, I highly doubt it.

Perhaps I should clarify I didn’t mean specifically with Barry/Sofirn or BLF but with China based deals in general. Either way it’s false advertising in my eyes but I’m not going to get upset about it.

I think that blatant false advertising is insulting to the consumers' intelligence, but I'm not going to get upset over it either.

It is interesting to talk about, however.

It is a nice light had one for about a week now and 15% clickable coupon even without the clock which looks decent.

Mode spacing pretty good though don’t look for low. Well spaced Med-Hi-Turbo.

Well made, straightforward light. Nice mag switch.

Keywords in false advertising, deliberately misleads.

Nonsense, just another reason for people to complain.

I don’t care if you don’t like the deal or not. Don’t buy it. The man is providing a opportunity, nothing more, nothing less. Everyone would be jumping right on in if it was a 30% off coupon.

Ya wonder why GAW’s are becoming less common.

I’ll buy one because I like the light. Wouldn’t have thought about buying one if I didn’t see this post. I don’t need an alarm clock but it’s a pleasant gesture. More than can be said for the feedback on the post in general.

Don’t make this another group people will be embarrassed to be apart of. To be blunt, just shut up and move on. Yes, that was meant to sound rude.

Hi there, please stop arguing about the offer and about other users’ reactions to it. Please just move on if it doesn’t interest you.

I went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out. :smiley:

I don't know if there's a violation of BLF's rules and I don't mean to offend you or defend Barry here. But INMHO this is clearly NO false advertising. From your link:

"False advertising is the use of false, misleading, or unproven information to advertise products to consumers."

As far as I can see none of these terms apply to the OP. I read "Buy an SD05 set and get a free alarm clock worth $18.99."

Sure, the thread title is a bit misleading and should be renamed but some prudence and thoughtfulness can't be wrong, especially with a language barrier. ;-)

Anyway, I will check with Barry directly to see what he can do to de-escalate and to avoid conflictual situations like this one in the future.

A great Sunday to everyone! :-)

Barry is a good man, and has been a joy to have around this forum for the last 5+ yrs. We wouldn’t have our LT1 lantern and a few others if not for him helping push the projects through.