Spectacles.com was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over a countdown timer on its site. According to the entry, the timer is fake: rather than marking a genuine deadline, it simply loops back to the start when it reaches zero, creating pressure on the user to buy.
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Spectacles.com: Fake Countdown Timer.
“The site uses a fake countdown timer that only loops when it reaches zero to pressure the user into buying.”
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