Advertised Buy-One-Get-One Promotions Fail to Apply During Online Checkout
A customer ordered a Buy One Get One Free tool set that was still advertised as such on the retailer's site, but received only one item and was told no second unit was ordered. The promotional offer could not be applied through the cart despite being actively advertised, forcing the customer to return and manually reorder.
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