I purchased a lightning deal after the deal began, the deals are starting 2 min before world time, my order was purchased at 6.59pm gmt yetsrday the deal was activated at 6.58pm gmt, unity are claiming the deals start on the hour, WHAT RUBBISH GO CHECK THE DEAL TIMERS AGAINST THE WORLD CLOCK, YOUR TIMERS ARE RUNNING 2 MINUTES EARLY, HERE IS SPLIT SCREEN SHOWING DEAL MINUTES LEFT IS 41 BUT WORLD CLOCK SHOWS 43 MINUTES LEFT UNTIL THE HOUR, SO YOUR DEALS ARE ACTIVATING AT 58 MINUTES OF THE HOUR
already did, they replied by telling me i ordered 2 min before the deal was active, i mean would anybody be that insane to be watching the clock go down to 00 but order 1 min before a price reduction?, i rechecked the timer clocks just now and they ppear to have been re aligned with world clock so looks like they win now and i have no leg to stand on even though i know i did it properly
JUST WORKED OUT WHAT WENT WRONG, THE TIMERS ARE LINKED WITH YOUR WINDOWS DESKTOP TIME , NOW MY WINDOWS TIME WAS SET TO AUTOMATIC BUT WAS 2 MIN FAST SO THE DEALS STARTED 2 MIN EARLY LINKED TO MY WINDOWS TIME, THATS NOT FAIR
if you watch one of the deal timers and then change your windows clock the timer changes also, this should be illegal!!! them timers should be set to run down at a world time not depending on your windows clock.
for anyone reading this with the intention of purchasing a lightning deal please make sure your system clock is accurate so that you have no problems even if your clock is set to automatic just re check it
Please stop buying from the asset store. It is filled with dark patterns.
(like how Refund Policy has a green shield icon with a checkmark in front, implying you are protected and you can easily get refunds, but the reality is you can’t really get refunds easily, if at all, from the asset store, even though it’s illegal for them to not offer them in certain countries).
And using client time for the timer is kind of a noob mistake.
Don’t buy more stuff than you absolutely need to from Unity.
Firstly, please do not spam multiple threads about the issue. I’m very sorry you are frustrated with this but spamming our forums with separate discussion points is just going to confuse things for users and clog their thread lists.
I can’t promise that I will get a different outcome for you with regards to the situation but let me just get an official word from the Asset Store on this and come back to you.
