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I finally fell for one of those too-good-to-be-true Facebook ad tools
Saw an ad for a $29 lifetime subscription to a video editing app that promised Hollywood-level results, thought I was being smart by jumping on it before the price went up. Turns out the app barely works, crashes on every export, and the customer support email bounced back as undeliverable after three tries. Anyone else get burned by one of those flashy software deals that turn out to be total junk?
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lindaowens10d agoMost Upvoted
That's the thing about these deals, they always seem to target that moment when you're feeling just savvy enough to spot a bargain but too rushed to actually check if the thing works. The whole Facebook ad marketplace feels like a flea market where nobody checks the merchandise before selling it. This is happening with everything now, not just software. I got a set of "indestructible" camping mugs off an ad last month and the first hot coffee melted the handle clean off.
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david3710d ago
the whole Facebook ad marketplace feels like a flea market" - man that is the perfect way to put it. I fell for one of those "lifetime access to a stock photo library" deals. Paid $49 for what they said was millions of images. Turned out it was like 300 blurry photos of random office chairs and some guy's cat. The site looked slick in the ad but when I logged in it was like something from 2005. Customer service never even answered my first email. These deals are just designed to catch you at a weak moment and then you're out the cash before you even realize what happened.
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