Todd Snyder

As further evidence that Cyber Monday has turned into Cyber Week, menswear brand Todd Snyder sent out an email early Tuesday morning with the subject line “Procrastinator Amnesty: 30% Off Sitewide.”

But consumers who opened the email and carefully inspected it (like the consumer who alerted TINA.org) were met with a November surprise.

“Exclusions apply,” the email said – notably below links to start shopping for “Cyber Monday” deals.

In other words, “sitewide” didn’t mean all the items for sale on the site.

What items were excluded? The email didn’t say but according to the discount terms linked on the Todd Snyder webpage the email directed to, ineligible items included “some cashmere, shearling, leather, suede and other styles.” So quite a bit.

According to the FTC, disclosures of important information in ads must be conspicuous, which is to say, not buried in the body of an email whose subject gives no indication that there are any exclusions or on a website several clicks removed from the initial ad.

TINA.org reached out to Todd Snyder for comment. Check back for updates.

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