01/11/2026
A "flash sale" that ran for nearly two years. đź‘€
That's one of the cases Singapore's consumer regulator, CCS, has found. Fake visitor counts, countdown timers with no effect on stock, "Running Low" labels on items with more than 100 units in stock. These were individual retailers' own websites, and the three retailers in the May cases have all agreed to stop.
None of it means skipping 11.11. It means reading a sale price one part at a time: the crossed-out price, the percentage, the clock. And if pay-later is part of your cart, there's a simple gauge: add up every monthly instalment, divide by your take-home pay, and set your own ceiling before the sale, not at the checkout.
Swipe 👉 for what the regulator found and the three-step gauge.
Full breakdown on the blog :
https://sg.lendela.com/blog/the-real-price-of-11-11-in-singapore
Save this before you hit pay, or send it to whoever's cart is getting out of hand. If your wallet is cooked by the 15th, this one's for you.