# But wait! If you call in the next ten minutes...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-wait-if-you-call-in-the-next-ten-minutes/62826
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 22, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-wait-if-you-call-in-the-next-ten-minutes/62826 "2001-04-22T00:12:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-wait-if-you-call-in-the-next-ten-minutes/62826/1 "2001-04-22T00:12:07Z")
I’ve been seeing a lot of the usual crap they sell on TV with the statement above now added to the commercials. I don’t remember them ever offering a bonus if you call within a certain time. Is it legit? Will you really get a double-sized tub of Oxyclean if you call within 10 minutes of the commercial being played? Do they actually track it that closely or is it, as I suspect, a load of horse hockey and they are selling you that amount to begin with?
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-wait-if-you-call-in-the-next-ten-minutes/62826/2 "2001-04-22T00:16:17Z")
We just did this [yesterday.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=68152)
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### Author:  [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-wait-if-you-call-in-the-next-ten-minutes/62826/3 "2001-04-22T03:55:15Z")
D’oh!