"Wouldn't be fair" ?
I think it is WAY ruder and considerably more unfair to have a promotion countdown clock that just mysteriously resets when it is almost to the promotion, without any explanation, not just once but two months in a row.
People were waiting for the promotion. I am sure there were people who have been waiting two months now. Now that is unfair.
And how is it not fair to hold a promotion when only certain payment methods are available? By that logic they should just shut down the entire site.
Whoever made the decision to restart the countdown clock, not once but twice, right before the promotion began to 'be fair' really should not be making decisions as they are not working with a full deck. Very bad call and pissing their customers off.