I was also affected by this however the items were not extended for me and I still didn't get the items that I wanted and purchased gems for! Anything that can be done?! I was so upset about this last night, I missed it once and now it sounds like I missed it again and am sitting with gems that I would not have purchased had known I wouldn't be able to purchase the discounted/LTO items!
Also, extending this 4 hours at the time that was posted was the mididle of the night when a lot of people are probably sleeping.. I wonder how many people who don't use or know about these forums were affected by this but had absolutely no idea those items were extended if they slept right thru it?! Right now it is 10:17am here however the time stamp on my post on here says its 4:17pm.. This is way off so when the post about extended items was made at 7:52am on here, it was really 1:52am my time, so a 4 hour extension means the items were already gone again by 6 am, who wakes il that early on a Saturday??