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In 1995, a fan created a parody site claiming to be Trent Reznor's personal homepage. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090308161538/http://www.ericseven.com/saga.html] It was called "Reznor's Edge" and was also the source of the fake rumor from 1997 1996 that the follow-up to ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' was already completed and would be titled ''Impossible Pain'', with an accompanying remix album titled ''Improbable Pain''.[https://nothing.nin.net/edge.html]

In 2016, prior to the release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'', a new NIN single was rumored, with the title "Dive And Slam". The information was sourced from someone claiming to have seen it on a Kobalt Music Group internal database, even posting a screen shot as proof. The single was debunked by Reznor on Twitter.[https://assetswww.billboard.com/articles/columnsmusic/rock/7461016/nine-inch-nails-dive-slam-trent-reznor-not-true-kobalt-7461016/]

In January 2020, a five-track ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' "Tentative Sequence" CD (marked as being from late 2004) was sold on eBay by Amoeba Records. Tracks claiming to be from the CD were posted to archive.org the same month and while the existence of such a CD was verified by [[Rob Sheridan]], the posted tracks were found to be elaborate fakes.[https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/5831-With-Teeth-Tentative-Sequence] ==nin.com Memorial Day sale==[[Image:Reptilecassette.jpg|thumb|"Reptile" cassette]][[Image:Closurelaserdisc.jpg|thumb|''Closure'' LaserDisc]]In May 2021, a Memorial Day weekend sale was advertised in the nin.com store, with a note that some new old stock media items had been located and placed up for sale. While there were legitimate media items, two joke items were added and shown as being "sold out": a LaserDisc of "[[Closure]]", and a cassette single of "[[Reptile]]". The cassette was even touted as containing the long-fabled unreleased song "[[Just Do It]]". The LaserDisc was, in reality, available for pre-order in 1997 through Trimark, but was canceled.[https://store.nin.com/collections/music][https://www.theninhotline.com/features/news.nin.net/monthly_041998.html]

A ''Watchmen'' joke merchandise item was added to the [[nin.com]] store just before the release of Volume 03, which was dirt from the crater mentioned in the series. The item was called "Blue Sunday" and it was priced at $195. When attempting to add the item to the shopping cart, a popup stated "Due to FDTA regulations this item is not available for transport to your region." Some people were able to actually place an order for the item and by exploiting the store's wishlist functionality. The orders were refunded, but also they subsequently received a fake letter in the mail and/or a fake voicemail message that led some to believe that an ARG was underway.[https://watchmen.fandomsoundcloud.com/wikiuser-967627360/Blue_Sundayblue-sunday automated phone call] ==nin.com Memorial Day sale==[[Image:Reptilecassette.jpg|thumb|"Reptile" cassette]][[Image:Closurelaserdisc.jpg|thumb|''Closure'' LaserDisc]]In May 2021, a Memorial Day weekend sale was advertised in from the nin.com store, with a note FDTA informing them that some new old stock media items had been located and placed up for sale. While there they were legitimate media items, two joke items were added and shown as being in violation of "sold out": a LaserDisc attempted transport of M-class materials"[[Closure]]", and would be receiving a cassette single of "[[Reptile]]". The cassette was even touted as containing notification in the long-fabled unreleased song "[[Just Do It]]". The LaserDisc was, in reality, available for pre-order in 1997 through Trimark, but was canceledmail. A [https://store.ninimgur.com/collectionsgallery/musicwe1eHMV Fedex envelope]arrived the next day which contained a notification letter from the FDTA regarding the confiscation of the material, and the remnants of the original shipment: a Certificate of Authenticity for the Blue Sunday material and a bag from which the Blue Sunday was confiscated. [https://wwwwatchmen.theninhotlinefandom.com/featureswiki/news.nin.net/monthly_041998.htmlBlue_Sunday]