I can't make exceptions to specials when it comes to when they start and stop.  There is always going to be someone that wants it extended forward or backwards by a little bit.  I have to just make a time period and stick to it.   Its not that I don't want to do it, its the time it takes to sit down at the computer and reconstruct the entire special and apply it to your order.   It can take an hour in some cases.   If I could just snap my fingers I would always do it.   Its the time that it takes.  If I had to do the work of a special for each person, there is no way I could do it.   I get a lot of these requests and there is no answer that satisfies people.   I can't answer those emails any longer.