diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index e31b893..abc5777 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ function startDateLabel (dateStr) {
 // "Dec 17" for a SALES day (a date-only string parses as UTC midnight, so print it in UTC:
 // in the Americas the local date would be the day before). The year shows unless it is this year's.
 function saleDateLabel (d, now) {
-  return d.toLocaleDateString('en-US', { month: 'short', day: 'numeric', timeZone: 'UTC', year: d.getUTCFullYear() === now.getFullYear() ? undefined : 'numeric' })
+  return d.toLocaleDateString('en-US', { month: 'short', day: 'numeric', timeZone: 'UTC', year: d.getUTCFullYear() === now.getUTCFullYear() ? undefined : 'numeric' })
 }
 
 function fmtChecked (ts) {
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 9494281..13d143a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -743,7 +743,11 @@ fn wishlist_notice(fresh: &[&WishItem], proton: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Opt
             let p = w.price_info.as_ref().unwrap();
             Some(Notice {
                 title: format!("🏷️ {} is on sale!", w.name),
-                body: format!("{}% off — now {} on {}{}", p.discount, p.formatted.clone().unwrap_or_default(), store_label(&w.store), proton_suffix(&w.app_id, proton)),
+                // No formatted price (Epic may not send one): name the store, never an empty "now  on" (no $ either: not every price is USD)
+                body: match &p.formatted {
+                    Some(formatted) => format!("{}% off — now {formatted} on {}{}", p.discount, store_label(&w.store), proton_suffix(&w.app_id, proton)),
+                    None => format!("{}% off on {}{}", p.discount, store_label(&w.store), proton_suffix(&w.app_id, proton)),
+                },
             })
         }
         many => {
@@ -1547,6 +1551,19 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_wishlist_notice_without_a_formatted_price_names_the_store() {
+        // Epic may send no formatted price: no doubled-space "now  on", and no invented $ amount (not every price is USD)
+        let bare = WishItem {
+            store: "epic".into(), id: "e1".into(), name: "Hades".into(),
+            price_info: Some(Price { discount: 50, formatted: None, ..Default::default() }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(wishlist_notice(&[&bare], &HashMap::new()).unwrap().body, "50% off on Epic Games");
+        let priced = WishItem { price_info: Some(Price { discount: 50, formatted: Some("$4.99".into()), ..Default::default() }), ..bare };
+        assert_eq!(wishlist_notice(&[&priced], &HashMap::new()).unwrap().body, "50% off — now $4.99 on Epic Games");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn keep_prices_restores_last_good_cheapshark_data() {
         let cheap = |price| Some(super::Cheapest { store: "GMG".into(), price, url: String::new() });
diff --git a/tools/preview/selfcheck.mjs b/tools/preview/selfcheck.mjs
index 80394f0..5894df7 100644
--- a/tools/preview/selfcheck.mjs
+++ b/tools/preview/selfcheck.mjs
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ for (const zone of ['America/Los_Angeles', 'Pacific/Auckland', 'UTC']) {
   process.env.TZ = zone
   assert.equal(h.saleDateLabel(new Date('2026-12-17'), new Date('2026-10-18T12:00:00Z')), 'Dec 17', zone)
   assert.equal(h.saleDateLabel(new Date('2027-01-04'), new Date('2026-10-18T12:00:00Z')), 'Jan 4, 2027', zone)
+  // the year compares with now's UTC year, not the local one (Auckland is already in 2027 while UTC is still 2026)
+  assert.equal(h.saleDateLabel(new Date('2027-01-01'), new Date('2026-12-31T23:30:00Z')), 'Jan 1, 2027', zone)
 }
 if (tz === undefined) delete process.env.TZ; else process.env.TZ = tz
 assert.equal(h.fmtChecked(Date.now()), 'updated just now')