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600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thingβ€”!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago

Hahaha fuming. Doubt that, they will come back for more.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 29 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

A fool and their money are soon parted.

[–] entwine@programming.dev 14 points 3 hours ago

And people are now getting emails saying that their phone will never arrive, with no mention of them getting their deposits back.

Anyone have the text of the actual email?

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

That's hilarious. Don the Con.

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world 32 points 5 hours ago

Can't feel bad for people who got conned by a con man and now are suckers and losers for getting scammed.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 28 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You mean to tell me the con man scammed them out of their money? Shocking. /s

Seriously it would be more surprising if they did come out.

[–] Tiral@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

For real. It tell you the people voting for this dip shit. He already scammed millions after he lost to Biden with "Stop the steal" or whatever it was called.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 26 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Next month, they'll drop a few hundred more on the next grift.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Trump truck nuts

[–] johnofrobotz@news.girolab.foo 70 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

For nearly 600,000 Americans who trusted a brand built on the Trump name, the gold phone has become the latest entry in a long record of ventures that took their money and delivered nothing.

They wanted a Trump experience and they got one. Could argue they got what they paid for.

[–] generic_computers@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There's also no evidence that they sold 600k phones. They couldn't just made that number up.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/863381/trump-mobile-viral-preorder-figures-600000

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Fr, I'd be shocked if they sold 600

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 14 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like a perfect time to introduce the all new Trump Phone 2.

If only I wasnt so lazy, and had all these pesky morals.

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago

The Trump Fyre Phone 8, with the all new AI Lib detector and automatic reporting to ICE whenever a person of color is detected within 50 feet.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 67 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

I can't believe they got screwed by Biden AGAIN!

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Dammit Obama.

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I know that you meant this as 100% sarcasm, but this is going to be the real answer.

It's going to be Biden, possibly Clinton, Samsung, and possibly whoever else has slighted or failed to bribe him who are at fault. And these dumb, hateful mother fuckers are going to accept it and keep worshiping Trump.

[–] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

What I really love about this scam is that it was NOT going to just be a 3rd party phone with Trump branding. They were going to actually make a new, 100% American designed and made phone by the Trump brand. And this was going to happen for a mere $500.

At that pricepoint for a startup they wouldn't be paying anyone anything. That is a pipedream of a kickstarter pricepoint for a phone. Them blaming Samsung for this would be laughable

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 30 points 7 hours ago

Thanks, Obama !

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

Fucking Madani, I swear!

[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

Grifter is gonna grift.

[–] Plaid_Kaleidoscope@lemmy.world 30 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Some days I wish I could just put my morals/ethics aside. One good grift and I could be rolling in MAGA money till the day I die.

It's unfortunate I'm unwilling to compromise myself and forgo peaceful sleep for the rest of my life.

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[–] Tiral@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Plays the world smallest violin

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

MAGA is great research on how much you can scam someone before they go full Bastille on your ass.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

No, they'll never go bastille. They'll blame obama no matter what. Look up the book "Dying of Whiteness". It's a compilation of stories of people who literally died because they refused obamacare and on their death bed were proud of it and never regretted once voting against policies that would have saved their lives.

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