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I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount (www.404media.co)
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The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.

I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.

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[–] 55 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Youtubers going for content.

Conceptually, it'll make one f of a collectors item one day there's no way enough will sell to make them common.

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  • [–] 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    In much the same way that Confederate memorabilia is collectable.

    As in, "You should avoid anyone who collects this shit. They're probably a white nationalist."

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Or you can spray paint your old iPhone with gold coloring, slap a Trump logo on it and sell it on ebay to some unsuspecting MAGA fan for $2,000.

    It's not hard to copy Trump's signature ... you could throw that on the phone and charge $5,000 and tell everyone that you bought it at a MAGA rally where Trump signed it in 2024.

    If they can grift .... we can all grift harder

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    He did gut any dept of gov that would go after grifters or hold them accountable.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Something tells me that won't stop someone from getting in trouble for misusing his name. Straight to deportation with you!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    In that case, someone should come out with a quality phone and just slap Trump logos all over the damned thing and charge $2,000 for a $500 phone. Run the business until someone tells you to stop.

    Sell Trump crap ... it's all crap anyway ... make money on it if people are dumb enough to pay for this shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Not where I was going for that, more like museum pieces. He's really done a bunch of shit we absolutely should NOT have allowed. A president, releasing a phone, while in office for a grift. Our great grandkids (hopefully) will be walking through the Smithsonian going what the FUCK was going on in the 20's, and one of these e-waste POS will be sitting there staring back at them.

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