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MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thing—!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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[–] 22 points 6 months ago (7 children)

that's how terms of service work on the internet. companies alter the terms whenever and however they like, and often to the detriment of the end user. it's technically not legal, but they do it anyway.

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  • [–] 42 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    If a tech company changes the agreement, you are able to stop using the service if you don't like the new terms. With this phone people have already put money down for it. As long as they didn't agree to these new terms, they should be eligible for a refund if the product never ships.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Things like Google and Facebook that don't charge any money can get away with this, but I highly doubt these people will be able to weasel out of this when actual money changes hands. Otherwise we'd have seen lots of companies doing this by now.

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