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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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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

They ironically decided to give away $100?

Edit: as I type this it occurs to maybe, maybe this is just one more shadey money laundering scheme.

[–] auntieclokwise@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Well, some people are doing it just because it's good content. Penguinz0 on YouTube has made a bunch of videos off his Trump phone experience. I'm sure he's made out like a bandit with the revenue from those videos.