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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 thingβ€”!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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[–] johnofrobotz@news.girolab.foo 114 points 2 days 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 21 points 2 days ago (2 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

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

You're right. They didn't sell 600k phones. They took money from 600k people, but there was no phone sold.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fr, I'd be shocked if they sold 600

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I can believe the 600k number. If i was a maga chump I could be led to believe that's a premium phone, and getting a "premium" phone for 500 bucks in this day and age is unheard of. Almost like it would be too good to be true.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I wonder if I could buy Nokia, and start selling the N-Gage again.

Hey, Taco-Talkin' has a whole new relevant meaning these days! Plus it launched at $299.