MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back
600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thing—!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )
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Now this is a sticker I want. Gonna start slapping this puppy on gas pumps over the stupid "I did that!" Biden stickers.
Pro tip: there are now Trump "i did that" stickers on Amazon for CHEAP.
Bonus: it's the picture of him looking into the eclipse with no eye protection and pointing
...and by buying them on Amazon, you're filling the coffers of fascist supporter Bezos. How ironic.
They cost much more on other sites, but you can get them.
It is deeply ironic the fascists are making money with this. And realy sad.
In addition, buying there of Amazon might bring along a visit from some rather unfriendly people in the not to distant future.
Is there a version that also says "Iran from Epstein files" I think it is also important to remember why we have this.
I don't want to buy anything with his face on it because I'm tired of seeing him everywhere. But thanks for the heads up.
Hell yeah. Remind me again how many stickers it took to stop the Nazis? History’s fuzzy.
Remember folks. If your resistance doesn't immediately stop all of fascism and isn't exactly what WizardofFrobozz thinks you should be doing, then acts if resistance aren't worth doing at all!
“Immediately,” as if you haven’t watched this happen in slow motion for 30 years.
Tell me you don't understand anything about propaganda and it's role in war without telling me.
Great, so what else are you bringing to “the war”?
Are you asking for tips?
No, we’re watching Americans sleepwalk into fascism, it seems.
I take it you have a list of things we could be doing that you'd like to share with the class?
At this rate, we'll be running out of awards quickly... and free space to tack them on to.
They will just have to start preordering the ribbons.
Honestly, at this point I think MAGA are just fin-subs and like it that way. Keep sending Daddy Don your social security checks you little fin-cucks.
I would grant them a modicum of grace if they hadn't had 40 fucking years to see what he was about. But they had it. And they chose this.
But The Apprentice!
(Apparently all the real business guys were too busy, that's how the producers picked Trump.)
He was the perfect pick for a show like the apprentice. Tacky showy idea of an 80s businessman. It was clear on thw show that he wasnt really involved with his own business nkr the show tasks or planning.
Sitting in meetings or analysing data on a screen doesnt make good tv. Neither did trump, but the producers did.
Had to look up what a finsub was. The more you know.
😳😬
Believe it or not the thing on a submarine that is where a fin would be on a marine animal is also called a conning tower
It's a submarine sandwich from Finland, right?
Thought it was related to Finnster..... If you know, you know.
Did you see the poll where 40% of maga said Trump could beat them up in a fight. These people have a humiliation fetish.
If you willingly gave money to a two-bit con-artist who is widely known for robbing or defrauding nearly everyone he has ever done business with, then you got what you had coming.
He didn't rob everyone.. stormy Daniels however might be the only one he publicly actually ever paid (even if he tried to get a refund).
I'm willing to bet there are a lot of underage women and other women who he paid though who haven't come forward
Looks like you have at least one such person down voting you. That person must be such a lonely loser.
That is absolutely fucking hilarious.
I also don't think contracts work that way, otherwise that shit would be WAY more common. heh. But I'm also pretty sure nobody will see a penny back anyway.
I'd feel bad for them if they weren't fucking in the middle of turning our nation into a fascist hellhole.
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.
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.
Yeah sure, but how long will it take until they see any money?
"We can offer you a discount on the new model?"
"For an additional fee"
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.
That sounds like a Trump enterprise.
I don't think they're allowed to take past money like that, though. They can increase monthly fees, sure.
but of course as we all know, laws don't matter in this instance.
Let me know how the class action goes.
His kids will have bankrupted whatever shell company they spun up for this whole grift.
I don't agree. The clearest signaal that the buyers would be screwed was the Trump brand name. He's grift incarnate.
They wanted a Trump experience and they got one. Could argue they got what they paid for.
I can't believe they got screwed by Biden AGAIN!
Thanks, Obama !
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.
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
Surprised they didn't throw in a soulja boy game console too!
Cultists live in a world that is sufficiently disjoint from the world others live in to make it make sense for them.
Fucking Madani, I swear!
Dammit Obama.
When
youryou're president they just let you do it.Surely the pussy grabbing president would never grab me by the pussy, again.
I don't want to be this person, but it really matters in this sentence. You want to use: "you're" instead of "your"
Curse these fat fingers and autoerect.
An experienced seamstress can remove the stock zipper of your pants and sew in a larger version to make things easier.
I'll never understand people who use it. It's the first thing I turn off on any device I own. I keep the suggestion bar on but the device gets jo right to change what I input.
that last one is <chef's kiss>
Normally I feel sorry for people who get scammed but in this case shitty people getting scammed by the scammer they inflicted on the rest of us don't get my sympathy.
I only feel sorry about the money that is now gathered up into the hands of an empowered monster instead of safely dispersed amongst brainless lickspittles.
yeah, I don't know how to feel about this. On the one hand, fuckin magas got conned by a conman. On the other hand, the bloated turd got a bunch of money for.... literally nothing.
He has infinite money anyway. I am just happy MAGAts are finding out.
Doubt they will learn anything, sadly.
they made a golden statue of him, doubtful, apparently the recent statue is paid by the cryptobros.
If I get my hands on him...
They got scammed the first time around too. Remember "Finish The Wall"? Trump didn't build an inch of wall with that money, it just vanished into thin air and appeared as a few extra digits in his bank accoount.
The same people who forked over money for that and then admitted regretting it afterwards were the same ones gleefully preordering this phone. They'll be mad about it for a bit and then they'll fall for it again in due time. Easy marks.
We are legit dealing with some undiagnosed dementia patients, only way to explain this.
plus they got scammed more than once, not once, not twice, not even thrice, its more than that, at this point its on the scamee.
A fool and their money are soon parted.
As I pointed out a year ago, this phone never existed.
They just waited until it was too late to do credit card chargebacks before pulling the rug. I've seen it on Kickstarter dozens of times.
I don't think chargebacks would have been a problem. As we saw they can just change the terms to whatever they want and that should be enough to win cases. Plus I believe if a chargeback were to be raised properly it should take into consideration the promised time of delivery, not the usual 120 days after the day of payment.
16 CFR Part 435 30 days I think
But I suppose this relates to normal online/mail order etc purchases no? I'm not sure what this $100 was supposed to guarantee at the beginning. Was it a standard pre-order or some sort of kickstarter deal as the revised terms seem to indicate? If the latter I suspect the card scheme might reject the chargeback...
Yeah I guess the fact it's a "preorder" probably does protect them..
If tens of thousands of people started requesting chargebacks for the same product at the same time from a new vendor, I don’t think Visa would be quick to side with the vendor.
What little I know about chargebacks comes from the banking side of things, and usually we see that each claim is investigated separately. Visa and Mastercard however might have some internal process for issues like this, wouldn't be surprised tbh.
Thing is, I don't think they would want to go against this particular merchant...
Well after whatever period of time, the option to even request a chargeback on your account portal goes away. Not sure how you’d even proceed at that point, but I imagine it involves an incredible amount of being on hold.
Afaik for normal purchases you have 120 days within which to initiate a chargeback. But there's exceptions to that, for example if what you paid for was something like say a subscription, then the 120 days can extend to the timeframe within which you were supposed to be receiving what you'd paid for.
The fact that Trump or any of his family will never see the inside of a cell is the single largest thing that destroyed my faith in humanity.
At the very least, they'll see the inside of a coffin.
That's not exactly inspiring or fulfilling to me, because we'll all do that. (metaphorically... I don't actually want to be buried myself)
That's an easy out for people like this
Not if they are still alive... [insert evil laugh here]
ivanka, kushner, don jr, Melania and Barron will likely stuff him under a golf cart/court at mar-algo once TRUMPS kicks the bucket, and then fight each other over his ESTATE.
Nah, they're all super abused and will continue to defend his legacy so that they don't have to confront what really happened.
Confront?? You think there are any consciences in that group?
with stolen scotus seats, and the 2 almost 3 presidencies by the gop, and complicity of the old guard DNC.
Dude, even Ea Nasir delivered something to his customers.
That was the bronze age. This is the new golden age. Totally different things.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you that the preorder page is still up and
takingstealing magat's money.Really? That's even funnier than the fact that anyone fell for the shit!
If anyone ever asks what your strengths are, don't say identifying sarcasm.
Is it not still up, then?
It is. I don't understand how they thought any of that was sarcasm...
Oooh, I interpreted your reply as in you thought it was funny that the OC was shocked. Ha. Jokes on me eh.
Oh the irony.
Well, I'll be able to put sarcasm identification, just not reading comprehension.
Really?
LMAO. I LOVE IT. Such an American thing for a president to scam his own voters. Literally scam them out of money.
They will moan a bit and then say "I would vote for him again" 🤣🤣🤣
Is it a scam when you know it'll happen along based on patterns? Masochism is the term I think
Scam is still a scam. Maybe masochists are taking part in it but it's still a scam.
I can’t help but laugh when one of them gives a 5 minute interview about how disappointed they are in getting scammed, but ends it by saying it was the only voting option and they would never vote Democrat even now.
This is what society looks like when your vote can be expected and doesn’t need to be earned.
The 's' in MAGAs is for submissive.
Make Americans Gimps Again
Anyone else find it hard to believe that there were 600,00 orders for this. That feels like another money laundering situation.
Edit: 600K
Well, there over 200 million adult US citizens, assume 1/3 are trump supporters that's 60 million potential customers, it's not unrealistic for 1% of them to have placed a $100 deposit on a trump branded phone.
I'm just more surprised they decided to not ship anything. They could've simply gone to any ODM ordered a generic design but in gold color and called it a day. Heck they could run an actual MVMO sell some overpriced android phones as carrier branded devices, sell some overprice cell service, then sell the brand off to wash their hands of it and probably would've made far more than the paltry $6 million that they did make in pre-order deposits
Edit: I was off by a zero they made ~$60 million in deposits
It took Google a year to sell over a million pixels when they released, they didn't even hit 600,000 sold in their first 3 quarters (looking at all of North America) - https://coolest-gadgets.com/google-smartphone-statistics/
So 600,000 people putting down a $100 deposit for a terrible phone is definitely suspicious.
Google doesnt have the cult following trump has.
I mean they could have jumped on Alibaba, had a customized firmware, had the "gold" color, had a logo or something screen printed on the outside, and probably spent less than $100/phone, at least if current listings are correct. Sell the things for like $299 and they clear $200 profit on each with nearly no effort.
That's exactly who an ODM is, and Original Design Manufacturer. In the mobile space it's generally some tech giant like Foxconn which makes tons of devices for tons of brands, and they generally have their own generic designs that they'll happily white label for any brand
Alot of these sellers on Alibaba aren't nearly up to what an ODM is. They're sorta more like middlemen that do stuff like take generic phones from ODMs and customize them or just grab parts off the local market and slap them together. To work with somebody like Foxconn, you'd better have some significant volumes - they just won't talk to you otherwise. Now, maybe Trump is an exception there, but they're still not going to want to do business unless there's decent volume in it for them. The volumes I've seen for this phone is the sort of thing that wouldn't even register for them. They'd only even think about it as a way to buy favor.
600'000 times hundred would be 60 million dollars, you're off by a decimal. But still, agreed on your point
I also imaging a fair number are YouTube types getting it for the curiosity clicks.
Would have been funny if they did that and it turned out to be the crappiest phone ever
But that would have required actual work on their part, and maybe, just maybe they have enough self-awareness to realize they would probably have screwed this up and made no profit.
You look at the sales numbers for the dumbest crap and it isn't hard to believe.
77 million people voted for this moron to run the country. For a second time.
So yes, i fully believe less than 1% of them bought trump phones.
.... Third.
its well known its a money laundering scheme from the billionaires/putin/ISRAELI backers, nothing more. much like his CASINOS were the vehicle for laundering russian money. Maga is unable to connect the dots together. "if its too good to be true, it must be true" for them.
Not really. For a paltry $6 million gross, this wouldn't be worth the risk from lawsuits. Regardless of what people signed from the preorders. Plus, have you meet any of his diehard supporters? They're certainly on board with this. They already buy watches and other crap.
While I appreciate the money laundering suggestion, there's much easier ways to do that at a larger scale. The crypto scam, for example.
Edit:yep, $60 million. My bad math. Far more worth it.
Check out the video from penguinz0 on this topic, who ordered one for the lolz. The terms and conditions on the website pretty much state that there is no guarantee that the phone will ever be delivered, or how it looks, or what features it will have. Every section reads like it's for a product that's only on sale to scam people, and that there might never be a phone, and no obligation to get the deposit back.
Wouldn't it be 60 million if it's 600k people x $100 deposit though?
Yep, you're right. My mistake.
60 million, right? That's not pocket change for anyone!
Yep, my bad math. Good catch. Far more worth it.
Don't forget the betting via polymarket and so on
Risks are only for those who play fair. I'm not sure if there is anything Trump and his family could do that would make them actually face consequences, besides maybe loosing the midterms.
The Verge certainly doesn't think that 600,000 is the real figure: https://www.theverge.com/tech/863381/trump-mobile-viral-preorder-figures-600000
Sorry but are those 60000 as in 60k with a unusual (non western (EU)) decimal?
No, just a typo the article says 600,000 or 600K
Can't feel bad for people who got conned by a con man and now are suckers and losers for getting scammed.
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.
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.
Why would Obama do this? 😭
Lol, what a bunch of stupid assholes.
Zero sympathy, fuck them and I hope they lose even more money in the future by still being stupid dickheads.
I may be wrong but i feel like a lot of people did this ironically
Well they're unironically stupid either way so who cares
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.
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.
Anyone have the text of the actual email?
In a logical world, this would result in 600k less electors for the orange buffon, wouldn't it?
In a logical world this would result in a different president right away but this is the, what, tenth time this is happening? I lost count honestly. The trump coins, the gold phones, the tariffs etc etc. One way or another they were all designed to funnel money from the poor (and sometimes the stupid) to the rich.
It would also result in someone going to prison and paying back all the money they stole.
Nah. It's obviously someone else's faults because Trump never does anything wrong, ever, and saying this is because of Trump is probably treason or some shit.
And they will listen, conclude he's an admirable man and vote for him again if they have the opportunity.
Next month, they'll drop a few hundred more on the next grift.
Republicans really struck gold with these maga morons. They are an endless supply of gullability, funds, and votes. World class idiots they deserve everything they want for others.
How many times do they need to be grifted for them to learn?
Based on the comments on that article, n+1
I always wonder what they think the GOP has given them. Like the dems blow but at least they got stuff like gay marriage and the ACA through. Is there literally one thing the GOP has done since the last shitty actor we elected that wasn't just funneling money to the rich?
You know the answer to that, and you also know that the answer does not matter. MAGA isn't a political movement that gains or loses people's support depending on the outcomes of its actions. It's a cult, built around absolute faith in the leader and its ideology, and as such, it's insulated from reality. Cults have a long history of explaining away the suffering they cause to their own members:
Just think about the suffering any past cult has managed to have people endure or inflict on others (often their own kids). Then you know no matter how much MAGAs will suffer from their own political choices, it's not going to change their minds en masse.
I don't think it's limited to MAGA. I don't think any GOP voter in the last 50 years has ever gotten anything from their party, and they still probably never changed their minds.
I don't think those two are comparable.
Did pre-MAGA GOP voters vote against their own economic self interest? Yes, very likely.
Did they vote for the GOP in good faith, believing this was the right choice for the country and everyone living in it? Also: Yes, very likely.
That latter aspect is important in my view. In Trump's first term, people could still argue that they didn't know what he'd do and what would happen once he got into office. But that defense is gone now. People knew exactly what would happen this time. They knew about the cruelty. They knew about the violence. They knew about the corruption, the lawlessness, the authoritarianism. And they voted for him anyway, or even because of these things. They were prepared to accept all that, as long as it would be inflicted upon "the other side" (and now the leopards are eating their faces, too). That is no longer the ill-informed, but good-faith conservatism of former GOP voters. That is the cultish fanaticism of MAGA.
At least once more. As always.
Ha. And might I add, “Ha”.
Hahaha fuming. Doubt that, they will come back for more.
His base is like trader NPCs in video games.
They buy everything he's selling to them. Then they un-ironically call everyone else NPC for being slightly skeptical.
Fascists ain't ever gonna stop getting scammed and it won't ever stop being funny.
Say the line maga, you know what it is:
“IT IS A GODDAMNED PRIVILEGE TO HAVE DONATED MY HARD-EARNED AMERICA DOLLARS TO THE MOST AMERICA PRESIDENT THERE EVER WILL BE! HALLELUJAH AMEN!”
What do you mean it was all a scam? Trump is a god fearing Christian! Surely it is the fault of the next non-republican president from the future!
"If you're doing business with a religious son of a bitch, Get. It. In. Writing. His word isn't worth shit, not with the Good Lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal." -William S. Burroughs, Words of Advice for Young People.
FWIW trump isn't really religious, of course.
It's always a scam. It's always a grift. Always.
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.
The only people surprised by this are magats, but they'd still vote for the child rapist again.
They are so easily grifted it would be sad if they weren't so malevolent.
We need to grift MAGA for charity. Everyone wins
Bro are these journalists high? Read the terms and conditions...
Apparently the terms and conditions were changed quite recently to make it clear paying a deposit didnt guarantee anything.
Changing the terms and conditions to say you are now allowed to steal from your customers doesn't seem like it would be legal. Which of course is why trump's doing it.
Everyone's changing ToS on the fly nowadays. This isn't even special Trump fuckery. Having to agree to new ToS after a sale needs to be punished.
Unfortunately, the onus would be on you to prove it in court if the company doesn't follow through. Nobody just shows up to call out a company for doing something that isn't enforceable.
Word to the wise, this is an "easy" way around most HOA rules: you just gotta have lawyer money and time.
Yeah, it's illegal, but the premises where a bit murky too, so it cancels out.
That excerpt is from the updated terms.
The terms say that there is “no binding sale contract”, but there is nothing in the article that “confirms” it’s not being made (it probably isn’t, but there’s still no confirmation).
But see (from the article):
The clearest signal yet that buyers may never see either a phone or their money came with a revised terms of service published on 6 April 2026. The updated document states explicitly that paying a deposit 'does not constitute a completed purchase and does not create a binding legal contract.' The payment is described as 'a conditional opportunity to buy the device if Trump Mobile eventually chooses to sell it,' with the company retaining all control over whether a phone is produced at all.
This literally does not mean that the deposit is gone
The article clearly mentions the T&C were changed in April. Did you racually read it before getting mad at these journalists?
Did YOU read it? The excerpt you replied to is talked about in the article right in the section about the April change. And if you click the link in that article for revised terms of service you can read it for yourself as well.
The writer is aware of the T&C, they know it was modified. It's in the article.
They report customers have received an email telling them they won't get their phones nor their deposit back.
You're all riled up agaings the journalist because the T&C stipulates refunds will be honored.
So, to summarize: you're mad at the journalist because the email customers received contradicts the T&C on the website?
I’m “mad” at the journalists because, as far as my searching goes, there is no proof that this email actually exists and it’s only been cited by some randos on Twitter, not even by the outlets that reportedly paid the deposit.
The article itself doesn’t even mention anything from the mail, it’s just excerpts from the ToS change. Nothing that would allude to this “confirmation” the title leads to believe. I’d like to see actual screenshots from this supposed mail if you make a title like that, otherwise it’s just more fuel for the MAGAs to claim everything bad we say about Trump is manufactured lies.
Refund request must have be made by the Trump mobile, apparently.
Yeah, this is just classic clickbait journalism.
I mean, we all know who are we talking about and that the phone doesn’t and will never exist. But the word “confirm” has a meaning, and those updated terms still don’t “confirm” anything.
Is there even a Trump Mobile customer service?
I mean who could have seen that coming. I am playing the worlds smallest violin for all the people affected.
You have to be a special kind of dummy to even want that piece of shit in the first place. Idiot tax collected. Carry on, carrion!
The Fyre Festival Fone.
The vehicle that we today call the Volkswagen Beetle was at its inception called the KdF-Wagen. Nazi Germany had this whole scheme where you could save up stamps in a little booklet and when you got enough stamps, you could redeem them for a car.
No one ever got their cars, though many Germans had saved up enough stamps. Sure they built a few, but they went to government officials. It was a scam.
KdF-Phone.
KdF = Kraft durch Freude = power through joy
They also used that branding for holiday camps etc. For example here's the arial view of the Koloss von Rügen holiday complex in Prora, which also never saw any visitors because they didn't finish it before they started the war:
Prora is active today with hotels and restaurants.
Ah cool! Didn't know that!
If you carry a scorpion on your back and you’re surprised when you get stung, maybe the problem less with you.
Doubly so when you keep letting the scorpion back on your back, and it stings you again, and you are equally surprised the next time.
Except the scorpion won't drown in this case
Double-good. Idiots are parted from their money, and get irate at Trump.
Only drawback is that the money is now in the hands of the Trump clan, but given the mass robbing of the public and budget they are doing, this will amount to small change.
Performative outrage that has zero staying power. He done worse to them and they still in the same breath say they'd do it again.
They trusted a businessman who failed so hard he had to fall back on a career of political masturbation. Fuck em.
Instead this will just encourage the more.
"We wouldn't scam us again! He learned what he did wrong the first time!"
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaahah
Deep breath, no seriously
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I’ve been scrolling all day, and this is the first good news I’ve seen.
I do wonder, though, how many of those 590,000 still support Trump? It’s like they enjoy getting fucked in the ass by a fat, incontinent, demented, old pedo.
All of them. Browse [email protected] and you'll see every single one of the people he fucks over say they still support him even though they lost their jobs/livelyhoods/money/whatever. It's a cult. It's not based on reality.
The president profiled through a scam while in office, again, and will get away with it, again. It's not good news.
They all do. They're too stupid to change their minds in the light of more evidence that they shouldn't for their own benefit
Why do people really fall for this? And even worse: Who buys a Trump phone?
This was nothing but a 60,000,000 dollars loan at 0% interest rate to probably invest in AI and then only return the 100 dollars to those who requested it. Nicely played 🤣
That's okay, vote for him again. He's going to give you everything you're owed in his third term.
It was always going to be some sh** AliExpress Android phone anyway. There was definitely also going to be some kind of spyware/ harvesting happening
Here in Australia, this would likely be fraud by deception
You can say
shit, I have no idea why you'd willingly typesh**, just use a different fucking word if you're concerned about...something?You're in Australia for chrissakes. A land of sincere, devoted contributions to the development of vulgarity and obscenities of all kinds. What are ya doin.
Are you seriously getting offended by that 😂
"offended" - is that the thing to avoid?
I'm not "offended" lol. I just think it's dumb and bad for all of us. Use the words you mean. If you mean them, then use them. If you don't mean them, use something else. What is this weird hack job for no benefit?
Self-censorship like this is utterly bizarre, when limitless even richer words are available, and just typing the actual word has no imaginable negative consequence. It's bad for all of us.
Actually, its super bizarre to make a big deal over something mundane like this. Guessing you're that guy in real life who needs all your friends to be yes men, and agree with you.
No, I'm not changing it. You'll survive, Karen... Maybe you should be more concerned about Trump's scams...
The very last person who is like that, truly, ya just don't get it. It's fine.
You're right. I don't
It's one of those things that "anti woke" people would say to bully people who don't stoop to their level lol
You sound proudly ignorant, but go off, why not?
Self censorship was not a thing one ever encountered online until people found it to be useful / necessary for favorable algorithmic treatment on the big social media platforms.
And then, since it wasn't really policies as much as algorithmic vibes folks were trying to satisfy, folks start self-censoring the dumbest shit. Like blurring out the word "hate" and other idiotic nonsense. It's this very stupid way of warping how people write, to satisfy a machine. And normalizing that, as a normal way to communicate.
So yeah, not a fan when I see people writing that way. Because I prefer human beings.
Now I'm picturing a PHON Party phone.
It would also run Bitcoin mining, and send the money to Pauline, and then pretend it's doing you a favour and saving taxpayer money
I mean, I have a feeling that a lot of these pre-orders or $100 deposits were probably bulk purchased by CEOs as bribes.
this just in: conman cons again. More at 10.
it's pretty amazing when you try to quantify all the grifts happening. Crypto, government contracts, 'settlements' with media and universities, whatever-the-fuck kushner / saudi arabia have going, settlements with the IRS (!?), it's grift after fucking grift, it's mind boggling in it's scale.
You'd think, at some point, stealing so much so quickly - you'd have enough. But no, in typical trump fashion, he'll keep going, full throttle hatefucking the country for more and more, because there's never enough for people like this.
as sad as it is, you're correct. elon has 600B$ and that's still not enough.
re: felon muskoid - good point.
For name anagram, I'd go with Leon Skum.
that's nice.
I like it when it rhymes.
Who'd have thought the serial fraudster would defraud them?
Probably just went and “pre-ordered “another one.
Hey, you guys wanna invest in a Ballroom? Only $100 to start.
this is important to understand: they weren't buying the phone. they were owning the libs. For every magat who's furious, there's four to six hogs who'll feel good because all they care is that you don't want that money go to him.
They really do just worship rich people don't they, and not even the person themselves, just the fact that they are wealthy. Imagine making another person into your identity this much. Not even Trump, just anyone. Then take this orange waste of resources with no redeeming qualities whatsoever and making him out to be the gravitational center of your universe.
I can't even imagine doing it without feeling that hot physical burning sensation of shame
If these cocksuckers vote to keep the house red and give Trump ZERO checks and balances, these fuckers deserve worse.
That's hilarious. Don the Con.
Lol. The world’s most non existent violin for them.
That's... Quite the number. If we were to label MAGA as enemy of the State (similar to how Maga has labeled liberals), that's shit load of them.
MAGA is great research on how much you can scam someone before they go full Bastille on your ass.
They are the most gullible idiots in the world. You want to make money? Sell MAGA crap.
Grifter is gonna grift.
Who would have thought putting all that lead in the environment would have such far-reaching consequences?
lol
Didn’t something similar happen with the Trump watches? Shocking.
yes, and dont forget his most recent one his GOLDEN passports.
LoL and they will still vote child fuckerican.
Edit: #leopardsatemyface
They never learn, do they? The grift that just keeps on giving.
Were these people stupid enough to purchase the phone with cash or a check and not a credit card? I'm sure VISA, M/C, and AMEX will refund the charge and do a chargeback. If they were stupid enough to wait more then two months (most companies have a 60 limit on contested charges), then they deserve to be shafted.
It's been way more than 2 months since they started taking reservations. So yeah the majority are probably screwed.
They waited until after the chargeback period was over and THEN changed the terms and announced the scam.
I guarantee most of the morons are outside the timeframe to get a refund/cancellation
Most of maga aren't the credit card type.
I've done a chargeback on my Visa past a year (eBay seller took an item back under warranty then refused to respond, refund, or replace).
I'm also going to guess that there is some fine print to the effect of "no refunds when we don't deliver".
Edit: Yup. "a revised terms of service published on 6 April 2026. The updated document states explicitly that paying a deposit 'does not constitute a completed purchase and does not create a binding legal contract.' The payment is described as 'a conditional opportunity to buy the device if Trump Mobile eventually chooses to sell it,' with the company retaining all control over whether a phone is produced at all."
Spotted the guy that didn’t read the article.
"NO REFUNDS" :D
600k seems like an awful lot. Where is that estimate coming from?
Edit: 5% of that number seems more realistic ( https://lemmy.world/post/47222799 )
Tens of millions voted for him the second time, and I wouldn't be surprised if a good chunk of the 600k came through a few big donors and this was yet another money laundering scheme like the coin, that happened to catch a bunch of morons in the mix.
Estimate? Just look at the election numbers from 2016-2024. There's your "estimate"
He's never going to get reelected at this rate
It still absolutely floors me that we're even talking as if he's eligible to run.
It absolutely floors me that we're even talking as if he (or MAGA) will leave office after the "election".
It's going to be one hell of a sight to behold as Americans finally understand what's happened to them.
They won't understand. 33% of Americans will swallow whatever incoherent excuses he pulls out of his ass on the day. 33% will object. 33% won't be paying attention.
Yeah that actually seems about right....
If there even is an election. He could just send in the Gestapo to close all the polling stations and confiscate the machines.
Why would he need to be re elected? He already won all the elections.
We said that after his first term....
One can only hope
/s as I know you wont have full and fair elections next few elections (mid terms and beyond)
Show me the last time Americans had a full and fair election. Any year.
LOL
Hahahaha wawahahaha
So they just stole their money.
This is one of the many forms of that. Yes
Oh no... what happen? Lololol
quelle suprise!
https://youtu.be/Iz882BXji08
They can’t stop winning!
HA-HA!
This just warms my heart. 😃👍 Ahhh...if only he stole even more of their money. And then they'd end up on the street, he'd be finally impeached, and then imprisoned, and those idiots might get back 5% of the money they lost, so they'd still be screwed.
If you didn't know he was a grifter by now, you certainly deserve what you get.
Bwah ha ha ha ha Hardy har har Gig giggity Aaaaaallll riiiiggghhhttt.
Plays the world smallest violin
Fucking Kluxer dickheads.
if you were dumb enough to buy it, yoy deserve it LMAO
🤣
Hello? Who dis? New phone! 🫲🍊🫱
At least he feels bad about it.
But not bad enough to vote for the other guy
Poor bastards
In the sense that they're bastards and now also a little poorer? Yes.
In the sense that they've suffered a blow of fate nobody could've seen coming, and are deserving of our compassion? Fuck no!
Many deposits were from people who just wanted to see if it was a scam 🤣
Is that an admission? Having a hard time reading that any other way....
No I just watch a few YouTubers who've done so.
Well, tbh the article itself lists three outlets that did exactly that (NBC News, 404 Media and Android Authority), so that’s how I would read it before jumping to conclusions.
Tbh, that's why it was a question and not a statement. Thanks for jumping in!
Shit, I could've answered that particular question for free had anyone asked.