600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thing—!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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.

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        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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          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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      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.

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        Cultists live in a world that is sufficiently disjoint from the world others live in to make it make sense for them.

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    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.

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      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

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    I mean, I have a feeling that a lot of these pre-orders or $100 deposits were probably bulk purchased by CEOs as bribes.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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).

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    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.

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      Right!? I’ve had that same thought for decades. I COULD do the Republican Grift thing and get donations or take prepayment for some random item, but stupid me went and grew a brain and empathy and now I don’t want to harm people or take advantage of them for selfish gains. Yay for that I guess.

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        I don’t have those problems, I just never seem to be the first to come up with the idea. Like the guy who did the ‘build the wall’ scam. Gotta respect that.

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    Bro are these journalists high? Read the terms and conditions…

    If you cancel your deposit before completing a purchase, you may request a full refund. Refund requests must be submitted through Trump Mobile customer support prior to completion of a final sale. If Trump Mobile cancels or discontinues the Device offering prior to sale, Trump Mobile will issue a full refund of the deposit amount paid.

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      The article clearly mentions the T&C were changed in April. Did you racually read it before getting mad at these journalists?

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        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.

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          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?

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      There are cult followers that have had cult leaders predict the rapture on multiple events and their followers still think it’s gonna happen one of these times. Sometimes it’s easier to believe insanity than they could be wrong.

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    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.

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      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.

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        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.