I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount
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The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:39 zuletzt editiert vonIt's like that Trump watch with the T missing. "I was expecting something with the integrity of the President". Yeah, you got that.
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The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:41 zuletzt editiert vonEven as a 'lets see what this grift is all about'...why the hell would anyone order this horseshit..beyond stupid.
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The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:48 zuletzt editiert vonLet me guess. It's a rebranded Chinese phone that typically goes for like 50 bucks?
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Even as a 'lets see what this grift is all about'...why the hell would anyone order this horseshit..beyond stupid.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:49 zuletzt editiert vonJournalism budget.
This person buying it might convince persuade others to not to buy it.
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Even as a 'lets see what this grift is all about'...why the hell would anyone order this horseshit..beyond stupid.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:50 zuletzt editiert vonYoutubers going for content.
Conceptually, it'll make one f of a collectors item one day there's no way enough will sell to make them common.
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Let me guess. It's a rebranded Chinese phone that typically goes for like 50 bucks?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:51 zuletzt editiert von floofloof@lemmy.caYep, apparently it's a cosmetically tweaked Wingtech REVVL 7 Pro 5G, which goes for $170 under the T-Mobile brand on Amazon.
Eric Trump admitted it was going to be made in China, so the press release's description, "designed and built in the United States," is just a lie, or actually two lies.
'Eventually': Eric Trump admits new mobile phone isn't being made in the USA
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The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:52 zuletzt editiert vonDaily reminder, Jimmy Carter willingly sold his peanut farm because his morality told him of his own viewpoints that it may be seen as unfair for a President to own business interests while serving the most important role of government. Which in his mind may come off as corrupt.
We now have a president who see's his name as a brand. That's where we've gone.
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Even as a 'lets see what this grift is all about'...why the hell would anyone order this horseshit..beyond stupid.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 18:59 zuletzt editiert vonTo rip it apart on a software and hardware level to find the backdoors and spyware. We need to know how hardcore we are being spied on when the guy near us has one.
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Yep, apparently it's a cosmetically tweaked Wingtech REVVL 7 Pro 5G, which goes for $170 under the T-Mobile brand on Amazon.
Eric Trump admitted it was going to be made in China, so the press release's description, "designed and built in the United States," is just a lie, or actually two lies.
'Eventually': Eric Trump admits new mobile phone isn't being made in the USA
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:01 zuletzt editiert vonBut it's golden and has a convicted felon's name on it. That should make up for the rest of the value right?
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Let me guess. It's a rebranded Chinese phone that typically goes for like 50 bucks?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:01 zuletzt editiert von floofloof@lemmy.caEric Trump admitted it was going to be made in China, so the press release's description, "designed and built in the United States," is just a lie, or actually two lies. Apparently it's a slight cosmetic remodel of a Chinese phone that costs $170 elsewhere.
'Eventually': Eric Trump admits new mobile phone isn't being made in the USA
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Youtubers going for content.
Conceptually, it'll make one f of a collectors item one day there's no way enough will sell to make them common.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:05 zuletzt editiert von billiam0202@lemmy.worldIn much the same way that Confederate memorabilia is collectable.
As in, "You should avoid anyone who collects this shit. They're probably a white nationalist."
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Daily reminder, Jimmy Carter willingly sold his peanut farm because his morality told him of his own viewpoints that it may be seen as unfair for a President to own business interests while serving the most important role of government. Which in his mind may come off as corrupt.
We now have a president who see's his name as a brand. That's where we've gone.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:06 zuletzt editiert vonPeople are forgetting too that this is just a job that he can be fired from. The SCOTUS and Republicans can fire him at any moment, but they aren't. These middle managers suck.
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But it's golden and has a convicted felon's name on it. That should make up for the rest of the value right?
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:08 zuletzt editiert vonHe saw the Escobar phone and thought it was a good plan.
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In much the same way that Confederate memorabilia is collectable.
As in, "You should avoid anyone who collects this shit. They're probably a white nationalist."
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:12 zuletzt editiert vonOr you can spray paint your old iPhone with gold coloring, slap a Trump logo on it and sell it on ebay to some unsuspecting MAGA fan for $2,000.
It's not hard to copy Trump's signature ... you could throw that on the phone and charge $5,000 and tell everyone that you bought it at a MAGA rally where Trump signed it in 2024.
If they can grift .... we can all grift harder
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The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:12 zuletzt editiert vonNever ceases to embarrass this nation
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Even as a 'lets see what this grift is all about'...why the hell would anyone order this horseshit..beyond stupid.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:16 zuletzt editiert vonJournalism doing things the right way would try this out. You investigate one thing, learn about another, and inform.
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The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I received a confirmation email saying I’ll receive a confirmation when my order has been shipped, but I haven’t provided a shipping address or paid the full $499 price tag. It is the worst experience I’ve ever faced buying a consumer electronic product and I have no idea whether or how I’ll receive the phone.
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:17 zuletzt editiert von karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.deThis is what a software developer would call a con-action error.
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Yep, apparently it's a cosmetically tweaked Wingtech REVVL 7 Pro 5G, which goes for $170 under the T-Mobile brand on Amazon.
Eric Trump admitted it was going to be made in China, so the press release's description, "designed and built in the United States," is just a lie, or actually two lies.
'Eventually': Eric Trump admits new mobile phone isn't being made in the USA
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:17 zuletzt editiert vonYou can even buy a refurb for about $80, which is hilarious lol
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Or you can spray paint your old iPhone with gold coloring, slap a Trump logo on it and sell it on ebay to some unsuspecting MAGA fan for $2,000.
It's not hard to copy Trump's signature ... you could throw that on the phone and charge $5,000 and tell everyone that you bought it at a MAGA rally where Trump signed it in 2024.
If they can grift .... we can all grift harder
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:19 zuletzt editiert vonHe did gut any dept of gov that would go after grifters or hold them accountable.
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He saw the Escobar phone and thought it was a good plan.
schrieb am 16. Juni 2025, 19:27 zuletzt editiert vonThere's a disposable vape with that name.
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