Lol, did whoever set to the shop configure it in Australian dollars? 100 AUD are just about 65 USD. Given the currency fluctuation, that could just about work out.
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Plot twist: there are no phones, the whole thing is a scheme to rip off people for $64.70. Enough money to make the scam worth it, not enough for people to put in the time and effort to reclaim their money unless their credit card will compensate them.
I mean, it's literally just a rebranded CP12, it's a $50 phone that's been painted gold.
Fun fact, the alt right released a "Freedom Phone" after the jan 6 insurrection at the US capitol.
Spoilers: The phone was just brought from some no-brand Chinese company and then rebranded and sold for more. The "Freedom" is just called sideloading, which a Google Android phone could already do. And the CEO claim to have "build the OS" all by himself...
Like... some rich Millionaire trust fund kid with zero experience writing an entire android fork all by himself? 🤔
Its probably just spyware so the far right can monitor their cult followers. Once their leaders get into power, they'll just get purged like the brownshirts.
Very plausibly what started as a FBI monitoring tool which no longer has any staff with knowledge of the program anymore.
There's a very high probability that the company will shut down before they even get a working product. All the pre-order money will have been spent on "research" and "salaries", with 80% going directly into Trump's pockets. And there will be fuck all anyone can do to get their money back. Scammers gonna scam.
OP sounds like this is a B2B gone wrong… the 67.47$ is what they pay the factory. For the consumer this should be 499$
I sometimes wish I had no moral code. This demographic is super easy to scam. Like the guy who listed the non-woke beer or the people who listed the freedumb phone, etc. Just attach some bullshit marketing to a thing and stupid people eat it up.
I'm confident it's simply going to be a white label of some Chinese brand.
Only question is which one.
Also there are tons of similar mvno networks, so that part is fine.
On the upside, its good to see the Fam wasting grift money on business that are doomed to fail.
well, hope this spreads quickly as a lesson to everyone avoid that crap!
Those who buy this deserve it.
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
It will be a bog standard white label china phone with android, a custom wallpaper and maybe some cover/protector like you can get on temu. It's not like they develop their own hardware configuration, apps or phone os.
But the world's best professional bullshitter wrote on Truth that it's built in the USA, it's not a China phone
Which American companies actually manufacture displays, ram, CPUs, batteries etc. for cellphones in America?
Trumps companies if you believe him and disregard the 'made in china' sticker
Is this the new
Latest sneak peak of the phone in action:
Parets
Maybe they meant parrot parents?
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.
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.
Well, that and he was complying with the Emoluments Clause. You know, that thing that should've seen Trump impeached on Inauguration Day -- 2017, not even just 2025!
People 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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It's much worse than that, he's actively exploiting his position in government for personal gain. They have a gold Trump credit card that advertises that it's "an official website of the US government".
Worse than that, he's hosting $1M a plate dinners for "access" and attendees get things like pardons for their family members or government approval of business deals after paying these bribes.
Land of the free!*
* but only if you're rich enough
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well i'm definitely shocked that the guy banned from operating a charity in new york because he scammed children with cancer would operate a shoddy business.
Unfortunately true. Worth reading that snopes article just to see how much fucked up stuff was actually happening though. It's not a mischaracterization to say they stole from kids with cancer through self dealing.
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Can't say I feel bad for you buddy. Count yourself lucky if your cc info isn't abused.
You are literally dealing with known felons.
It's a 404 Media journalist, he did it on purpose to point out how stupid it is.
extremely non-zero chance the entire site and payment system was coded by morons with chatgpt
The preferred term is "vibe coding" nowadays!
At this point, his sons are just vibe scamming. Kind of surprised that they haven't started a gun company yet. Truth rifles that literally blow up in his followers' faces.
vibe coding sound way too cool for what it is
Clearly the wrong price; should be going for $86.47.
I don't get it
Americans say "86 [thing]" to mean "get rid of [thing]"
86 is a term used in restaurants to tell the staff when a product is no longer available. 47 means the 47th president of the US
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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.
...because the author is an investigative journalist?
We all know it's a scam, but it's their job is to prove it. To prove it you have to (attempt to) buy it.
I agree any actual people trying to buy it are morons.
It seems a lot of people have forgotten that proper journalism is more than repeating what someone tweets
Well hopefully he does a charge back on his card if he's smart. I wouldn't give his ass a dime.
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