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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 thing—!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah sure, but how long will it take until they see any money?

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Let me know how the class action goes.

[-] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

His kids will have bankrupted whatever shell company they spun up for this whole grift.

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