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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago

Furious MAGA Customers Say They Got ‘Scammed’ by Trump Watches

www.thedailybeast.com

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Furious MAGA Customers Say They Got ‘Scammed’ by Trump Watches

www.thedailybeast.com

fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago
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The majority of reviewers on Trustpilot gave Trump Watches one star.
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  • starblursd@lemmy.zip
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    Wow! Who could have predicted this?

    • Z3k3@lemmy.world
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      At least twice a day

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    Surely there is some federal bureau meant to protect American consumers from things like this?

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      deleted by regulator

      • Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com
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        regulated by the deletor

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          deleted by the regulago_e_r

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    Even aside from being Trump-branded, how was this not a gigantic red flag -

    The timepieces are made by TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC

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      What do you mean. The company is called BEST watches! Not WORST watches. Checkmate liberal.

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      THEY CAN’T CALL IT THAT UNLESS IT’S TRUE!

    • Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world
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      The generic names really do fool the geriatric

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    The timepieces are made by TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC and range from $499 to $2,999 per watch, or $5,389 for the “Ultra Mega Collector Set.”

    if you spend over five thousand dollars on a device to tell the time, you are an idiot with more money than sense.

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    “The overall 2.8-star rating appears to suggest a record of over-promising and under-delivering.”

    Enough about his presidency, get to the watches!

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    It’s pretty simple; if they’re going to continue getting scammed by him, he’s going to keep scamming them.

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    100% those watches were made in China.

  • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Is it still a scam if the outcome was obvious ahead of time?

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    If you buy MAGA shit then you are not being scammed. You are just a fucking dumbass that shouldn’t spawn more dumbasses.

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    Suckers never learn.

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    Lol, the one positive review mentions how it’s designed for “a very small wrist”…

    I wonder if this is just because it was made cheaply in Asia and not designed for the average heft of a trumpet, or if they used Trump’s baby hands for sizing?

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      I wonder if this is just because it was made cheaply in Asia and not designed for the average heft of a trumpet.

      I’m sure it’s this. Everything about this, down to the variable delays that different customers endure, screams out that this is a shady, shoestring operation stalling until they finally hit minimum order quantity with their drop-shipper in China.

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    It is on them for buying one in the first place.

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      Conservatives do t understand consequences till they are effected…

      All these grifts do, is slowly chip away at his most loyal supporters, because they’re the only ones even attempting to buy this shit.

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        You might be right, but I think the question is, “does my commitment to the cult outweigh my commitment to self and empirical reality?”

        I think like in any other cult that fleeces its members, the answer for many is, “yes.”

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          Just saw this article today on ArsTechnica, which seems relevant: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/believing-misinformation-is-a-win-for-some-people-even-when-proven-false/

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