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I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount (www.404media.co)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 4 days ago (16 children)

Let me guess. It's a rebranded Chinese phone that typically goes for like 50 bucks?

[–] [email protected] 105 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 days ago (6 children)

But it's golden and has a convicted felon's name on it. That should make up for the rest of the value right?