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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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[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 36 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Apparently the terms and conditions were changed quite recently to make it clear paying a deposit didnt guarantee anything.

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

That excerpt is from the updated terms.

The terms say that there is “no binding sale contract”, but there is nothing in the article that “confirms” it’s not being made (it probably isn’t, but there’s still no confirmation).

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 24 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Changing the terms and conditions to say you are now allowed to steal from your customers doesn't seem like it would be legal. Which of course is why trump's doing it.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

Everyone's changing ToS on the fly nowadays. This isn't even special Trump fuckery. Having to agree to new ToS after a sale needs to be punished.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

Unfortunately, the onus would be on you to prove it in court if the company doesn't follow through. Nobody just shows up to call out a company for doing something that isn't enforceable.

Word to the wise, this is an "easy" way around most HOA rules: you just gotta have lawyer money and time.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, it's illegal, but the premises where a bit murky too, so it cancels out.