I didn’t sign up for the Trump Mobile cellphone plan. I still haven’t received my gold plated Trump phone. But the company just charged my credit card again.

I also don’t know how to make the charges to my credit card stop because other parts of the (since updated) website also return errors and the customer service number I called on the website couldn’t help either.

I recall that the “stop the steal” donations continued billing people who thought they made a one-time donation. Hahaha. Stupid MAGA idiots will get fleeced and thank Trump for the privilege. Rubes! You deserve to be conned. Enjoy uncancelable recurring fees while you pay your medical bills that used to be covered by Medicaid, fascists.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    For those that bought these:

    I’m a Nigerian price who needs to temporarily part a billion dollars in some bank account. Please send me your bank account details and I promise I’ll pay you a million dollars for the help!

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    What’s a credit card number here and there matter? Think of all the libs you’ve going to trigger with your Donny phone.

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    “By checking this box, you authorize Trumpmobile.com to charge your card on a recurring basis.” But provides no indication of what this charge might be. I certainly didn’t expect one.

    Congratulations. You just signed up to give a billionaire a $64.70 monthly donation to his political campaign. Your only option is to cancel the card because there is no way in hell he well ever stop dipping into this well.

    • onslaught545@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      The fun thing is that some CC companies will still honor the charge even if you cancel the card. I had this happen with Planet Fitness. I had to specifically request a stop payment.

      • TheTetrapod@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Not to shill, but Privacy[dot]com is really good for this, it allows you to create a temporary proxy credit card number, with the option to set a spending limit, and cancel the card instantly.

        • Alk@sh.itjust.works
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          1 month ago

          I’ve jumped fully on the privacy train. I have like 100 different cards with different limits, each locked to a single merchant. It’s so good.

    • bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      Your only option is to cancel the card because there is no way in hell he well ever stop dipping into this well.

      They’d likely rack up a bill into the thousands and then send it off to collections. Or send ICE after you. Ya know, normal government things.

    • RejZoR@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Should I drop a segue to Rocket Money ad at this point or am I suppose to wait for a bit more?

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Chargeback, then let them know it’s a duplicate.

    The credit card company will get really pissed if it continues and will eventually remove the companies ability to use their services.

    I had to do this with Verizon.

    • alexc@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      We’ve already seen how willing companies are to stand up to Trump, even if he is in the wrong.

      I’m totally sure T-Mobile or the Credit Card company would be willing to defend this in court…

        • boydster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I’m pretty sure TACOmobile is using Tmo’s towers, sort of like how Mint Mobile does. There’s a term for it that I’m drawing a blank on, hopefully someone else knows and replies

          Edit: I still don’t know why the commenter included T mobile, it’s definitely a broad shot against an otherwise mostly uninvolved party. TACOmobile is the one doing the billing as far as I know.

          Edit part deux: Or it’s a superPAC or other donation collector taking the money right now maybe? Either way, not Tmo

          • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            1 month ago

            I believe the term you are looking for is MVNO, Mobile Virtual Network Operator.

            I mean, there are only two other companies with which to do that here so there’s a 1/3 chance it’s Tmo to begin with. But yeah, I’m still not sure what they would have to do with the credit card charges for Trump Mobile, as opposed to Mint, Tmo owns Mint.

            • boydster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              1 month ago

              That’s exactly the term (phrase, I guess) I was searching for, thank you. I also missed the news when Tmo bought Mint, so double thanks there.

        • alexc@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          One of the comments above said they were the parent carrier offering MVNO services to Trump Mobile.

  • Gork@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Should’ve used a debit gift card with only enough money for that one month. That way if they charge again it’ll just get denied.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It’s a journalist who ordered it for a review knowing it was going to be at least a couple scams involved…

      Sweetheart

      • nfh@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I’m legitimately surprised a journalist didn’t use virtual credit cards. Knowing full well you’re giving credit card info to the world’s most famous grifter? I’d take every security measure available

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I’m conflicted about this because on one hand people deserve to know the truth from a primary source.

        On the other hand, wouldn’t it be easier to interview the people who delivered Hitler’s lunch than it would be to buy Hitler lunch a couple of times a month?

        • MimicJar@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Sure, but you’d have to find someone willing to talk about it. In fact you’d probably want to find at least 2-3 people who can all confirm the same story.

          Plus if you can call it a scam right out of the gate (this article is a follow up to the original purchase article when the phone was first “released”) maybe you can limit the damage of the scam.

          If you can spend $100 to rightfully call out a scam that would have made $1,000, is that a net win? That’s an honest question. I think so, but I understand that might not be the case.

    • axx@slrpnk.net
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      1 month ago

      He’s a journalist reporting on tech which includes scams, of course he did otherwise he’d be speculating rather than investigating.

      And we’d probably not be hearing about this.