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Originally Posted By u/tbones94 At 2025-09-09 08:28:41 PM | Source


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[–] Soup@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

“If you already had $5,000, why didn’t you just keep it instead of going through all this?”

“…”

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They probably bought it for $2000 and thought they were making a profit.

The thing about scamming the stupid is your story doesn't even have to make sense. It's fish in a barrel.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the most likely one “we’ll give you a discount and Trump will be good for backing the rest of it. A thank you for supporting him”

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

“We need $2,000 and in return we’ll give you something worth even more money” but also it’s not even a trade of currency and service but literally money for money.

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They probably hoped it would turn into a collectible? I would buy it for $1 for the laughs, but that's about it. It would make a great troll note for monopoly.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I have a roll of toilet paper with his face on each ticket, that roll is worth more (both financially and practically) than that bill is