• DJDarren@thelemmy.club
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    The small print at the bottom of the page is quite something.

    Trump Watches are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals. TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC uses the “Trump” name, image and likeness under a paid license agreement which may be terminated or revoked according to its terms. Trump Watches are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment purposes. The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product. These watches are not political and have nothing to do with any political campaign

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      Trump Watches are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment purposes. The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product.

      So they are absolute trash.

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      So he’s not seen as the one to directly profit from it, but can still make a quick buck on the licensing and play dumb when the watches are worthless crap

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        Fuck me, at this point I feel like it wouldn’t be too hard to just… create a website selling expensive ass Trump shit and in reality dropship it from Aliexpress

        I mean there’s probably a bunch of people doing it, but I wonder how hard it would be to do it without, y’know, any legal trouble.

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            Oh I don’t even live anywhere close to the US, he’d be suing a legal entity that would probably be registered by some sorta service that lets you register LLCs in the US lol

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      Wait we’re allowed to just declare that something isn’t political? Neat! I declare access to abortions to be non-political as well.

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      “These watches are not designed to give accurate time and should not be used to tell time or keep track of time.”

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      “TheBestWatchesonEarth” I can already imagine how tasteful the watches are based on the company name

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      Probably the least political offer I’ve ever read

      Neither politics nor candidates come anywhere close to mind

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    Wow, these are some truly hideous watches. This has got to be a money laundering scheme or something. No one actually interested in watches would spend six figures on one of these.

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      It’s not for people interested in watches. It’s for people interested in seeing a large economy having a figurehead who is a complete fucking waste of space.

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      Gotta take the rubes for everything they’re worth. I wonder how many inheritances that fucking guy has sacked.

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      Honestly, better than I was expecting. I was expecting gaudy gold, maybe with some (probably fake) diamonds. You know, Trump’s ugly style. These just look fairly plain and cheap. I agree it does look like money laundering because they’re far from nice, but they’re just not as ugly as I expected.

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      This is probably the only watch douchier than a Hublot. Even Richard Mille can’t hope to match this.

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    Since people keep commenting on how it looks. Here they are. That way you don’t have to give that cretin more clicks.

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    the $500 ones have mineral glass crystals - sapphire coated.

    movement is not mentioned, just “Automatic Movement With Date Window”

    signature on the dial looks atrocious

    grifter trash

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      Sapphire isn’t even that expensive anymore. So cheap. The “automatic movement” really gives it Wal-Mart vibes 🤣

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        I once bought a replacement face off eBay for 20eur. It’s probably as cheap as the glass equivalent.

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        Even that sounds too expensive! Unless it’s like a three pack or something

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      Unless he is destroying the watches and saying “oh look, I received these duffle bags of cash”.

      No, no, I think this is just blatant scamming.

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        1. Trump gives Joe $1mil worth of Cocaine
        2. Trump manufacturers a watch at the cost of $10/each
        3. Joe buys 10 of these watches for $100k each

        That is how you money launder via purchases. It’s more common to use artwork but you get the gist.

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        Foreign nationals are prohibited from donating to Trump’s campaign fund. There’s no rule against them buying a dozen overpriced watches, though. They may not even be upset that their order is never delivered.

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        I was listening to some interviews with undecided voters.

        Several saying that Trump is a business genius and has what it takes to balance the budget and run the economy.

        These people are “low information voters” who saw a meme in tiktok once, so you can’t really blame them. Still, it’s weird that this impression has sick with him despite him being the worst economic manager in the history of forever.

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    The old weirdo doesn’t have time for a second debate because he’s too busy playing golf and hawking overpriced collectables.

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      You got a cuckoo clock on your wrist? That’s all I think of when you say a wooden watch

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        it’s similar to this. got it from amazon back off one of their first prime day thingies, I’ve only had to change the battery twice in ten years so I like it. I like the minimalistic look tho

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          I’m not much for watches and stuff. I have my phone, it does what I need and then some. But that is one nice looking watch.

          Simple but elegant.

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    I’d love to know what brand these really are or who made them. Made in china or Mexico?

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      TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC started in 07/2024.

      Located at:

      1309 Coffeen Avenue, Suite 1200 Sheridan, WY 82801

      Which is also the location of a dozen other companies.

      I can’t really find any info on who owns it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was essentially owned by him and this is little more than money laundering.

      Edit: Looks like it is registered by Cloud Peak Law Group, LLC and the filing was put in by Andrew Pierce. The last registered person on thir paperwork was Ashley Preston. They both work for Company Sage (Andrew Preston being the founder) which makes software to make it easy to start an LLC. But it seems odd to have your own employees be the registered person for the LLCs.