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Well ain't that some BS. I don't like that type of behavior from a company, makes me not trust them.

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This is straight out of the playbook though, find out if people would actually spend money on it.

What they don't say to do , is give an actual ship date and outright lie about the timeframe.

Pretending to take payment information is out what playbook? Selling things that don't exist is common or selling things that don't exist yet is common but pretending to take payment is weird. In fact, I'd burn that card.

I checked and they don't validate card information, which is at least something. I didn't bother to look at what the site is doing because if the fake info I put in was flagged, I would have already known. I assume they're collecting and storing contact info.

lol, what are you talking about? they do give a date. and the date given is so absurdly soon that they couldn't possibly hit it even if they got millions of $ in orders.

> Orders ship by November 2023 from San Francisco, CA. Short production run, these will sell out very soon. Free shipping to anywhere in the world. Return for any reason within 2 weeks of receiving your order.

You're agreeing with the comment you're replying to. The parent comment is saying the "playbook" doesn't say to give a date, and they've given one so absurdly soon that it's impossible to hit. The "get signups for a fake product" is out of the playbook, promising it 4 months from now when it doesn't exist at all is not out of the playbook.

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