Current Events > Can anyone explain the full Trump Steaks fiasco to me?

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OpheliaAdenade
08/15/17 2:58:59 PM
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I know about them, but I don't know all the details. :o What was so wrong about these steaks?
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Coffeebeanz
08/15/17 3:04:33 PM
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Trump tried to sell shitty quality, very expensive mail-order catalogue steaks from the gizmo store Sharper Image. It went exactly as any sane person would have expected.
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Tropicalwood
08/15/17 3:06:08 PM
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He gets them well done and put ketchup on them
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DifferentialEquation
08/15/17 3:08:03 PM
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Nothing was wrong with them. They were great steaks actually, some of the best in the world.

He released them in very limited quantities to generate excitement and buzz for his brand similar to what Nintnedo is doing with NES/SNES Classic.
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Coffeebeanz
08/15/17 3:08:11 PM
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QImhIeA

Nuff said
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--kresnik--
08/15/17 3:10:37 PM
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Those steaks are too big and not cooked enough.
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D-Lo_BrownTown
08/15/17 3:12:21 PM
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I feel bad for anyone who was dumb enough to buy their meat from The Sharper Image tbqh
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Coffeebeanz
08/15/17 3:12:58 PM
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When you think "what is the best, most expensive steaks and all-beef hotdogs I can buy from a catalogue", you think Sharper Image.
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SomeGuyUO
08/15/17 3:13:18 PM
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Fill_Kessel
08/15/17 3:13:26 PM
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Donald Trump tried something and was unsuccessfully, and now the tolerant alt-left use it as a constant source of ridicule.
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AvlButtslam
08/15/17 3:13:30 PM
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The BEST steaks in the WORLD. BEST.
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untrustful
08/15/17 3:14:24 PM
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Fill_Kessel posted...
Donald Trump tried something and was unsuccessfully, and now the tolerant alt-left use it as a constant source of edible.

ftfw
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--kresnik--
08/15/17 3:14:27 PM
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I've actually never had mail order meat (I've personally never bought it) that was any good. I just buy meat from the grocery store.
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YourAlt
08/15/17 3:14:45 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
Nothing was wrong with them. They were great steaks actually, some of the best in the world.

He released them in very limited quantities to generate excitement and buzz for his brand similar to what Nintnedo is doing with NES/SNES Classic.


Haha, finally DE goes back to his funny gimmick. *salutes*
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Coffeebeanz
08/15/17 3:15:05 PM
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Fill_Kessel posted...
Donald Trump tried something and was unsuccessfully, and now the tolerant alt-left use it as a constant source of ridicule.


He sold mail-order steaks from The Sharper Image.

That is by definition nutballs
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DifferentialEquation
08/15/17 3:19:57 PM
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There was an interview with Gordon Ramsay where he said his greatest culinary regret was that he never got to cook a Trump steak.
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Kaname_Madoka
08/15/17 3:22:05 PM
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sharper image?
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AlecSkorpio
08/15/17 3:23:25 PM
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Was his Trump Steaks venture really that unsuccessful?

From what I read it was only available for like two months, so I'm wondering if it was a case of him just coming into some steaks and selling them off as quickly as possible, or was it meant to be more and nobody was buying them?

Clearly people did buy them since everyone talks about how awful they were, right?
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Swagnificent119
08/15/17 3:26:33 PM
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AlecSkorpio posted...
Was his Trump Steaks venture really that unsuccessful?

From what I read it was only available for like two months, so I'm wondering if it was a case of him just coming into some steaks and selling them off as quickly as possible, or was it meant to be more and nobody was buying them?

Clearly people did buy them since everyone talks about how awful they were, right?


According to the wikipedia article on them (lol I know) the guy who ran Sharper Image claimed virtually nobody bought them.

Which begs the question how people know they were so god damn awful?

This feels more like nobody was willing to pay 200-1000 dollars for mail order beef, to me. And I don't blame them. What a stupid venture.
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Kaname_Madoka
08/15/17 3:27:29 PM
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whats sharper image
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Swagnificent119
08/15/17 3:28:52 PM
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Kaname_Madoka posted...
whats sharper image


it was one of those catalogues that sells a bunch of cheap junk. I think they had some mall stores too, and they maybe ran a shopping channel I can't remember for sure.
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Kaname_Madoka
08/15/17 3:29:20 PM
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Swagnificent119 posted...
Kaname_Madoka posted...
whats sharper image


one of those catalogues that sells a bunch of cheap junk.

oh an american thing?
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Swagnificent119
08/15/17 3:29:39 PM
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Kaname_Madoka posted...
Swagnificent119 posted...
Kaname_Madoka posted...
whats sharper image


one of those catalogues that sells a bunch of cheap junk.

oh an american thing?


*shrug*

probably.
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TheVipaGTS
08/15/17 3:30:37 PM
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Why did he think people would want to go to Sharper Image for steak?
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YourAlt
08/15/17 3:31:29 PM
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AlecSkorpio posted...
Was his Trump Steaks venture really that unsuccessful?

From what I read it was only available for like two months, so I'm wondering if it was a case of him just coming into some steaks and selling them off as quickly as possible, or was it meant to be more and nobody was buying them?

Clearly people did buy them since everyone talks about how awful they were, right?


Lol, they weren't literally his steaks, he just slapped his name onto a product sold by another company, as he always does.

All Trump is is a shitty lifestyle brand.
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Swagnificent119
08/15/17 3:32:12 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Why did he think people would want to go to Sharper Image for steak?


Honestly, I don't understand why people would go to The Sharper Image for anything. It's all junk.
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davyheinz
08/15/17 3:32:43 PM
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This topic is fucking hilarious and part of that is because DE.
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Tmaster148
08/15/17 3:34:15 PM
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Swagnificent119 posted...
AlecSkorpio posted...
Was his Trump Steaks venture really that unsuccessful?

From what I read it was only available for like two months, so I'm wondering if it was a case of him just coming into some steaks and selling them off as quickly as possible, or was it meant to be more and nobody was buying them?

Clearly people did buy them since everyone talks about how awful they were, right?


According to the wikipedia article on them (lol I know) the guy who ran Sharper Image claimed virtually nobody bought them.

Which begs the question how people know they were so god damn awful?

This feels more like nobody was willing to pay 200-1000 dollars for mail order beef, to me. And I don't blame them. What a stupid venture.


I'm pretty sure at the very least some food critics brought them to review.
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YourAlt
08/15/17 3:44:18 PM
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In that video, he literally claims that less than 1% of all beef in America is Angus, lol. Always been a liar.
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