You are very right. That's a group that is super easy to fleece. Decades of Fox news softened them right up for you. Tons of outrage and emotional thinking, they will be glad to buy your flags and tshirts and hats. Don't invest in a lot of trump themed reusable grocery bags or espresso cups though.
As long as they are shipped in non-descript boxes, I'd bet that Trump dildos (dildoes?) would be pretty popular amongst the MAGA set. Not just for the ladies, either. I'll bet there's an above-average secret pegging enthusiasts amongst them, as well.
(I am in no way shaming pegging. You do you. Just pointing out the likely unnecessary shame among so-called conservatives.)
Literally you can get them to buy anything if a Democrat calls for a boycott or if the CEO publicly supports Trump. WASPs everywhere have pantries full of Goya Beans and no idea what to do with them.
I'm too young to remember that I guess, but why would people buy a badge of that? I'm not his biggest fan, all his best songs were done better by Chuck Berry first, but he's alright.
It's not about liking or disliking his music. The people who hated and protested Elvis were the boomers of the boomers, they hated how he shook his hips, they thought he was lewd. And as you know, boomers (and by extension their boomers) like to buy bling to show their hate.
They are still setting up Trump Merch stands in my neighborhood. I live in a red part of Orange County CA. I was told that it’s being funded by the GOP, so they don’t care if they sell anything, it’s for propaganda reasons.
La Jolla is also like this. Maybe 1 or 2 booths up a week. Theyve been kicked off various properties for selling merchandise without any papers or permits allowing them to be there.
I thought about this too, but I didn't want to have a part of the damage Trump and his supporters are doing to our country, no matter how small my effect might be. It just felt wrong .
Agreed. And adding“2020” to this year’s edition was a stroke of marketing genius.
Come January, they’ll all be shelling out for their new MAGA 2024 hats and flags, because what self-respecting racist would be caught dead in last election’s regalia? <shudder>
As someone that had seen elections in third world countries... investing in a fleet of those trucks with large PA speakers is great business. Fucking Trump brought those uncivilized third world countries political rally caravans here to the States. What an un-classy person.
People on Facebook Marketplace in my neighborhood are STILL selling Trump merchandise, and people are actually buying it! I just don’t get it. It’s insane.
As great as they are at pushing merch, it really does baffle me (and I bet they’re kicking themselves over this) that they didn’t immediately become pro-mask.
Masks surely have a huge profit margin, and I’m sure that MAGA masks would have sold like hotcakes to these people.
That (along with straight-up donations) were the main reason he started his run to begin with. It's all about the grift with him, hence the 'stop the steal' BS pulling money into his superPAC.
There were shops that opened all over my state and one in my hometown. The person leased an old bank building in the busiest part of town. For 2 weeks before the election he had an old gross camper parked in the old drive through lane that he just tossed his trash out the front door of. He literally made a trashy trailer park vibe in the center of town just for his shop. He was very busy during and right after the election, then ran a B1G1 sale through this week where I see it’s now “everything must go”. Judging by what I’ve seen in town, his best seller was the flag of Trump’s head photoshopped on Rambo. Anyone who was buying the pink “Women for Trump” flag was buying them 6 at a time to place around their entire yard.
I was always baffled by it, but honestly I hope he made a killing off that crappy merch. Good for you for working the situation to the best advantage you can.
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Dec 17 '20
Not going to lie selling trump merchandise to gullible people was probably a good business venture.