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https://i.imgur.com/qz4EeQS.jpg - This is (was?) their ads

"15% interest. No surprises."

>>xuki+(OP)
Technically "15% interest. No surprises." is correct

>>xuki+(OP)
15% interest?

No! Surprises!

>>quickt+i1
No surprises in it being complete bullshit?

>>xuki+(OP)
Not surprisingly 15% of 0 is still 0.

>>xuki+(OP)
And the YC board looked at this and funded it. That's unbelievable, isn't it?

>>itsokt+fr
Not unbelievable at all. I've pointed this out before, and I'll probably have cause to do so again, but Y Combinator has twice funded companies whose entire business model is smuggling:

https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/13/backpack-connects-you-with...

https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/28/shypmate-pays-travelers-to...

>>terafl+RG
They also funded a second life knock off that claims it will become the meta verse: https://www.playdreamworld.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w3fZMkE69s

>>braing+J1
The most egregious case of false advertising since Homer's lawsuit against the "all you can eat" seafood restaurant.

>>rchaud+cm1
Fortunately, his lawyer had experience from the case against the makers of "The Neverending Story".

>>terafl+RG
> whose entire business model is smuggling

That's interesting. I never thought of it that way. Solutions to the "Amazon doesn't deliver here" problem are quite popular in Ghana. Asking someone returning to get you something is quite common. I have friends who've created businesses around this.

>>rchaud+cm1
"Do these sound like the actions of a man who had had ALL HE COULD EAT?!"