‘A Real One’ Customers Claim Shaun King Scammed Them
Oh, Talcum…
Shaun King continues to be the Dennis The Menace of off-white activists only with less boyhood charm and more people who really just want him sent off to boarding school. I mean, seriously, can this man do anything without stirring up controversy?
You might remember when we reported on King’s new clothing brand, A Real One, which included a collection of plain-colored t-shirts and hoodies that looked like they could be sold at Walmart only they were priced like slightly discounted Gucci. (I’m exaggerating, but the man is slanging plain hoodies for $150 and an extra 15-20 bucks for simple designs.) So, initially, the problem with King’s clothing brand—which he claims is Black-owned from the print shop to the manufacturers to the organic cotton pickers…I mean, harvesters—was that it was just too expensive. Like—King is supposed to be for the people yet most of “the people” can’t afford his pricey merch without putting an unnecessary dent in their bank accounts.
Well, now, some people who have gone ahead and cracked open their wallets for A Real One, are claiming, among other issues, that the brand is A Fake One because they haven’t received their orders.
lmaoo the website is still up and accepting purchases because of course he will still take your money https://t.co/Te5dG9eeeP
— ashley ray (@theeashleyray) May 12, 2022
sh••n took them peoples money for his clothing line……..you will be shocked to learn what happened next pic.twitter.com/qcJrrDLmnG
— Cleopatra Jones Jr. (@theKelizabeth82) April 7, 2022
Of course, there were those who pointed out that King has a reputation of being an Anna Delvey-level scammer who Black people have been trying to warn other Black people about for years, so they don’t know why anyone is still forking over their coins to him.
I really don’t know why anyone would fall for a Shaun King scam in 2022 bc he’s been exposed for scamming for literally years. But in case you haven’t heard it already, he’s a scammer and not doing any actual work https://t.co/R6dO11Y4E4
— Nathan 加藤強 (@kahtonotkayto) May 12, 2022
If u gave money to Shaun King I cannot feel bad https://t.co/bLS6pZoeZL
— nightskin angel (@MYRACHANEL) May 12, 2022
Every time Shaun “definitely Black” King debuts a new robbery y’all are QUICK to let me know about it. Lmao Why am I tethered to Malcolm X-tortion now?! Haha
— SCAM GODDESS (@DivaLaci) May 12, 2022
According to Newsweek, many people took to Twitter and Instagram to complain that they had not received their orders, but to let Shaun tell it, there were only like two people that may have had issues getting their gear.
Here’s what King said in a statement to Newsweek:
2 things:
1. We had nearly 3,500 orders and shipped EVERY order. All of them. Some 2-3 times. Out of those 3,500 orders, about 150 people moved or had shipping problems. For those 150 people, we resent the orders or processed refunds.
2. We just emailed our entire customer base to ask ANY customer that might have fallen through the cracks to email us. 2 people replied saying they wanted exchanges or refunds for orders they had trouble with. 2.
Out of those 3,500 we also had 75-100 customers who had errors in their email addresses or phone numbers that may be hard for us to reach.
When we then run those potential customers with errors up against all of the orders that were delivered we don’t see a single customer left with a contact info error that hasn’t received their order.
Still, we are standing by to help any customer that has a single issue or problem.
Shaun came up with them numbers quick and in a hurry, didn’t he?
So, maybe King is telling the truth, and maybe not. Either way, his reputation is so tainted that he can say “Hi” and a lot of people would respond, “OK, but I feel like you lying.”
Spend money with this man at your own risk.
SEE ALSO:
A ‘Real’ One?: Shaun King Is Selling ‘Beautifully Crafted’ Overpriced, Plain-Colored Clothing