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YouTuber MrBeast has issued an apology after his 'MrBeast Experience' at a Las Vegas resort did not live up to the billing.

The event at Resorts World Las Vegas was advertised as an "immersive" and "unforgettable" experience that included exclusive games, a MrBeast-themed menu and mystery bags thought to contain limited edition merch, including one with a $10,000 (£7,550) gift voucher.

Instead, the guests camped out in their hotel rooms waiting days for their bags to arrive. And when they did, the guests were underwhelmed.

"I was told to wait in my room for two days for a package to come, so I legit spent two days in my room for a package to come, and it was a box of chocolates," Ms Metta said.

Several users said on social media that they received T-shirts in different sizes, which could be purchased for $9 (£7) online.

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[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 235 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Ready to stop hearing about this dork

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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 129 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Seems to have to apologize a lot...

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Replying to a fan's complaint on X, Donaldson admitted it "definitely isn't the experience we hoped they'd deliver" and promised to make it up by inviting everyone affected to his studio.

I feel like this could have been on purpose. If it wasn't he would have offered refunds.

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[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

I'm assuming the hotel rooms were not paid for by Mr. Beast.

Never been to Vegas, but I've heard it's obscenely expensive, and the owners jack room rates when an event like this happens.

"So, just wait in your room, that you're paying for, to get your goodie bag."

That sum it up?

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is the type of ghing that he shouldn't need to appologize for. The appology does no good. An appology is for if you said something that could be misinterpreted, or you made a bad choice thinking it would play out differently.

This is just an intentionally poorly planned event. They wait in their hotel room for 2 days. Then they get chocolates. In no scenario does that play out differently. Those bags will always contain chocolates if you plan for them to contain chocolates.

So what's the appology? "I'm sorry I ripped you off"?

Also, $9 T-Shirts? I'm confident that if I go into Walmart, their cheapest T-Shirt is $20. So how low quality are these T-Shirts??? Especially since I assume they also have some branded print screening on them.

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[–] Bellingdog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Can't make money giving away expensive shit, dumbass https://media.tenor.com/tPLKdGTxM9gAAAAM/i-like-money-frito.gif

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