The GameStop stapler that smashed a Switch 2 screen on launch day is being auctioned off for charity, and bidding has already broken $100,000
www.pcgamer.com
The auction also includes the stapled Switch 2 console and box, the staple that did the damage, and a pair of the GameStop CEO's underwear, which I will explain within.

Includes the stapler, the staple, the (now refurbished) Switch 2 and a “certificate of authenticity”. Current highest bid at eBay is $120,100.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    511·
    2 days ago

    In an actual free market all the corporations would act like this, because shit like this is what people want out of a business they patronize.

    You will recall that there was a bit of a fuss a month or so ago when an undoubtedly-harried GameStop employee stapled some customer receipts directly to Nintendo Switch 2 boxes—and through the boxes, and into the Switch 2 units themselves. It was all quickly resolved, without lawsuits or fistfights, and with the ugliness now behind it GameStop is looking to make some proverbial lemonade by auctioning off the Switch 2 killer for charity.

    No lawsuits, no fight required by affected consumers

    The company made it right and turned a bad situation into a PR move that helps a charity.

    I really thought we’d see some kind of ethical capitalism out of the whole GameStop thing but it never really spread.