The GameStop stapler that punctured a Switch 2 screen on launch day is being auctioned off for charity

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• HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Its now at 220k… I get its for a charity, but wow. It’s always crazy how much dumb money people have sometimes. 220k would be life changing for me…

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  • Sagan_Wept@lemmynsfw.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You should bid, for the lolz

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• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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• ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Future museum
  “And here we have yet another product of double human stupidity: one for stapling an electronic and another for buying the entire thing for over 120k dollars”

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  • otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t think the person surrendering $120,000 actually cares about the console so much as they’re donating to charity.

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    • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Gamifying altruism kinda works

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• nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m actually a bit impressed this feat was done using a regular office stapler and not an industry stapler.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How much for the employee that did the stapling?

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  • minibyte@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    $11 an hour.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s like 4.5 years of labor for $100k!

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Whatever you are willing to pay, since they are most likely looking for a new job. They have experience in damage stacking and liability research.

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• LlilL@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The frequently bought together section on that listing is wild. TIL that you can buy patents on eBay.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Makes sense. Individuals regularly get patents in America and individuals regularly get cancer in America. It’s just an asset albeit one that may have emotional value. But cancer will cost you your heirlooms here too

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh ok, it’s got a piece of paper that says it’s real so it must be

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• AstroLightz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is that duct tape banana all over again.

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