{"id":2406,"date":"2025-07-10T00:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/you-can-own-the-gamestop-stapler-that-broke-nintendo-switch-2-consoles\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:16:48","slug":"you-can-own-the-gamestop-stapler-that-broke-nintendo-switch-2-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/you-can-own-the-gamestop-stapler-that-broke-nintendo-switch-2-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"You can own the GameStop stapler that broke Nintendo Switch 2 consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>GameStop has been specializing in making pretty wacky headlines in recent years, and its latest follows in that grand tradition. After employees at the retailer stapled Switch 2 receipts to boxes in a way that <ins>punctured some of the consoles&rsquo; screens<\/ins>, the company promised that it would &ldquo;make things right&rdquo; for those customers. In addition to giving replacement Switch 2s to those people, GameStop has decided to turn the whole viral event into a publicity stunt for charity. Today, it <ins>posted<\/ins> on X that it would auction off the &ldquo;infamous&rdquo; stapler responsible for the incident, with the proceeds benefiting the Children&rsquo;s Miracle Network Hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The <ins>eBay listing<\/ins> for the notorious stapler currently has a top bid of $18,000. But if you really want to have not just a stapler, but also the first Switch 2 it broke, the box with the puncture marks and the offending stapler, feel free to throw your money at it.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to support another worthy charity via gaming in a less ridiculous fashion that doesn&rsquo;t involve GameStop, be sure to tune into the ongoing <ins>Summer Games Done Quick 2025<\/ins> marathon. The event is raising money for Doctors Without Borders through July 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>You can own the GameStop stapler that broke Nintendo Switch 2 consoles<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GameStop has been specializing in making pretty wacky headlines in recent years, and its latest follows in that grand tradition. After employees at the retailer stapled Switch 2 receipts to boxes in a way that punctured some of the consoles&rsquo; screens, the company promised that it would &ldquo;make things right&rdquo; for those customers. In addition&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/you-can-own-the-gamestop-stapler-that-broke-nintendo-switch-2-consoles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;You can own the GameStop stapler that broke Nintendo Switch 2 consoles&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}