Gamers love a pop-culture moment—and the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 certainly qualified. But when GameStop accidentally ruined several of the new, hard-to-get console systems by stapling receipts to boxes and puncturing the yet-to-be-turned-on screens in the process, things took on a life of their own.
GameStop’s leveraging embarrassing malaprop into a charitable moment, putting the stapler (and a Switch 2) up for auction, with the proceeds going to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Gamers turned out for that. Then things took a weird turn. And they’re getting even odder.
So, as of Thursday, people were bidding not only for a generic stapler and a Switch 2 (which, it’s worth noting, WAS punctured by the stapler, but has since had the screen repaired), but also for Cohen’s boxers or tighty whiteys (and those are the only possibilities we’re willing to entertain, people!).
Bidding, as of 11:45 a.m. ET on Friday, stood at just $218,401. So, for now, Cohen seems safe from having to shell out for McNuggets. But there are five days left in the auction.
Bidding started high—at over $120,000—so there are definitely some people who are serious about getting their hands on … the stapler. Let’s all just assume it’s all about the stapler and the piece of gaming history, OK?
