A GameStop employee damaged a Nintendo Switch 2 with a stapler in June. Now that stapler and other "staplegate" items have ...

The story goes that employees stapled purchase receipts to the boxes, and customers then learned how poorly protected their ...

A staple-punctured Switch 2 fetched $250,000 on eBay Wednesday for Grapevine-based GameStop Corp., compared to $499.99 for a ...

Entertainment Staten Island GameStop auctioning infamous stapler involved in Nintendo Switch 2 mishap Updated: Jul. 11, 2025, 10:47 a.m. | Published: Jul. 11, 2025, 10:47 a.m.

A stapler that damaged highly-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 consoles at a New York City GameStop became the centrepiece of a ...

Gamestop is holding a charity auction for the stapler that ruined a bunch of Nintendo Switch 2s, and the bidding has already reached $100,000.

On June 6, a person in Staten Island, New York, claimed to have waited in line to pick up their pre-ordered Switch 2 in person at their local GameStop, but was horrified to discover a staple had ...

GameStop's Ryan Cohen discusses turning the Nintendo Switch 2 'Staplegate' into a charitable win, the company's financial ...

GameStop Turns Viral Blunder Into 'Amazing' Opportunity: 'The Best Way to Handle This' originally appeared on Parade. GameStop took one employee's viral blunder and turned it into an "amazing" way to ...

GameStop auctioned off a famous stapler that accidentally ruined Nintendo Switch 2 consoles for some consumers.

On June 6, a person in Staten Island, New York, claimed to have waited in line to pick up their pre-ordered Switch 2 in person at their local GameStop, but was horrified to discover a staple had ...