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 new Switch 2s were inside their boxes; the staples pier ...

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

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

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

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.

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

It doesn't stop there as X user SwitchTools explained they used a MIG Switch with ROM dumps of their own games and they were also banned from Nintendo Switch Online services at the console level ...

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 ...