Not everybody was pleased with GameStop’s transition right into a toy retailer, however there was a minimum of some crossover between toys and gaming. Till now. New stock simply got here in for GameStop staff, and among the inventory they’re getting aren’t even toys.
In line with the GameStop subreddit, retailer staff have been receiving gadgets akin to a lemon-powered clock, a toddler ball popper, a damaged scooter, and an algebra tile set. As a result of “childhood training” is the very first thing that somebody thinks of after they stroll right into a GameStop.
Apparently, staff on the gaming retail chain have been getting odd deliveries for some time. A few of my favorites embrace a bathe beer can holder, squish balls, Pampers diapers, toddler walkers, and a vent clip that holds hen nugget dipping sauce. Diapers and stress balls are slightly odd, however regular individuals do use them. Then again, I wish to know if there are actually freaks who drink beer within the bathe.
I additionally found this large plastic egg stuffed with randomized collectibles (i.e. stuff that not one of the different clients wished). It’s not simply video video games attempting to promote you loot containers now: It is also your native gaming retailer.
Together with the remainder of the brick-and-mortar retail sector, issues have been tough for GameStop up to now a number of years. Simply this summer season, a number of staff have been laid off from its Texas headquarters and GameStop owned-GameInformer. And its preorder system has been a large number. It looks as if they’ll strive any sort of gimmick to maintain its retail shops afloat. They’ve offered buyer knowledge to third-party corporations, minted a developer’s sport as an NFT with out his permission, and gave its retail employees a fifty-cent increase.
Redditors complained a couple of surplus of stock that clients weren’t shopping for and the way they wished GameStop was nonetheless extra of a online game retailer. Some staff nonetheless, have been extra pragmatic. As one redditor put it, “I don’t care so long as individuals spend their cash there and my retailer doesn’t shut.”
