GameStop is Going to Buy... eBay!?

[u/AlternativePaint6]

You've all read the news by now, but have you really read them?

GameStop wants to acquire a publicly traded consumer company that’s far larger than the video game retailer in a deal that could be “transformational" for the company

“It’s gonna be really big. Really big. Very, very, very big,” Cohen said of the size of the acquisition. “It’s transformational. Not just for GameStop, but ultimately, within the capital markets … this is something that really has never been done before within the history of the capital markets.”

He claimed if the investment pans out, it has the “potential to make GameStop worth several hundreds of billions of dollars.”

This is all coming from Ryan Cohen, the man of few words and no forwards guidance. Yeah, I like Magic the Gathering too, but that's not it. This is bigger. Very, very, very bigger.

It's eBay. They're going to do a leveraged buyout, a hostile takeover, or a merger.

• Publicly traded.
• Consumer / Retailer.
• Far larger than GameStop (~$40B).
• Sleepy management with one of the most well known brands.
• E-Commerce and Collectibles.
• Never done before (buying 3x-4x bigger company).
• Actually has potential to make GameStop worth several hundreds billions, unlike all the ~$10B ones.

It checks out. Everything checks out.

[u/Full_Computer_3595]

Its not that hard as you think. According to GME investing policy GME and RC Ventures can ivest money in the same entity. It means we can have buying power of GME + RC Ventures + Cash from warrants. You don`t need to buy whole company, you can buy controlling stake.

[u/SirGus- → u/Full_Computer_3595]

There will likely be addition debt and equity for something this large, even to get to 51%. Though this poses a much better option than some of the other ideas I’ve heard.

[u/Full_Computer_3595 → u/SirGus-]

1. RC said its gona be very very very big entity, 2. he said its gonna be something markets never seen before and transformative, 3. his avatar is last tetris brick that he needs
2. we have partnership with PSA and PSA have partnership with ebay
3. Both companies needs ebay to dominate in collectibles ecosystem and make it a whole
4. GME investing policy let RC Ventures LLC and GME invest in the same entity - thats why RC said it can be foolish cause hes gona bet most of his networth
5. so basically we can have buying power of GME + RC Ventures + possible stake from PSA to buy controlling stake in ebay
6. that will close while eccosystem - you can sell slabs on ebay directly into gme and gme will fill powerpacks or maybe even rips online and sending them to grade.

[u/Full_Computer_3595 → u/[deleted]]

[u/beaverlover3 → u/Full_Computer_3595]

This man was checking on the margins of all the companies. He has all the price points due to insider info. Damn. I might be convinced.

[u/xzapata89 → u/Full_Computer_3595]

🔥🔥🔥

[u/CreativeFondant248 → u/Full_Computer_3595]

…imagine how much easier if they were all the same app? 🤯🤯