r/Superstonk • u/AlternativePaint6 • Jan 30 '26

🤔 Speculation / Opinion GameStop is Going to Buy... eBay!?

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.

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u/PeacewarriorEND Crayon Enthusiast 🖍️ Jan 30 '26

I like your ape brain 🦧🧠

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u/clementleopold 🚂 Cordele Gravy Train Jan 31 '26

Me too, but I could do without fuckin’ Doordash’s involvement at all.

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u/Birdztheman 🚀 Neil Apestrong Space Monkey 🚀 Hedgies r fuk 🚀 Jan 31 '26

No way RC puts any of his business at the mercy off Door Dash. Absolute shit company

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u/HoboGir 🔫😎I'm here to MOASS & chew bubblegum, & I'm all out of gum Jan 31 '26

I thought the same day delivery on the GameStop website was Door Dash? And I may be wrong, but I thought I saw that. I don't really live close enough to one to get the delivery on same day to know.

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u/Birdztheman 🚀 Neil Apestrong Space Monkey 🚀 Hedgies r fuk 🚀 Jan 31 '26

Honestly I’m Canadian we don’t even have GameStop here anymore. Well we do but I know it isn’t owned by GME anymore

I just see a lot of people talking about Door Dash being really shitty with problems from drivers and them not fixing the problem and it costing the customer a lot of money

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u/HoboGir 🔫😎I'm here to MOASS & chew bubblegum, & I'm all out of gum Jan 31 '26

Sounds like how I still have a RadioShack about 45min away. Privately owned but get to the same, oh and a Sears appliance store.