GameStop Swoops In To Buy ThinkGeek For $140 Million

Lirodon writes: Remember a few days ago, when Slashdot's former parent company was the subject of a $122 million takeover bid by Hot Topic? Well, another geeky retailer entered the fray in the battle for ThinkGeek, and won. GameStop will be acquiring Geeknet for $140 million. The video game retailer has promised synergies, such as in-store pickup and integration with its rewards program.

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You're doing it wrong

[geekmux]

"The video game retailer has promised synergies, such as in-store pickup..."

Uh, in-store pickup?

You already paid for that massive chain of brick and mortar locations you run already.

Please tell me you're not going to forget that store is an actual store and offer a bit more than just pick-up service for what is now your own product.

Preorder

[Anonymous Coward]

Did Gamestop pre-order geeknet?

Will I now need to pre-order things on ThinkGeek, or not get them at all?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Re:Making ThinkGeek even less relevant, hmm?

[gmhowell]

If you weren't too fucking lazy to read the article, you might know that it's a combination of $37 million and $20/share. You don't deserve your low ID.

While you were busy 'reading articles', he was busy getting a low ID. BTW, UID 1 never read an article.

Re:Might make Gamestop a bit more relevant

[lister king of smeg]

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Fry: Ah, those were the days.
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---Futurama S01E06: A Fishful of Dollars.