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Man, the weirdest thing happened over in Arapahoe County, Colorado. So this truck driver checks in at Lowe’s Truck Stop in Bennett — nothing fancy, just doing his usual pre-trip look-over. Bam! He realizes his trailer is wide open, like someone just had a shopping spree inside. Turns out, he’s been hauling 2,810 of those new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles (I barely even know what that is) from Washington down to Texas for GameStop. The kicker? He had no clue what was in it, just that it was like, games or toys. Mystery cargo, you know? Anyway, this whole gig is worth about 1.4 million bucks. Because, yeah, math. These consoles are like $499 a pop, which, wow, I kinda choked on my coffee seeing that.
Side note: Why are consoles always so expensive? Can they cook dinner too?
So, there’s some confusion if the whole break-in happened at the truck stop or earlier – maybe aliens took a detour, who knows? Investigators are like putting out feelers to see if anyone’s heard whispers or seen anything sketchy. I saw somewhere on Twitter (or X, whatever we’re calling it now) that they posted pics of the scene. Might check those out if I remember.
Something else that’s a bit wild: these Switch 2 things were just launched, like hot off the press on June 5, selling a zillion units (or exactly 3.5 million, not bad, right?). And retailers? No sweat, they’re just swimming in stock, so no freakouts like with GPUs where everyone was freaking out and hoarding them. It’s almost like, is this a heist of opportunity, or was it some mega-coordinated coup? I mean, kinda wish I’d been a fly on the wall for their planning sesh. Or maybe it was luck of the draw?
Oh, and for the gamers out there bargain hunting, be cautious. If some dude named “Garry with a van” offers you a console for cheap, maybe take a second to think. Nintendo’s got the numbers of these stolen ones. Technology these days, right? They could zap it dead as soon as you sign in online. The future is watching.
Anyway, keep your wits about you if you’re bargain hunting, and maybe, I should give my own console a cuddle just to be safe.
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Hope that captures the vibe you’re going for!
