Video game retailerGameStopseems to be stocking Razor scooters in its brick-and-mortar stores, to the bewilderment of its employees. Posts across the internet from multipleGameStopemployees confirm that various Razor scooters are being sold at clearance, along with a few other non-game-related toys and merchandise.
GameStop certainly is no stranger to selling things that aren’t consoles or video games. For many years, the company has elected to stock products like Funko Pops, t-shirts, plushes, action figures, and, most recently, PC hardware. However, the common trend with GameStop’s in-store merchandise is that it is mostly all video game related. If fans want aPokemonshirt to accompany theirPokemongame purchase, they can do so at GameStop, which makes sense from an upselling standpoint. Meanwhile, fans could find various toys, room decor, and even scooters on the company’s online store.
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In a strange twist, it appears that GameStop is now stocking the previously online-only Razor scooters in the company’s physical stores. Multiple GameStop employees on Reddit have posted images of the popular children’s scooters arriving at their locations and questioning why the scooters are showing up in the first place. According toGameStop employeesin the comments, these Razor scooters come with a “Field Destroy” notice on the box and are also being sold at clearance, indicating they cannot be sent back. Moreover, a deeper dive into Reddit’s GameStop community shows some additional oddities arriving at the in-person stores, like aCocomelontrain set.
Currently, it is unknown why GameStop’s distribution centers are sending out these scooters to brick-and-mortar stores. Some employees hypothesizeGameStop is offloading warehouse merchandiseto physical stores in preparation for full-scale closure, but that is entirely speculation. The company has definitely seen better days; however, the recent “meme-stock” rally around the company has given the games retailer a much-needed boost. Only time will tell if this was a simple offloading of old Razor scooters from a warehouse that needed more room or a part of something bigger.
With the incoming surge of foot traffic at GameStop stores as fans pick up the latest games this fall, it could make sense to have these Razor scooters sitting around in the hopes that someone will buy them. GameStop today looks a bit different from the store that many gamers grew up with, but it seems like the company will have to keep pulling out new tricks as it competes with digital sales and competitors likeBest Buyand Amazon.
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