Bam Craig

[Bam Craig @BamCraig89]

@PhantomBlack699 Do we really have to wait til February!? 🙈 it’s already been 84 years 🙈

[Bam Craig @BamCraig89]

@MrBeast 85,000

[Bam Craig @BamCraig89]

What a man 🫡

[Ryan Cohen @ryancohen]

Your Bell is safe. Your job is here when you get back. See you in February. 🇺🇸🫡

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

HAPPY 250TH AMERICA!!!!

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@Tekeee 😂😂

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@xMarketNews After the presentation, people will never underestimate GME & @ryancohen again 🤩🍦

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@ThePPseedsShow 7 (July), 4 (4th), 1(0) (2+0+2+6)! In Europe it’s 471(0), same amount of BTC that GME bought! It’s happening….TOMORROW!! Enjoy the show PP 🎆

[.CitiZen. @CitiZenSleuthX]

If there was nothing to $BBBYQ ~> Teddy, why would Sultan post GameShire Bathaway?

Why would Pulte post GameShire Bathaway?

Why would Pulte say he is more excited about Teddy than he is GameStop?

If you invested in Bed Bath and Beyond and held through cancellation…

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@jake2b Brilliant video @jake2b 👏😃 know one can stop what’s coming 🚂🍦🐸

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@GMEdiamondhand Unless you’ve got $21 call options 🤣

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@DNIPulte Let’s goo Pulte! 🤩

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@PiersUncensored @piersmorgan @andrewrsorkin TEDDY is coming, EBAY & GME will roll into https://t.co/Pw6Z3jmK2B 😃

[Amy @AmittyOnChain]

The Ultimate 4D Chess Move: Why Ryan Cohen’s Rejected eBay Bid is the Greatest Customer Acquisition Strategy of the Decade ♟️🧵

Let’s look at the market forensics.

GameStop didn't launch a $55.5B hostile takeover of eBay just to get a rejection letter. What if they did it to hijack the global news cycle, weaponize eBay's own market cap, and build a war chest for the ultimate Trojan horse.

As someone with a background in marketing and building, my thoughts immediately go to user acquisition. Breaking people away from an entrenched legacy system requires immense friction or massive incentive.

Look past the headlines at the real data, and you’ll see the ultimate reverse playing out in front of us. This is purely my own speculation, but the chess pieces align perfectly.

Here is the playbook. 👇

1. The Impossible Bid
GameStop (a ~$10B company) bids $125/share for eBay (a ~$48B company), requiring an insane $20B in debt and massive stock dilution.

Cohen knew the eBay board would immediately reject it as "neither credible nor attractive." But acquiring eBay was never the actual goal.

From a marketing perspective, the goal was the spotlight.

2. The Loaded Gun (The 9% Leverage)
GameStop quietly accumulated a ~9% economic stake in eBay through a complex web of stock and derivatives.

With the HSR antitrust waiting period expiring in early June, those derivatives are eligible for physical share settlement. That 9% block is a loaded gun aimed directly at the eBay board.

If the board stonewalls him, Cohen can dump that massive position into the open market.

He pockets hundreds of millions in profit, tanks eBay's stock, and leaves their board to face furious shareholders—all while using eBay’s own valuation to fund his next move. It is the ultimate "heads I win, tails you lose" scenario.

3. The Trojan Horse
Notice how there has been absolute, deafening silence from Cohen and his team on why https://t.co/B6hHE2921A is currently down and "under construction"?

Look at the real data in the SEC and trademark filings. Teddy Holdings laid the legal groundwork for an "online marketplace" back in 2021.

Just a few months ago, in March 2026, they added "Insurance and Finance."

Teddy isn't just a children's book storefront anymore — the infrastructure is being quietly built for a massive, multi-vertical marketplace.

4. Weaponizing Seller Fatigue
If you move high-value TCG slabs or handle serious volume, you already know how broken the legacy marketplace model is. The exorbitant fees, the algorithm changes, the held funds.

Cohen is playing into this exhaustion perfectly.

He's currently selling his own stuff on eBay to "fund the deal" and highlighting the friction at every turn. He is loudly exposing eBay’s flaws on a global stage, positioning himself as the pro-seller alternative.

5. The Flip
When https://t.co/B6hHE2921A goes live as a seller-first marketplace, it won't launch to crickets. It will launch at the absolute peak of this media frenzy.

Any growth marketer will tell you that user acquisition is the hardest hurdle, but Cohen doesn't need to spend billions on marketing. He just acquired millions of disgruntled sellers and retail investors for free.

This isn't a failed acquisition.

In my view, it’s the most aggressive, brutalist marketing campaign in retail history, completely funded by the target company. People are going to leave eBay in droves.

Watch closely. 🐺

[Bam Craig @BamCraig89]

@idealideas @ThePPseedsShow EBAY is the Kansas City Shuffle IMO

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🤣🤣 make it happen @PapiTrumpo

[USA NEWS 🇺🇸 @usanewshq]

Tyson Fury walks out to UFC 250 wearing a “Donald Trump for UK Prime Minister” hat 🔥🇬🇧

[Bam Craig @BamCraig89]

Trying to buy some teddy books but can’t access https://t.co/Pw6Z3jmK2B, what’s going on @ryancohen?

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@Almaadeed

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@cb_doge @elonmusk Not bad, but if you so special, try getting GME over $30 🤣 @elonmusk

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@simonateba @elonmusk Nope

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@playmatejaylene Genius, it’s almost like he’s been here before 👀🤣 @elonmusk