{"id":23049,"date":"2026-05-12T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/gamestops-55-5bn-bid-for-ebay-rejected-as-neither-credible-nor-attractive\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:37:21","slug":"gamestops-55-5bn-bid-for-ebay-rejected-as-neither-credible-nor-attractive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/gamestops-55-5bn-bid-for-ebay-rejected-as-neither-credible-nor-attractive\/","title":{"rendered":"GameStop\u2019s $55.5bn bid for eBay rejected as \u2018neither credible nor attractive\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online marketplace takes into account uncertainty around US video games retailer\u2019s financing proposal<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/may\/12\/uk-bond-yields-borrowing-costs-pound-falls-oil-inflation-live-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The board of eBay has rejected the US video games retailer GameStop\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/04\/gamestop-takeover-offer-ebay-bid\">surprise $55.5bn bid<\/a> (\u00a341bn) for the online marketplace, describing the proposal as \u201cneither credible nor attractive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, GameStop made an unsolicited bid for eBay, <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.gamestop.com\/news-releases\/news-details\/2026\/GameStop-Proposes-to-Acquire-eBay-at-125-00-Per-Share\/\">publishing a letter<\/a> on its website outlining a half-cash, half-stock proposal.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/may\/12\/gamestop-bid-for-ebay-rejected-as-neither-credible-nor-attractive\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2cd7ad45831a8d6392139071a96d466197725714\/298_0_2791_2234\/master\/2791.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3b4de55b9cd3585fb6315685a9efe324\" title=\"GameStop\u2019s $55.5bn bid for eBay rejected as \u2018neither credible nor attractive\u2019\" \/>Online marketplace takes into account uncertainty around US video games retailer\u2019s financing proposal<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe board of eBay has rejected the US video games retailer GameStop\u2019s surprise $55.5bn bid (\u00a341bn) for the online marketplace, describing the proposal as \u201cneither credible nor attractive\u201d.<br \/>\nEarlier this month, GameStop made an unsolicited bid for eBay, publishing a letter on its website outlining a half-cash, half-stock proposal. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online marketplace takes into account uncertainty around US video games retailer\u2019s financing proposal Business live \u2013 latest updates The board of eBay has rejected the US video games retailer GameStop\u2019s surprise $55.5bn bid (\u00a341bn) for the online marketplace, describing the proposal as \u201cneither credible nor attractive\u201d. Earlier this month, GameStop made an unsolicited bid for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/gamestops-55-5bn-bid-for-ebay-rejected-as-neither-credible-nor-attractive\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GameStop\u2019s $55.5bn bid for eBay rejected as \u2018neither credible nor attractive\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}