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Elon Musk is now cleaning out Twitter HQ by auctioning off “woke” office supplies, like a huge Twitter bird statue and other thousand-dollar items starting at $25.
Items from the San Francisco office include valuable luxury items such as a $20,000 espresso machine, a $10,000 vegetable dryer, and a $17,000 braising pan. An ‘@’ shaped planter is also up for grabs, along with chairs, tables, and barrels.
Musk, 51, took over the social media giant in a $44 billion deal in October and cut the company’s staff from around 7,000 to 2,500 in an attempt to rebrand Twitter and its policies. to wake up
The billionaire appears to be taking the Twitter makeover a step further by offering various kitchen and office workstation items starting at $25 or $50.
Bidding on items opens on January 17 at 7am PT and ends the following day at 10am PT.
Elon Musk is cleaning up Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters by auctioning off thousands of dollar items for the asking price of $25
One of the items up for grabs includes a huge statue of the famous Twitter logo. Items range from $25 to $50 even though some are worth thousands of dollars.
Items are listed on the BidSpotter website under Heritage Global Partners.
It’s unclear why Musk decided to auction off the items, but some speculated that Twitter’s profits may be low since the CEO announced in November that the social media company had seen a drop in revenue.
“Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue as activist groups push advertisers, though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease activist,” Musk wrote at the time.
Musk had previously cut staff to cut costs, but gave some the choice to embrace Twitter’s new ‘hardcore’ style or quit.
Nick Dove, a spokesman for HGP, debunked claims the auction was to offset any financial problems.
“They’ve sold for $44 billion, and we’re selling a couple of chairs, desks, and computers. So if someone really thinks that the proceeds from the sale of a couple of computers and chairs will pay for the mountain there, then they’re a moron,” Dove told Fortune.
Other items up for grabs on the list include several ice machines, refrigerators, pizza ovens, a coffee maker, projectors, Mac desktop computers, several white boards, and several unpacked desks.
Another item is a giant ‘@’ planter filled with succulents
An espresso machine worth around $18,000 is up for grabs on the auction website.
Two stationary bikes are also available that can be used while working
A braising pan is also available. The cost of this item is usually around $28,000
A vegetable dryer is also available, which can cost up to $3,000
Other items available include chairs, refrigerators, Mac desktops, various white boards, and various unpackaged desks.
In the midst of the auction announcement, Musk had lost his title of the world’s richest person on Tuesday to the head of the Louis Vuitton group, Bernard Arnault.
Arnault, 73, is president and chief executive of LVMH. The luxury goods group has brands like Dior, Tiffany and Bulgari, and is now worth $170.6 billion.
Musk is now worth $163.1 billion, according to Bloomberg.
The Tesla CEO’s value was mostly associated with the car brand, but he recently suffered this year amid concerns over excess production.
Musk also put a dent in his bank account when he bought Twitter for $44 billion, a deal he was forced to sell $15 billion worth of his Tesla device to close.
Meanwhile, LVMH’s value rose after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted and in-person shopping resumed.