In a well publicized and not exactly reassuring (in business terms) turn of events, MyPillow has recently been orchestrating an auction of company equipment, and what’s been put up for sale is wide-ranging, from trucks and forklifts to manufacturing equipment.
One explanation that company founder Mike Lindell provided and that was spotlighted by a local Minnesota news outlet focused on an ostensible turn towards selling directly to consumers, though it’s been pointed out that the company would probably still need these items if that was the only factor driving developments.
As of Thursday afternoon, a seeming total of 196 items for sale at the MyPillow auction had active bids of just $5. And as would probably be expected, many of these items have expected prices far above those levels, though there are still days to go before bidding ends.
They’re selling… a lot, and the range provides what to some could be a particularly condemning portrait of the latest financial state of Lindell’s business. If you can dream of it in the context of a large company, it’s probably up for grabs. Want a pallet jack that might need oil? It’s here! As is a massive security cage that’s 50 feet by 14 feet… and is going for just $5. And it gets even more extreme (somehow), because they’re also selling what’s seemingly the art off the walls, some of which was also in the lists of items going for $5.
Lindell has gained notoriety because of his consistent promotion of conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, which he and so many others around Trump have claimed was somehow rigged against him, despite the many conclusions from established authorities that no such malfeasance was actually seen. Lindell has, however, been extensively involved in spreading the false claims, from a symposium infamously attended by a then-elections official from Colorado who has since faced criminal charges to getting behind failed litigation in Arizona that challenged the state’s process for counting votes. A company of his was also directed amid an arbitration process to make good on a past promise to pay $5 million to anyone who could prove certain claims associated with the election fraud conspiracy theories were incorrect.
