{"id":127405,"date":"2022-08-20T16:27:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/22\/08\/20\/former-apple-retail-employee-auctions-sam-sung-business-card-for-charity?utm_medium=rss"},"modified":"2022-08-20T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:27:29","slug":"former-apple-retail-employee-auctions-sam-sung-business-card-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/20\/former-apple-retail-employee-auctions-sam-sung-business-card-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Apple retail employee auctions ‘Sam Sung’ business card for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former Apple Store employee who used the name “Sam Sung” has put an old business card and employee t-shirt up for auction in the name of charity. <\/p>\n

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The auction, listed<\/a> on eBay as an “Apple Sam Sung business card,” consists of a framed employee T-shirt and lanyard, along with a business card. While not normally notable, the lot is unusual due to the name printed on the business card: “Sam Sung.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now known as Sam Struan, the employee was genuinely called Sam Sung during his time as a Specialist at the Buchanan Street store in Glasgow, Scotland between 2010 and 2012. He later moved to Vancouver and worked at the Pacific Center Apple Store in 2012, reports<\/a> iPhone in Canada<\/em>, before his business card gained some notoriety due to the close competition between Apple and its South Korean rival. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After leaving Apple’s retail arm in 2013, the employee auctioned off the business card using the Sung surname, raising over $2,500 for Children’s Wish BC & Yukon. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Since leaving Apple, Struan now works as a career coach. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier in 2022, a family member found another business card created during Struan’s time at the Buchanan Street store, which brought up the idea of a second charity auction. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rather than just the business card, Struan’s lot has been dressed up considerably, with the shirt, lanyard, and business card mounted in a frame and behind glass. Struan also signed the glass, “just for fun.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Struan adds “I hope this card goes to a fellow Apple enthusiast who also wants to contribute to a great cause.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The auction<\/a> is set to run until Tuesday, and at the time of publication has a bid of CAD $620 ($477.35) after 31 bids. Funds raised by the auction will be donated<\/a> to the Downtown Eastside Women’s Center of Vancouver. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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