Former Apple retail employee auctions 'Sam Sung' business card for charity

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.

The auction, listed 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."

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 iPhone in Canada, before his business card gained some notoriety due to the close competition between Apple and its South Korean rival.

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.

Since leaving Apple, Struan now works as a career coach.

Auctioning the original Apple Sam Sung business card on eBay for charity: https://t.co/fAmoCF4Dui #Apple #Samsung #thatguysamsung #applesamsungauction pic.twitter.com/TEnzW8iPtV
— Sam Struan (formerly Sam Sung) (@samthescot) August 14, 2022

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.

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."

Struan adds "I hope this card goes to a fellow Apple enthusiast who also wants to contribute to a great cause."

The auction 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 to the Downtown Eastside Women's Center of Vancouver.

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22july2013 11 Years · 3736 comments

About 2 years ago

I'm surprised that this website would refer "Vancouver" without indicating whether it was "Vancouver, Washington" or "Vancouver, British Columbia."

recoveryboy 6 Years · 15 comments

22july2013 said:

I'm surprised that this website would refer "Vancouver" without indicating whether it was "Vancouver, Washington" or "Vancouver, British Columbia."

I would agree with you if that was the only Canadian reference in the article, HOWEVER...

The article is filled wall to wall with Canadian references.even the currency mentioned is Canadian dollars! There is more than enough references and context to know which Vancouver they were referring to.

In fact, if you say "Vancouver" to the vast majority of the world's population it would mean Canada to them. Who knew there was a Vancouver in the USA too!

I know most Americans think that the USA is the centre of the universe, in fact the vast majority have never been outside their home state...

...sounds like you might be one of them...
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libertyandfree 11 Years · 192 comments

recoveryboy said:

22july2013 said:

I'm surprised that this website would refer "Vancouver" without indicating whether it was "Vancouver, Washington" or "Vancouver, British Columbia."

I would agree with you if that was the only Canadian reference in the article, HOWEVER...

The article is filled wall to wall with Canadian references.even the currency mentioned is Canadian dollars! There is more than enough references and context to know which Vancouver they were referring to.

In fact, if you say "Vancouver" to the vast majority of the world's population it would mean Canada to them. Who knew there was a Vancouver in the USA too!

I know most Americans think that the USA is the centre of the universe, in fact the vast majority have never been outside their home state...

...sounds like you might be one of them...
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Survey says ….. 1 in 6 Americans have never left their home state. This is a long way off your “vast majority” statement.

Meanwhile in Europe we have the opposite happening in that 40% of EU residents have never been outside their own country. (These countries are equivalent sizes of the states in the USA and their are almost no restrictions on travel).
https://www.marthastewart.com/8178528/new-survey-16-percent-americans-never-leave-home-state-2021

https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/News/Data-news/190-million-Europeans-have-never-been-abroad

mpantone 18 Years · 2254 comments

22july2013 said:

I'm surprised that this website would refer "Vancouver" without indicating whether it was "Vancouver, Washington" or "Vancouver, British Columbia."

I've read a few things here with questionable editorial quality but this isn't one of them.

After all, Sung/Struan's move to Vancouver was reported by iPhone in Canada, not iPhone in Washington (or USA for that matter). Right there in black and white, in the same sentence.

In the same way, if Recoveryboy moves to Paris and Le Monde reports it, it's reasonable to assume that he moved to France not Texas.

coolfactor 20 Years · 2341 comments

22july2013 said:

I'm surprised that this website would refer "Vancouver" without indicating whether it was "Vancouver, Washington" or "Vancouver, British Columbia."

It always falls on deaf ears, but I frequently raise a related issue when prices are posted in these articles, or links to Amazon "deals", which are usually US-only. It seems that the editors keep forgetting that they have a worldwide audience, and $499.00 in USD is not $499.00 in other currencies, so simply adding "USD" next to prices shows some respect for non-US readers.

As a BC resident myself, I'm very proud of Sam Sung doing this for a good cause, again. What a great guy! But it sure is strange to see an Asian speak with a Scottish accent. :D Love that accent! He's a truly multi-cultural Canadian!