Just want to know. Hauls of Shame article on Net54.

[Econteachert205]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Well OK I have no clue what CU's corporate valuation has to do with the value of a message board, or how one would value this "leveraging" opportunity, but then again I am just a dumb lawyer.

Peter, your not dumb but you are quite generous for giving me feedback on my opinions free of charge. My point about Beckett had to do with using the forum as a way to relaunch their grading service as the best through linking the forum to a registry and promoting discounted flips for members as well as taking much of the expert advice of those like yourself. My point about collectors universe and its valuation has more to do with Beckett's valuation, which has to be substantial, than the forum. As in, if Beckett felt about the forum and its usefulness as I do, one million would be a reasonable amount to pay. Btw I'm just a dumb schoolteacher so I have you beat. Also I hope none of what I type is perceived as being from a place of disrespect.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

Peter, your not dumb but you are quite generous for giving me feedback on my opinions free of charge. My point about Beckett had to do with using the forum as a way to relaunch their grading service as the best through linking the forum to a registry and promoting discounted flips for members as well as taking much of the expert advice of those like yourself. My point about collectors universe and its valuation has more to do with Beckett's valuation, which has to be substantial, than the forum. As in, if Beckett felt about the forum and its usefulness as I do, one million would be a reasonable amount to pay. Btw I'm just a dumb schoolteacher so I have you beat. Also I hope none of what I type is perceived as being from a place of disrespect.

Couldn't Beckett do all that now, or at least the promotion, by taking out an ad instead of spending a million dollars? And it can read whatever advice is offered here for free. And I understood the point about CU as relating to Beckett's overall valuation, I just don't see what BECKETT's net worth has to do with what a message board is worth to them. Kinda begs the question what value the message board would add, as i see it. Dumb lawyer caveat repeated lol.

[rdwyer]

We're suppose to keep Leon from selling the site. Quit saying a million.

[Econteachert205]

Peter I don't disagree with anything you say. There is a lot of redundancy. I originally responded only to the Nash article from the the perspective of IF Beckett was interested in buying the forum for 650k that based in my mind what companies are paying currently to buy assets it seemed low to me.

[autograf]

Net54 doesn't have any assets though, right? Just the goodwill of posters and advertising revenue. Mao the question then is how many years of ad revenue would you be willing to pay for? 5-6 most likely?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by autograf

Net54 doesn't have any assets though, right? Just the goodwill of posters and advertising revenue. Mao the question then is how many years of ad revenue would you be willing to pay for? 5-6 most likely?

Are you suggesting it is not a waterfront property?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by autograf

Net54 doesn't have any assets though, right? Just the goodwill of posters and advertising revenue. Mao the question then is how many years of ad revenue would you be willing to pay for? 5-6 most likely?

Presumably you would need to pay someone to moderate it too, so you would have to net that against the expected revenues.

[oldjudge]

The other question is how many people would remain on a chat board owned by a grading company. I don't think I would.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

The other question is how many people would remain on a chat board owned by a grading company. I don't think I would.

CU is still pretty damn popular, for reasons that elude me.