[Coco] Sale of the CoCo lounge

[Glen VanDenBiggelaar]

Thanks Roger, if no one purchases the site, i will think about storing the main pages there for archival. The site itself is not the issue when I move, I can update it from anywhere. Its the inventory that is my major concern
-Glen
 
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> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:21:59 -0500> To: coco at maltedmedia.com> From: operator at coco3.com> Subject: Re: [Coco] Sale of the CoCo lounge> > At 05:24 PM 9/9/2007, you wrote:> >Well, I have made up my mind. As of Oct 1, the CoCo Lounge will be > >taken off line and I am putting the formal offer on this list.The > >domain, inventory and site are all for sale. Other than the pieces I > >have promised to individuals, this is all a bulk package deal. > >Everything is going including all my personal collection. BUT it > >DOES NOT Include my Tandy PC collection (this can be negotiated > >separately). The Terms are as follows: 1)The Buyer will be > >responsible for making all shipping arrangements at his/or her end. > >this way there is no argument on if I am making money off of > >shipping. Just tell me when the truck is coming and I will have > >everything ready.2) Don't ask for a list of everything, because most > >of it is all packed up and ready to go. I can supply a list of the > >personal collection that is not packed.> >3) Payment will be made (if the buyer is from the US) through > >Western Union Money Transfer (NOT THE E-mail, physically walk into > >the store) because the limit is only $1000, they might have to do > >multiple depending on what the sale price is. If the buyer is > >Canadian, then a certified cheque or money order will be ok)> >4) the buyer must take everything "AS IS", a lot of the stuff has > >never been tested and there is a lot of parts, like loose floppy drives etc.> >5) IF the Buyer chooses to work on the site, a credit to me must be > >made. The site sale includes all files in Dreamweaver burnt to a > >disk, the domain is transfer to his/or her name and to his or her servers.> >6)The stuff must be shipped out before Sept 30.> >> >Hopefully that is not asking too much or sounding arrogant.> >> >The price. Any reasonable offer will be considered, but it will not > >be cheap or given away. I have put over 3 years of my life, spent > >over a thousand hours on it and not to mention all the e-bay time > >and such. Take that into account if you are seriously considering > >this. I am thinking about 5-10 grand, but I am not set on that > >price. I know with a lot of time, someone could probably make double > >that back just on e-bay alone. Who knows, maybe I am out to lunch.> >-Glen> >> > > I also use Dreamweaver, but I think your site itself would be no use > to me, as I would put it all in my commercial grade e-store > (unpublished right now). However, I'm in no position to make such a > big purchase, or take a gamble with $5k to $10k of gadgets.> > CoCo3.com actually has survived through the years off of either the > occasional donation or sales of my software, or just out of my > pocket. CoCo3.com is not a real profit making site like Cloud-9 > (although I have no proof that they make a considerable profit), but > if I had an inventory of CoCo stuff, I'm sure it would sell like > hotcakes. Yes, it would be the place to do such a thing, but my time > usually goes into creating software which either has no shipping at > all through online registration, or cheap mailer postage. Since I > also work a demanding job, I have to find ways to reduce my overhead > of doing CoCo business.> > If I hosted your site pages, I'm sure you'll see lots of sales almost > instantly. Give it some thought.> > www.coco3.com> > > -- > Roger Taylor> > > > --> Coco mailing list> Coco at maltedmedia.com> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco