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Originally Posted by Nate the great
The owner of MobileRead is young enough that we don't have to worry about him dying.
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Well thanks, I guess.
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He is also too much of a flake to be able to follow through on selling the forum to a company (he has had offers, actually).
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Ahh yes, that must be me. Let's stroll down memory lane. Verticalscope you say?
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Subject Serious Purchase Information for Mobileread.com
From David Fischer <xxxxx@verticalscope.com>
To <at206@columbia.edu>
Date 2011-06-29 21:05
Hi,
My name is David Fischer and I work with a small 10 year old Internet media company called VerticalScope. We are a Toronto based Canadian company with a new focus on the technology forums marketplace. I am trying to reach the owner of Mobileread.com, would that be you?
I think you have done a great job of building your community and I would like to discuss the possibility of a cash purchase.
Please treat this as a serious inquiry from a credible buyer. We are experienced in purchasing online communities and we know how important the site is to you. We are very flexible on any special terms and conditions you would like to include as part of a deal. We also understand the amount of time and energy you have put into the site over the last several years. If you're interested in selling for a great return on your investment, or if you just want to explore what might be involved, I am certainly interested in speaking with you. Check out some of our great communities like: 8thCivic.com, Gixxer.com, and MMAForum.com. We are happy to go as fast or slow as you want through the process, but you should know that we are in a position to make a cash offer and close within a few days.
I would appreciate an email in the next day or two to let me know if you would like to pursue this opportunity. If there is someone else I should be contacting, please forward this message to them, or kindly send me their email address or phone number so I can get in touch. Thanks in advance for your consideration.
David
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Subject Re: Serious Purchase Information for Mobileread.com
From Alexander Turcic <at206@columbia.edu>
To David Fischer <xxxxx@verticalscope.com>
Date 2011-07-02 13:11
Hello David,
Apologies for the late reply. At this point we have no interest in selling Mobileread.
Thank you for your interest.
Sincerely,
Alex
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Subject Re: Serious Purchase Information for Mobileread.com
From David Fischer <xxxxx@verticalscope.com>
To Alexander Turcic <at206@columbia.edu>
Date 2011-08-25 21:16
Hi Alex,
As per my last email, are you interested in at least hearing out a cash offer? It would only take a bit of basic traffic and revenue information from you in order for me to calculate our offer. You should know that we generally pay out above market value for sites we are interested in, and it can't hurt to at least hear our offer right? Let me know either way. If you are not interested I will back off and you can get in touch with me should anything change on your end. Thanks for your time and I look forward to your response.
Kind Regards,
David
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Flaky as I am, I didn't bother to respond a second time. As you said, Nate, there have been more serious offers by a couple of other companies; none of which that could have convinced me that selling MobileRead was a good thing.
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Seriously, I could tell you lots about the things he flaked out on and other juicy secrets, but they would delete my post.
So send me a PM if you want to hear the good stuff. 
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Since when did you turn to gossip, Nate? Bored of reading books? Glad to see you find such a great interest in my person even when I don't remember the last time we talked to each other.