toysrus buys toys.com - 5.1 million

[kwok]

wonder what the muppet who dropped it in 98 is doing?

Regfee costs $75 a year back then. May be the registrant can afford the regfee?

[PRED]

Regfee costs $75 a year back then. May be the registrant can afford the regfee?

bit less than that, but to be honest kwokmeister, there had already been million $ sales of super premiums, people knew then potential. also was before crash in 2000

maybe the poor dude just died and family didn't have a scooby doo?

[Gerry]

Is it too late for me to bid?

[james63]

this was a good sale. online shopping is getting more and more prevalent. i think all they'd have to do to pay for this is close a few physical stores. since they own the buildings/land, they can make the money back fairly easily and they'll probably get more sales from the online store anyway.
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rotary joint

[Vision]

Rick Schwartz is rightly bullish with respect to the Toys.com sale -- will attract monies residing on the sidelines

Here is the link:
http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2...-ispart-2.html

Here is the text:

Morning Folks!!

There has been a lot of talk about domaining 1 2, 3, 4 etc. I don't buy into that and I am going to tell you why and what I see as the eras. First, I believe it will be pre toys.com sale and post toys.com sale. This sale marks a new era. Let me also state that they got a bargain. Toys.com is one of the single best domains in the universe. They bought it on the very cusp of domainer/enduser boundary line. This is a domain with a value in excess of $25 million. We can debate by how much in another post sometime. Maybe in THIS era folks will start to compare the right things. How much to build a new store? How much to close a poorly performing store? How much was toys.com? I rest my case. Plus I have yet to even mention the traffic. The natural ability to perform when matched with the right company. The advertising power. The world reach. The status. So when companies and advertisers look at this in the RIGHT LIGHT, many things will happen and the ground will begin to shift faster than you can imagine.

Until now and still now folks compare the wrong attributes and then they come out with a wrong answer. Madison Ave has just been kicked in the balls. Maybe they will wake up. Let's see the ad campaign they come up with. Others are now sure to follow. I pray that Toys r us does not mess this up. A success here changes everything. The sale changed everything. This is a fuel for an industry in a time of uncertainty.

Folks, the equation of life is changing. Taxes are going up. Fees are going up. Income is down. This creates an entire set of new circumstances. So please don't underestimate the importance of this sale and also more importantly what a bargain they got. Lastly, a tip of the hat to all involved in this transaction. You guys did a real "Solid" for the industry.

Have a GREAT Day!
Rick Schwartz

[dominator]

Rick Schwartz is rightly bullish with respect to the Toys.com sale

a bit of PR can't hurt

[kwok]

Rick Schwartz is rightly bullish with respect to the Toys.com sale -- will attract monies residing on the sidelines

Here is the link:
http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2...-ispart-2.html

Here is the text:

Hope so too. Otherwise the industry will get even worse.

[HuntingMoon]

maybe the owner of toy.com will consider selling now. page is parked... sex toys are the first link by the way.

[kwok]

maybe the owner of toy.com will consider selling now. page is parked... sex toys are the first link by the way.

Although toy.com is a 3letter and toys.com is a 4letter domain, I think toys.com makes more sense than toy.com in a business standpoint.

[bgmv]

maybe the poor dude just died and family didn't have a scooby doo?

rohh row