{"id":2387,"date":"2012-03-18T22:10:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T05:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2012-07-16T18:17:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T01:17:02","slug":"there-was-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/there-was-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"There Was a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Scroll down for April 2 update.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Yup, there was a time* when I would have been willing (reluctantly so) to sell Anabaptist Bookstore and its sites for $200,000. Those were the good old days.<\/p>\n<p>And there was a time when I would not have considered selling my original website: <i>Anabaptists<\/i>. At all. Period. Those, too, were the good old days. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, I had to come to the place of being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2011\/pricing-anabaptists-org\/\" title=\"Pricing Anabaptists.org\">willing and ready to sell<\/a> <i>Anabaptists<\/i> for $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>That was then. Now is now. And it&#8217;s different than then.<\/p>\n<p>If a reputable someone would offer me $200,000 for a package of 13 of my sites&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:-1.3em; margin-bottom:.3em\">\n<li>anabaptists.org<\/li>\n<li>anabaptistbooks.com<\/li>\n<li>rodstaff.com<\/li>\n<li>clpcle.com<\/li>\n<li>woodburns-own.com<\/li>\n<li>godspost.com<\/li>\n<li>mediasplatters.com<\/li>\n<li>rodstaffcanada.com<\/li>\n<li>rodandstaffcanada.com<\/li>\n<li>rodandstaff.biz<\/li>\n<li>rodandstaffcurriculum.com<\/li>\n<li>rodandstaffpublishers.org<\/li>\n<li>rodandstaffpublishing.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;I&#8217;m quite certain I&#8217;d take it.<\/p>\n<p>And likely even less (though not too much so).<\/p>\n<p><b>April 2 Update:<\/b> Yes, I would take less. My debts require it. So if you&#8217;re seriously interested, please make me a serious offer on the above thirteen-site package or any combination thereof or even on a single item.<\/p>\n<p>How times have changed.<\/p>\n<p>As have I.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42 or \ud83d\ude41 &#8212; I&#8217;m not sure which.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:3em\">* I felt caught between opposing factions (er, perspectives) in our home congregation. One side was pressuring me to shed all (or at a minimum, most) things Internet. The other side (my allies, if you will) didn&#8217;t want me to give in lest my &#8220;surrender&#8221; \ud83d\ude44 give the other side increased leverage in going after the other Internet users. \ud83d\ude25<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scroll down for April 2 update. Yup, there was a time* when I would have been willing (reluctantly so) to sell Anabaptist Bookstore and its sites for $200,000. Those were the good old days. And there was a time when I would not have considered selling my original website: Anabaptists. At all. Period. 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