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http://www.bluetablestore.com/

I know it's a hot topic for some people here, but for a mere $440,000 USD it could be yours!!

I counter offer $25 and three items of your choice from my basement.
My team of lawyers is currently drafting an offer letter.

I'll buy it with a piece of belly button lint and a rolled up sock!!

Hmm... I am going to comment just to see how this thread turns out.

You will also gain interest in the studio building itself as a property.

What does that mean?

I'll buy that for a dollar?

Whoa! The actual text:

Blue Table Painting- Buy the Company

Price: $440,000.00

Don't actually buy this from the webstore! Contact bluetablepainting@gmail.com This purchase is for the company and all its assets, material and intellectual. You will have no bank or tax debt from the company. The owner will show you how to run everything over the course of two months. You will also gain interest in the studio building itself as a property. All details to be still negotiated.

I'm sorry, but how much goodwill and intangibles are they factoring into that purchase price? Because it seems like an awful lot considering the current state of business.

When someone was selling another mini business there was an observation that small business owners will usually calculate how much they need to retire and price things that way, rather than by the value of the business.

So that might explain some of the price.

there is hardly anyone as interesting and goofy with energy like Shaun, once he's gone, we shall all enjoy the mediocre at best channels that are either sub par due to excessive talking , or beyond annoying with the amount of adds and "digital production"... pick your poisons.

I've been following him since the Badger hole and he's 100% reason I am back in the hobby

I hope nothing comes of this but it is interesting

Hahaha, I wouldn't take it if it was offered for free!

This is pretty much the nail in the coffin for the company. If they're willing to publicly advertise on their webstore that they're selling the company, who would ever commission anything from BTP?

So $500k for some paint and tools and a brand name that everyone associates with "poor quality at golden demon prices"? Why not be "open to offers" if you're going to ask for that much? There's no way the company is worth almost $500k, so this is just another joke post. It doesn't mean anything about their finances or long-term plans.


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 Absolutionis wrote:
If they're willing to publicly advertise on their webstore that they're selling the company, who would ever commission anything from BTP?

Well, anyone who would commission anything from BTP is an uninformed buyer anyway, so this doesn't change anything.

 nettraper wrote:
there is hardly anyone as interesting and goofy with energy like Shaun, once he's gone, we shall all enjoy the mediocre at best channels that are either sub par due to excessive talking , or beyond annoying with the amount of adds and "digital production"... pick your poisons.

I've been following him since the Badger hole and he's 100% reason I am back in the hobby

I hope nothing comes of this but it is interesting

Just saying, I've watched a few of their videos. I think Shaun is a decent bloke. But man...so hard to watch him flub through a game.

He seems like a cult leader to me.

They should try Ebay.

Wouldn't it be funny if thats how much they owe Tenebre in his settlement

What assets does he own? If he owns the property with no liens, that may account for decent chunk of the sales price. My question is what intellectual property does he own?

If it does sell, the list price is only the opening bid. It's like buying a car. Nobody pays list price for a car unless it's a really good car. Anyone interested will do their due diligence and look over his records.

Take a look at businesses for sale in your area - some of the valuation methods are interesting. I live in Florida so we have a lot of landscaping businesses. Some of the valuations on these businesses are enormous.

 nettraper wrote:
there is hardly anyone as interesting and goofy with energy like Shaun, once he's gone, we shall all enjoy the mediocre at best channels that are either sub par due to excessive talking , or beyond annoying with the amount of adds and "digital production"... pick your poisons.

I've been following him since the Badger hole and he's 100% reason I am back in the hobby

I hope nothing comes of this but it is interesting

Really? I actually cannot stand him. There's few 40k things I won't watch, but I can't stomach any of his videos.

I really cannot see this selling.

 Rippy wrote:
I really cannot see this selling.

No one can.

How badly did they eff-up that guy's Chaos Dwarfs? Sell the company bad.

The owner will show you how to run everything over the course of two months.

Ahahahaha! How about he just hands over the company and feths off?

boyd wrote:

Take a look at businesses for sale in your area - some of the valuation methods are interesting. I live in Florida so we have a lot of landscaping businesses. Some of the valuations on these businesses are enormous.

That'll be the same as window cleaning here; the assets are a few hundred bucks but all the value is in the customer list. If you buy a popular one you can have a full client list from day 1.

I can't see that working wuth btp due to the cult of personality and the terrible reputation.

Wait, does this course also include something on "You're always right, the customer is always wrong and therefore you have a final say in what they're getting, whether they like it or not."

 BrookM wrote:

The owner will show you how to run everything over the course of two months.

Ahahahaha! How about he just hands over the company and feths off?

I'm sure you can let him think he's gonna get to show you how everything works, but the instant everything is signed you tell him to bugger off. It after all becomes your property and business.

I'm sure employee moral would soar at that moment as you give Shawn a good tongue lashing.

So the guy with a reputation for charging horrible amounts of money for equally horrible work, and has the worst reputation in the business, is selling his company on his webstore? Yeah, this'll end well.

 BrookM wrote:

The owner will show you how to run everything over the course of two months.

Ahahahaha! How about he just hands over the company and feths off?

But how else are you going to learn the fine art of keeping a public image of being a respectable commission painting service while doing work that most people would be embarrassed to put on the table? Anyone without his impressive talents would be out of business in a month trying to run BTP.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

The owner will show you how to run everything over the course of two months.

Ahahahaha! How about he just hands over the company and feths off?

I'm sure you can let him think he's gonna get to show you how everything works, but the instant everything is signed you tell him to bugger off. It after all becomes your property and business.

I'm sure employee moral would soar at that moment as you give Shawn a good tongue lashing.

Not to be spammy but...

If I win the lottery and had a decent amount of money to play with, I would consider buying this....
Just to run things with german efficiency and getting this trainwreck back on track