Atheism is not a religion, right?

[_aranyborju]

Your mom.

JMS

[_LDSToronto]

Had to comment on this...

I'll leave Mormonism when it posts something negative about another religion.

Really Drifting, your logical mind is faulty.

JMS

Hey Josh, Buffalo and others have pretty much handed you your ass on a plate and showed the crummy things that the LDS church has said, through it's leaders, about other religions.

Please resign from the church now.

H.

[_Buffalo]

Had to comment on this...

I'll leave Mormonism when it posts something negative about another religion.

Really Drifting, your logical mind is faulty.

JMS

Hey Josh, Buffalo and others have pretty much handed you your ass on a plate and showed the crummy things that the LDS church has said, through it's leaders, about other religions.

Please resign from the church now.

H.

I suspect Skains is not a man of his word.

[_aranyborju]

I suspect Skains is not a man of his word.

Well then he should at least turn in his temple recommend.

[_Doctor Scratch]

Come now, jskains: you don't want to get caught in another lie, do you? That would undermine much of what you've been saying here. The tidbits about your attempts to sell "MormonsSuck.com" for a huge sum are no more "fake" than your ZLMB pontifications on how you would like one day to be Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and President of the LDS Church. "President Skains," eh? I think I like "Elder Potato-head" a whole lot better.

[_just me]

Wot the hellz

[_Sophocles]

Yes, I often forget that not everyone here is acquainted with jskains's antics. I actually posted the email exchange in question some time ago, but moderator Liz deleted it--apparently after jskains threw an over-the-top temper tantrum via the "Report" feature. I suppose we can hold out hope that the poster to whom he offered to sell the "MormonsSuck.com" Web site is willing to re-post the emails, because they were absolutely classic.

Oh, all right. How can I refuse a polite request from the esteemed Doctor?

from: xxxxx at gmail.com
to: xxxxx at silversph.com
date: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 at 4:18 PM
subject: MormonsSuck.com

Hello,

I noticed you own the domain MormonsSuck.com and you are offering it for sale. I am interested in buying it.

$150,000 does seem a little high. Do you think you can come down from that a little? Or is some reason why the domain is so valuable? (Especially when MormonsSuck.org and MormonsSuck.net are available for less than $10 each.)

Thanks,
Ishmael

from: xxxxx at silversph.com
to: xxxxx at gmail.com
date: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 at 7:47 PM
subject: RE: MormonsSuck.com

It is also well established in the search engines and receives about 100 unique hits a day.

Counter-offer. I’m open for suggestions.

JMS

from: xxxxx at gmail.com
to: xxxxx at silversph.com
date: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 2:31 PM
subject: Re: MormonsSuck.com

Well, my limited research indicates that a fair value for a website that generates some kind of revenue is about $10 to $30 per daily hit. That would put MormonsSuck.com at about $1000 to $3000.

Except that it doesn't generate any revenue, does it? If not, then I would guess that it's fair value would be significantly less than that. Maybe $500?

How exactly did you arrive at the figure of $150,000? Bear in mind that before I spent that kind of money on a domain, I would want to get a professional appraisal, just as I would for a piece of real estate.

from: xxxxx at deltad.com
to: xxxxx at gmail.com
date: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 5:07 PM
subject: RE: MormonsSuck.com

$150,000 is what I need to pay off my car and get a down-payment on a house in San Diego. I’m not desperate to sell the domain, but it is active and gets a lot of traffic. Also, besides the fact it has a good space in Google and Yahoo, plus it just has that “I wonder if that exists” value. Lots of people hate Mormons and Mormons are a popular religious ideology.

Bottom line is that the domain is a unique item, and $3000 is even a bit low to sell such a permanent space on the Internet.

JMS

from: xxxxx at gmail.com
to: xxxxx at deltad.com
date: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 7:27 PM
subject: Re: MormonsSuck.com

I see. So the figure you're asking has nothing to do with the underlying value of the asset, it's just the amount of money you would like to have. Gotcha.

I know, why not sell it for $500,000? Or $1,000,000? Then you could pay cash for a house.

Good luck with that. Sheesh.

[_Doctor Scratch]

Yes, I often forget that not everyone here is acquainted with jskains's antics. I actually posted the email exchange in question some time ago, but moderator Liz deleted it--apparently after jskains threw an over-the-top temper tantrum via the "Report" feature. I suppose we can hold out hope that the poster to whom he offered to sell the "MormonsSuck.com" Web site is willing to re-post the emails, because they were absolutely classic.

Oh, all right. How can I refuse a polite request from the esteemed Doctor?

from: xxxxx at gmail.com
to: xxxxx at silversph.com
date: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 at 4:18 PM
subject: MormonsSuck.com

Hello,

I noticed you own the domain MormonsSuck.com and you are offering it for sale. I am interested in buying it.

$150,000 does seem a little high. Do you think you can come down from that a little? Or is some reason why the domain is so valuable? (Especially when MormonsSuck.org and MormonsSuck.net are available for less than $10 each.)

Thanks,
Ishmael

from: xxxxx at silversph.com
to: xxxxx at gmail.com
date: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 at 7:47 PM
subject: RE: MormonsSuck.com

It is also well established in the search engines and receives about 100 unique hits a day.

Counter-offer. I’m open for suggestions.

JMS

from: xxxxx at gmail.com
to: xxxxx at silversph.com
date: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 2:31 PM
subject: Re: MormonsSuck.com

Well, my limited research indicates that a fair value for a website that generates some kind of revenue is about $10 to $30 per daily hit. That would put MormonsSuck.com at about $1000 to $3000.

Except that it doesn't generate any revenue, does it? If not, then I would guess that it's fair value would be significantly less than that. Maybe $500?

How exactly did you arrive at the figure of $150,000? Bear in mind that before I spent that kind of money on a domain, I would want to get a professional appraisal, just as I would for a piece of real estate.

from: xxxxx at deltad.com
to: xxxxx at gmail.com
date: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 5:07 PM
subject: RE: MormonsSuck.com

$150,000 is what I need to pay off my car and get a down-payment on a house in San Diego. I’m not desperate to sell the domain, but it is active and gets a lot of traffic. Also, besides the fact it has a good space in Google and Yahoo, plus it just has that “I wonder if that exists” value. Lots of people hate Mormons and Mormons are a popular religious ideology.

Bottom line is that the domain is a unique item, and $3000 is even a bit low to sell such a permanent space on the Internet.

JMS

from: xxxxx at gmail.com
to: xxxxx at deltad.com
date: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 7:27 PM
subject: Re: MormonsSuck.com

I see. So the figure you're asking has nothing to do with the underlying value of the asset, it's just the amount of money you would like to have. Gotcha.

I know, why not sell it for $500,000? Or $1,000,000? Then you could pay cash for a house.

Good luck with that. Sheesh.

You are a good man, Sophocles: both a gentleman and a scholar. This exchange is an invaluable entry in the annals of Online Mormonism.

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