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Oompa
Seems this is account is just a bot that simply posts articles from the website collegemogul.com.
sosuke
I'm not defending the account in question but don't be so sure it is a bot. There are lots of website owners who really do put hours on end into submitting their content to various sites manually. Anyway regardless of how it got here, if it hit the front page it means the community must think it is interesting.
mustpax
$28k-30k profit last year and $6,200 profit this year to date and he's asking just $20k-25k total for the business? This just sounds too good to be true. When have you ever heard of a healthy business being sold for just 2x the annual profits?
pchristensen
When they're not sure if it's a flash in the pan that people will lose interest in shortly?
vaksel
a business that lost 50-60% of its profit in 1 year, is hardly what I would call healthy
jasonlbaptiste
one sale in 2008 accounted for basically 50% of revenues btw. explains it some.
andreyf
They hold one of the top 2 spots for "beer pong balls" in Google

For me, it looks like #3, and this seems like the only worth of the company. $20-30k for that? Sounds worth it, if you ask me :-P

fallentimes
Rankings can change very quickly. The site has under 1,000 backlinks and a Page Rank of only 3 - not very reassuring.
snprbob86
There are numerous companies which produce custom ping pong balls. I think that larger-scale printing companies which do all sorts of promotional materials would have better economy of scale in this business.

I went on a recruiting trip and had to snap a photo when I opened the box HR sent me: http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v356/214/9/10500...

Best giveaways ever! Representatives from other companies came over all day long to offer swag trades and students all got a good laugh out of it.