There are a lot of unanswered questions that need to be addressed.  I'll ask the questions that everyone wants to know but they don't because they are afraid.   Afraid?  Not I, I am the Mighty Peach without the pits!

Before I get to "bend over and hold the position mode", let me first start off by saying that Scott did a good job of with many aspects of the site like its development and marketing.  For a while it was about his passion, however, it turned out to be all about the money.   In the early stages of ballreviews he was a good guy, but toward the latter stages he just turned out to be one who only cares about himself.  Now to the good stuff.  

1.   Question:  Why was the gold membership being pushed so hard when all the while the site was going to be sold?

Analysis:     Selling the site just doesn't happen overnight.   It takes a long time to negotiate any such sale.  Scott already had plans on selling the site yet he created the gold membership to bring him more money.   Think about it.

Answer:   Money.   Money needed to fund a family vacation on a cruise ship called "Gold Member"

2.  Question:  Why wasn't there any word about selling the site?

Analysis:  If members knew that the site going to be sold then the members would not have signed up to become gold members.

Answer:   Money.  If no one signed up then no family vacation aboard the cruise ship "Gold Member."

3. Question:   Why didn't Scott just ask for site donations to the site in order to keep it running?

Analysis:  Asking for donations means that the site is poor, thus unmarketable to future owners/investors.  Scott would not have gotten much money for a site that needs funding.  Now if he can show that the site turns a profit (gold members) then he can sell the site for more money.   In otherwords, if the site is worth something new owners will pay for it.  But if its not worth anything they won't.

Answer:  Money.  The cruise ship "Gold Member" costs a lot to host a family.  The more money the investors pay the more money allocated towards the cruise.

4. Question:   Why the new rules and why was the anything goes forum deleted?

Analysis:  The site was more marketable without the trash talk, it wasn't because Scott was tired of complaints.  Scott wanted to show his product to the new future owners and he wanted the "clean bowling site" so that he could get the most money for it.

Answer:  Money.   Less trash talk and more bowling talk equals more money from bowling investors, thus more money for Scott for his "Gold Member" cruise ship.

 These are just a few and there will be many more to come.  Stay tuned!  

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pchee2<~~~strokin the ball with cranker revs and spraying the lanes for an average of a buck 62.  This guy is full of STUFF!

Edited on 5/26/2003 9:33 PM

Wait no maybe Clutch nobody has heard from him in a long time.  He did have that phone number posted maybe Scott called it.
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I don't really play cards and I am not 79, but it fits together somehow.

I never said that Scott owes anything.  And about business, many companies tell their employees and the public that they are going out of business.  Who cares how much time and effort it takes to manage a web site, that is not the point of this conversation.  I know that he's turning a buck that is inherent.  The point of this post is ethics, which is deceptively soliciting funds when you have the intention of selling out.  In case some of you didn't see my reply in another post, here it is:

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Here's a simlar situation that happened at PowerHouse gym, a gym that my friend used to go to for 3 years before they closed. This gym was signing people up left and right for incredible deals even though they knew that they were going to close their doors (no one else knew). They ran promotions and sold memberships for $60 for 3 months, $100 for 6 months, $150 for a year and $250 for 2 years. Because these deals were so new people and also current members signed up for long term memberships. Then about a month later when the enrollments were tapering off the gym shut down. The doors were closed with a small sign that said "Business is closed and no longer in operation. Thank you for your concern."

Lets bring this analogy to BR: Gold membership; the push to sign up to be a gold member (all those irritating emails, messages and annoying gold members and site administrators telling us to sign up); enrollment starts to taper off; leftside fired and left without a job; BR is sold and BR gold memberships are wiped out; not one word about selling the site or getting out of it.

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I am not focusing on business practices, I am focusing on business ethics which is something that has been lost.


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pchee2<~~~strokin the ball with cranker revs and spraying the lanes for an average of a buck 62.  This guy is full of STUFF!

Edited on 5/27/2003 2:39 PM