You also have my apologies. I reacted instinctively due to some previous transactions I’ve had on internet which weren’t as described. I’ve also seen this before : selling a number of links and then selling the website, which is kind of shady.
Anyway, again, I’m sorry and I wish we could delete some posts. I plead guilty to being impulsive and sometimes posting things without thinking first.
Still, I highly suggest any internet entrepreneurs like us to thoroughly investigate what they’re buying because, at least it’s my experience so far, what you see is rarely what you get.
Small story : I was more naïve in the past. There had been a website for sale on Sitepoint and it was attracting lots of attention. I believe it went up to 3500$ bid, and the guy was declaring steady revenues of 400$ per month. At that price it wasn’t interesting for me but the deal fell through or something and the website was relisted (by the original seller).
There were screenshots of revenue and it looked regular, legitimate. I managed to buy the website for 1550 and figured great, I’ll add it to my roster of websites and in 4 months it’ll be paid for.
Well it turned out to be a frickin’ pain in the ass. Not only did the guy include his link sales in the “400$/month” and arranged the screenshots so it wasn’t obvious at all, the website was coded worse than if a monkey had written it. So from 400$/month, it was more like 40$ per month. I ended up selling the website a few months later. The same day I listed it, the website’s PR dropped from 6 to 4 and hundreds of pages with PR5-3 became PR1-0. I sold at half price.
Luckily, this was a very minor investment and more of a hobby type thing. Now, anytime I’m thinking about buying a website that’s worth more than 5000$, I’m definitively enquiring thoroughly about it and so should you.
In the end, casinobonusguy’s offer brought back annoying memories and I jumped to conclusions. I hope everyone learns a small lesson from this thread.