To be determined....perhaps he's just at a loss for words.

That's why I said usually. He may turn out to be the top poster of the year !

ooohhh....

Usually when we see a meaningful comment like that the next thing we know we are being assaulted with spam.

Isn't it obvious? Why else would our resident sleuth post a random business for sale ad?

Actually, from the way he phrased it I don't think Alloro knew. But he does now.

I was going to one almost every weekend just to see what was selling and prices. 

And I think that's the value to be obtained there for sellers like us. I have a friend who has two stalls in an antique mall and he went there after having  a stall in another place that went out of business and then after that, having opened his own full store (and subsequently closing it).

He says the antique business in our area (central California) is dead, but he soldiers on with his current approach.  He and I buy on a picking basis and often compete for the same goods though he deals more in vintage stuff than I do and we often tip each other to things the other person likes.

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So, the use of antique malls to see what things are selling for (there) certainly has value. Personally, I don't want to be in a brick and mortar situation. Too much overhead and time and lack of freedom. If you don't need to go that route, why go there. The virtual stores of eBay and Craigslist are enough for me.

Here's another thought.

How many people have $150,000 laying around to invest in a business?  Sure, there are some but are they going to plunk it all down on an INTERNET business?  There are a lot of scams going on in general and probably more in the internet arena than in brick and mortar businesses.

My personal feeling is that someone with that kind of cash on hand isn't going to be as interested in laying it all out at once on the prospect of earning it back in two years before a profit is turned.

Of course, we don't know what the business is and until a prospective buyer makes the call he won't either, but my guess is the business seller wants an in-person chance to sell the prospective buyer on the possibilities of future success and therefore doesn't want to tell what the business is in the listing.

Hopefully, the seller has the personal skills to promote and sell this business, but if that doesn't pan out, my idea of hiring a worker and pocketing the remainder is still a valid option...in my opinion. 

I think if my business was bringing in around 70K a year I would do the following:

1) Hire someone for $25 to $30 K a year and keep the difference for myself.

2) Have a weekly massage by an expert.

3) Take two or three cruises a year.

4) Buy a super Lotto ticket on a regular basis

5) etc, etc.   

Okay yes you can view all of the feedback if you go digging. I was talking about the initial view with the little positive, neutral, and negative word graph called the "Recent Feedback ratings". That only goes back 12 months on what it shows you.

Yep it does, but if you want to go further back the page options at the bottom work but take some effort to get far enough back and you might have to look at a lot of pages.

The best bet for looking at solely neutral and negative feedback is the externally available services.