I've gotta wonder if there was more to the story (like Gamefaqs had racked up a lot of debt prior to 2003- though I'm not sure what would create capital expenditures for which Gamefaqs would need a lot of debt), because 2.2M seems jawdroppingly low for this site at the time. It was still growing rapidly at that point. Sucks to sell at a general market bottom I guess.
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Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick
your 7 time champion, Link.