Who knows, websites get sold all the time. I've seen listings on Ebay for £20k plus, those are businesses though. Wasting a grand on a hobby site seems pretty pointless, it obviously doesnt turnover any money or he wouldn't be selling it.
The guy buying it is probably interested in the prestige it brings "I own Dakka!"
I'm halfway through a tasty arguement on that site at the moment. :mrgreen:
According to
http://www.cwire.org/website-value-calculator these are the values of the following sites
warseer - $49,895
40kforums - $785
thewarp - $595
dakka - $4,870
astronomican - $676
40konline - $5,223
tau online - $8,223
bolter and chainsword - $1,821
flame on! - $71
librarium - $3,517
heresy-online - $156 :rock:
Games Workshop - $291,997
and to put the others to shame
Ebay - $1,627,761,464