I used to frequent Audiogon regularly back in the day, checking out new listings, piecing together deals on components, even selling a few items, including two high-end turntables. Always had good experiences. I checked out the discussion forums recently and they seem to have become very heavily policed. Tempted to join a conversation to share some experience dealing with PayPal on a deal gone south, I naturally logged in and hit reply. Well, not so fast there fella! Seems now I have to hand over my telephone number to be able to reply. Odd, I thought, so I checked my profile there. I've been a member for 17 years, have extremely positive feedback, and they have my mail and email details, login name and password, but I can no longer post without adding my phone number? I decided not to bother. I don't frequent the discussion forums there much so I presume something happened that made them apply this requirement but what's next? A credit card number? I'll remain a passive reader.
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Yes, that forum has become pretty useless. It's mostly people parroting things they've been told by people who benefit from spreading nonsense. If anyone dares to disagree with doctrine, they're attacked. I still peruse it for the chuckles. Good info is in VERY short supply.
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