AudiogoN Inception Date?

Dekay- Retired nurse now ! I remember when ads were free and no moderation at all. Wild times !

Dekay and David, thanks.

Your'e welcome RX8.

David99 and I both forgot to mention that the site's first name was AudioNoggin, which was soon shortened to AudioNog.

Einar, one of the site's originators who's name was really Arnie, then changed it to AudioGon (for obvious reasons;-).

Audiogon was founded in 1996 by Arnie and a couple investors. The site became very successful, but the forums became quite a problem for the monitor or lack thereof. In about 1998 or ’99 they shut the site down completely for a few weeks. They contacted twelve of the most active members (the dirty dozen), I unfortunately do not remember who all was part of that.

Anyway, we as a group re-organized the forums to be close to what they are now. Prior to that is was crazy, we tried a huge number of different ideas, all that made things worse.

It must have been around 2002 or 03 that Arnie sold the business to investors, that was when ad fees came into place. They have increased ever since and have driven a few of us away from the site. Despite the crazy fee structure and the complete lack of trust in their members, Audiogon is still a great site with an active selling site as well as forum.

JD

10-15-14: Jadem6
It must have been around 2002 or 03 that Arnie sold the business to investors, that was when ad fees came into place. They have increased ever since and have driven a few of us away from the site.

Thanks for the history lesson JD. I remember when they first started charging fees. It was still a great place for a long time.

I am one of those who have been driven away. I won't give them my credit card for their file, not after all of the Target, Home Depot, etc., scandals.

I can no longer access my home page, but occasionally I can still sneak into the forums to post. I'm sure one day that loophole will be closed too. Arrivederci AudiogoNe