Does anyone still miss the old Audiogon format?

Morningstaraudio, "The old format seemed to get about 1000 views in a week. New format your lucky to get 250 views. Folks walked away and just never looked back."

Indeed. This year, I listed stuff at giveaway prices that simply languished. Previously, those sales would complete in 20 minutes.

I recently discovered that Audiogon will not allow you to send your e-mail address in messages. And they do not give you any e-mail notification of this (which I get when a new mesage is received). I happened to look in my inbox the other day to see almost all of my messages over the last month were not sent because I had included my e-mail address (since e-mail seems to be far more reliable than the new Audiogon).

How frustrating!

Guys, you listening? At least the less traffic part or is this model working? As an observer and from a SELLER's view I see this too. You have a golden goose, don't kill it, improve it. An opening for suggestions maybe?

I do miss the old format as well. It was a lot easier to leave feedback when you completed a transaction. There was the step by step process. Now when a sale completes it is more of a chore to leave feedback. Before it felt a lot more seemless.

Another gripe I have is I have to keep logging into the site. I log into the forum. Then when I want to go into the marketplace I have to log in yet again. I've experienced this with IE8, IE9, Google Chrome and Firefox.

Last gripe is the uneven moderation in the forum. I'll make a post and then it may post 12 or 16 hours later. Information posts I've sent into threads get denied yet I see threads where people are asking for prices on gear. Totally mind boggling.

With the new format and the communication protocol between members, and the way that you're allowed to post your ad,etc..I'm sensing that there's always a "big brother" watching over my shoulder as if I'm about to do something wrong and will get slap around...