how did you find "the gon"


in my case my local dealer turned me on to audiogon after searching endlessly for a peice for me with no luck,the very day he told me about this site i became a member & within 2 weeks bought my 1st peice of gear.

my question is how did you find it & how long after you joined was your first deal.

mike.
bigjoe
about 2 yrs ago i did a google search on high end audio as i was clueless about the subject and was ready to put together my first good system,audiogon is in my mind the best source for info out there,,,
Checking the local paper for audio gear sales. I called a guy with some stuff listed. We got into a conversation about where and how best to sell (and buy) used equipment. He told me about Audiogon. I had a couple of used pieces my local audio dealer would not take as a trade, said he couldn't sell them. Well guess what, listed them on A'Gon and sold within days. Been here ever since (2001) local dealer looses, sorry.
From a retailer who once carried a deep line of two-channel audio products but was forced to cater to the HT business in order to feed his family. I will withhold his name, lest he face recriminations! :-)
back in 2001 I lurked here for a while after stumbling upon it in a Google search...a couple months later I made my first post and shortly afterwards bought my first piece of gear.
via Bob Dylan. I was out of the audiophile game for a good number of years until I got this news about Bob Dylan and remastered discs on this fancy new digital format called SACD.