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Do you remember when Audiogon was just a bulletin board classified ad site?

I wonder if anyone else remembers Audiogon from 15+ years ago. I remember visiting the site daily scrolling through all the listings. Back then posting was free and you had an endless number of ads.  It had as many used audio listings as Ebay. I can remember buying a Paradigm CC-200 and also a pair of Paradigm ADP-150's  back around 1999. Those were my first two purchases. How about you?
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rcprince
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I don't recall just having listings on this site, but I didn't use a computer for a long time either. Back in those days, Albert (albertporter), Norm (tbg), I and a lot of others used the Audiomart publication that predated Audiogon.  Not nearly as easy to find things in, but I always looked forward to receiving it in the mail and going through it with the proverbial fine-toothed comb.  Bought and sold a lot of gear through that publication.
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jafant
20,066 posts
 
Yes, I do.
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jmcgrogan2
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@dweller , I think the publication prior to Audiogon was called Audiomart.
There is a website called USAudiomart and Canuck Audiomart where the advertising is still free.

@mofimadness , your info says you've been here since  Dec 09, 2009.
I know, it's wrong, mine is screwed up too. ;^)

sgunther
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Yes and I liked it a lot better back then.
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mofimadness
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I actually came to AudiogoN from the old newsgroup; rec.audio.marketplace and from Walt Bender's "Audio Mart" small paper publication that came out once a month or so.  You had to know someone that was already a member to get a referral.

I'm pretty sure I was one of the first hundred or so to buy and sell on here.  I wasn't on the forums at that point, but started posting a little later.
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