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

Yes, I do.

@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. ;^)

Yes and I liked it a lot better back then.

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.

I've been a member here since 1997 but agon has my membership date as 2008.
I was posting before I became a member. Back then just a email address would get you going.
Back then there wasn't a whole lot of gear to choose from. Probably less than what's offered on Audio Asylum today.
The posts in the forum were instantaneous and very lightly moderated. Major flame wars ruled the day (analog vs digital etc) which caused the eventual heavy moderation.
Many of the old timers are now gone for good or contribute very infrequently.
The heaviest posters back then- sedond,cornfedboy,albertporter,unsound,musicdoc,treja,carl_eber, swampwalker,psychicanimal.
There were many others, but time has erased them from my memory.
The good old days!