Insider or Outsider? To be or not to be,...?

Ahhh...and so it begins: what once was free you now have to pay. They could've just opted to give us most the new 'perks' for free.

Great move for Audiogon, they'd like to own the casino...they have a constant revenue stream, set the rules of behavior and, win loose or draw, the odds always favor the house...nice!

...and I'm wondering how many of the "children" in our ranks have a hundred bucks burning a hole in their pocket...

Bob.
That is actually a very good idea, a free trial just to see if it is for you or not.

GK
You know we all adore you........
No forum would be the same without you.......
And that one is the truth!

 Well I certainly won't be shelling out. And count me as one of the nonbelievers in all the fantastical cable and fuse threads so I guess it's accomplishing what is intended.   I really don't sell much on here and just come on for the entertainment value to see with the crazies are trying next… 
Can't see how it would be a good thing in the long run though, even for Audio gone and the advertising revenue stream. 

Instead of trying to "monetize" the forum directly, what A'gon should realize is that people coming to the forum will likely jump over to sales too.  Indeed, reading forum threads probably inspires people to make purchases there that they wouldn't otherwise have made.  Seems greedy and unnecessary and potentially counterproductive to me.