If I was a good vendor on Audiogon I would be unhappy because members (like me) don’t know who are the good ones and who are the bad ones because the bad vendors seem to be protected by Audiogon. So now I will not spend my money with any of them. The entire point of a community is to share information to make the community a better place, basically working off referrals and reviews in an online environment, just as if we would ask our friend or neighbor. There is a tread on reddit saying the same thing so the word is getting out in locations that Audiogon can not control. Audiogon, if you are listening, your approach is short sighted. If you don’t occasionally clean house, Audiogon’s reputation will become ’where the scammers are’ and that harms Audiogon and the good vendors. Viking should be able to respond and both post pictures so the members and other vendors can decide.
