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Did you know that Audiogon...

now has a "sister" site named Videogon ? I didn't until a few minutes ago and thought that others might want to be made aware also.

I recently listed an HT pre / pro for sale on Agon and was given the option of having it appear on Videogon. Thinking that more exposure was better, i went for it. As it turns out, my ad appeared on Videogon but did not show up on Agon. That has me a bit confused, so i've emailed the "powers that be" to help me understand what's going on here.

As a side note, it appears that our Agon accounts will become "joint accounts" and merged with Videogon, but our member feedback regarding transactions will remain separate between the two forums / websites. While i don't really understand that, i included a question / suggestion about that also in my email to Agon.

Has anybody else checked out "Vgon" yet and / or have any comments about it ? How long has that site been up and running ? Will all the items that fall under "HT" gear now be shifted over to that site rather than appear here on Agon ? Sean
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sean
blw
147 posts
 
They're just getting going - I had some listings on Audiogon last month and I got an offer to *also* list them on Videogon. (They were AV-related, a pre/pro and a 6-ch amp.)

I got a couple of bites from that site, but overall about half as many views as the same ad on Audiogon.

Looks like it'll be a great new market place after the word spreads.

Note that there aren't any discussion forums on Videogon - they're all expected to be here.
wdt
12 posts
 
I found the Vgon site about a month ago through an ad on Agon. I can't access any forum discussion on Vgon. Many categories have no listings due to site being so new. I thought I was seeing some of the same components on both sites. Why not just expand Agon? Wdt
jax2
3,031 posts
 
They also have a twisted sister site called Photogon. Not very popular last few times I checked there. Much better deals (and far more abundant) available on eBay if you care to deal with the hordes and higher risks involved. Man, eBay seems to have become a trolling ground for all kinds of scams these days.

Marco
sean OP
6,231 posts
 
The ad that i posted did appear on Agon, but for some reason, took noticeably longer than normal. When i checked the "classifieds" section of "my page", it showed up as having an ad posted but i couldn't find the ad anywhere on Agon. Oh well, i'm guessing that it had something to do with the duplicate Videogon post.

As to expanding Agon to include all of the Video stuff, i think that there are two different types of "philes" out there. That is, videophiles and audiophiles. While there is an obvious point of blending of the two in high end HT, some videophiles would not think to look at an audio based website for used gear, technical discussions, etc... The same goes for some audiophiles looking for multi-channel gear. As such, i think that this is why Agon is trying to cover both markets. They were smart enough though to keep audio & video separate as there is still some back-lash against the two merging together. As such, i don't think that there will be one home-page for both sites, but a common link between them might be nice. Sean
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thedautch
329 posts
 
Maybe I should stop referring to videophiles as "vidiots," since many VGoNers may also be AGoNers...
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