What do you think Audiogon does right? or wrong?

This site is near perfection. Let's keep in mind that this is a business model and that the features we enjoy the most are meant to keep us coming back. It's a rare finished product that maintains viewer interest and makes money. They have done it so well that I sometimes forget this is how the owners earn their living. This, my friends, is the internet at it's best.

I'm with Albert about enjoying the photographs and personal bio's. This forum is by far my favorite feature. I especially love the threads that evolve quickly into humorous posts.

Note to any Audiogon techs that may be following this thread: Sometimes images are slow to load even with my high speed connection. I have a free resizing program that discards the uploaded image after the resized one resides on the server. Contact me if you would like a copy. My web site serves the Realtor community and as such is heavily involved with images, many of which are virtual tours. While we don't have your volume of traffic, our bandwidth usage must exceed yours and our images load must faster. Can you accomodate virtual tours being posted?

Ok,I envy you guys with your dsl's. I'm a webtv user and this sight is faster than any other of this type. (pictures and all) As a buyer /seller--the feedback system is the "gem" of the sight. Since the caustic contributer has been removed from the forums this is "the Dream-Site".Well done AudiogoN,and thank you.

I love this site, I do not feel there is one better on the Net. Near perfect. One wish:

I wish I could search by price level; I.E. $100-$500, $600-$1000, etc.

Matty

Loves:
the blue book is nice but I want even more upto date info. I wouldn't mind if they tracked sales and purchases to get a more accurate set of data
Search feature is fast
Search feature should use a better engine (?) searching to info on the forums is hit or miss and usually its a miss. I am familiar with the and or concepts but still I find it a bit lacking. At least tge info I do scour is good!

The dispute forum is fantastic. I do go in there to lok at the "car wrecks" of deal gone wrong and I think it is all handled professionally and efficiently. Excellent idea and I think the best thing about audiogon.

Whoever you guys are keep up the good work, it's appreciated!

One thing I particularly appreciate is the "bump" feature where, when there is activity in a thread, it stays toward the "top". On some other boards, posts "sink" to the bottom and "off the page" even if there are a ton-o-responses.