New Audiogon equipment search format.

I think we all need to take a deep breath and chill. It obviously didn't work out like the way they were hoping, whatever the underlying intention was. They claim they are going to rectify the issue. Let's give them a chance. Your voices have been heard loud and clear!

This new format is the worst! I have a listing for a Marantz amp and I can't find on the first page of the search (which is how the old format is designed). My equipment showed up on the 5 page - after scrolling over 50 items to get to the next page button - do that 5 times and I get 200 items I don't want to see before I reach something I want when using the "search". What is the sense of selling a equipment if the item can't seen on the first page of a "search"? The Peephole or Blank 45 Record Paper Sleeve view serves no purpose and takes away from what Audiogon is supposed to be used for - simply selling or purchasing audio equipment and ect.  I have always used Audiogon and now I have to decide if I'm going to stop using Audiogon to sell my equipment because Audiogon thinks they will help sell your equipment by "shrinking" your equipment picture into a "blank 45 paper sleeve"  which is now to be viewed with 7 other group listings per a page; along with 48 other additional "similair item" listings below it - STUPID!!!     

I liked to do local searches. What happened ?

I wrote Audiogon immediately after they implemented this new software
and as an IT professional indicated that they had made a serious error
in their new design.  Most good web designers understand their users
and strive for simplicity. It is almost as though they handed the project
to a bunch of 17 year olds who cannot read and only see the world in pictures. A truly experienced web designer would have improved the search engine (which they seem to have done ??) and left the simplicity of the site alone except for improving navigation around different facets of the site. 

I  indicated to them that most of the users of this site can read lists, were well educated and wanted information that was easy to access. 
Who do they think is buying all his expensive equipment anyway,
not 17 year olds. So a failure to understand their customers with a little greed thrown in, as others have indicated in their posts, seems to have motivated this change. I have seen it done many times before by IT companies and they usually regret it when their customers disappear.

Terrible. US and Canuck Audio Mart will love this mess!!