Payment method required to send messages???


I just received the following notice when trying to respond to a message a member sent to me.  The message was about audio gear and had nothing to do with buying or selling.  Is this a new requirement?  

You must have a verified phone number and payment method to send messages.

mitch2

Showing 1 response by ltmandella

" add a credit card.
This is required to cut down on fraudulent users contacting our sellers."

If AUDIOGON could guarantee that they will never be hacked and lose control of my data, I might be willing to do that just to send messages.

However, we all know it is IMPOSSIBLE to guarantee your data storage will never be hacked.

Correct?