What the heck is up with the audiogon listing photos?

Why not simply raise the price of a base ad and not punish those who, oh I don't know... actaully want to buy gear listed on the site?

Great, now I feel like I'm explaining to Nigel Tufnel that he can just make "10" louder. This site is getting harder to take with each new "improvement".

If the listing of the site is intended to increase the total number of sales (and the fees that go along with those sales), the intentional downgrading of images hurts the buyer's who are essentially funding the fee structure.

From a buyer's perspective it looks like a cheap money grab by Audiogon. As if there is more interest in a few dollars made on the ad listing itself, rather than the fees collected on what could be a several thousand dollar sale given the gear listed here.

The message to sellers isn't much better. "We will intentionally degrade the quality of any images you upload unless you pay us to have them rendered undisturbed."

Win, win?