Why is it that when I look up the seller info...

Chuck:

I do not recall the sellers monikers, but have seen the 1969 date on a few
(3 or 4 maybe) queries.

Here's a new one (to me) I just found using Google:

http://app.audiogon.com/users/2juki/feedbacks

I would like to see rating + membership date on the item sale page

Dekay, I noticed that same thing just the other day. Either Audiogon and the Internet has been around for much longer than I thought....or it's just another bug in the system.

Oddly enough I just looked up my own and it says: 12/31/1969 there too. Maybe I have been here longer than I thought. :)

I've seen this before, too. I'll guess it's related to the computer programming language or operating system this site runs on.

The UNIX birthdate is 01/01/1970, and for many an OS and/or programming language, the concept of time starts there. Put in some sort of (i.e. date - 1) algorithm, and there's your 12/31/1969.