What do you think Audiogon does right? or wrong?


Ok, a little self reflection...

What do you think Audiogon does right (or the best)?

What do you think Audiogon does wrong?

Personally I love the Virtual Systems, whoever thought of this should get a gold star.

The thing I last like about this site has to do with Auctions. I think the high bidder should be listed (like ebay does for auctions that are not private) for each item. When I cannot tell who I am bidding against, I sometimes am hesitant to bid.

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I love the format.
The user friendliness.
The speed and ease of navigation.

To further paraphrase Albertporter, I very sorry I didn't think of this first (or second; Albertporter beat me to this comment too).

Nice community too! (I beat Albertporter to this one)
The only complaints I have very had about AudiogoN were when I didn't know my way around it. I am barely computer literate (some might argue that I am barely literate) but I find it very easy to get around here now.
The forums are great. I follow many of them and have found a huge divergence of opinions and for the most part people are able to disagree without stooping to infantile behavior. It's nice to encounter intelligent adults from whom one can learn and grow, and buy.
My system has changed significantly since I found this site. Thanks to the ghosts behind this machine!!!
Right- Audiogon provides a true community atmosphere with open discussion and provides a realistic trading market for used gear. I think it's a tremendous asset to the hobby/industry. It's gotten me back into hi-fi.

Wrong- Nothing, really.

Strengths- The many Audiogoners who participate.

Weaknesses- The few 'bad' Audiogoners who either rant and rave on the forums or have questionable businees pratices(few and far between - so far).
Audiogon has improved the site significantly just since I started coming here, about 2 years ago (to browse and buy - I only started posting later). The site still has a few minor quirks and a couple of functions that could be added or made better, but overall I'm extremely comfortable using it (I sometimes suspect too much for my own good!). And of course lots of helpful, worthwhile members - that's what makes a web community, so give yourselves a pat on the back.

Here's a couple of features I would like to see: 1) The ability to re-post a running classified ad back on the New Today page at any time for the usual charge; 2) A feedback system that calculates total ratings by unique posters only, instead of a simple aggregate - especially since, unlike a primarily auction-based, transactor-mediated site like ebay, the classified transactions that make up the bulk of A'gon trading are not verifiable, and anybody (even, in theory, somebody you haven't actually comsumated any business with) is free to access the feedback feature and post as many times as they like.

I would also like to see a catagory for Music Reviews!

A'gon's the best, and still my only - Hear Hear!