What a great thread! I've been and audiogonaholic for almost a year now. It all started out slow, and then one day I just had to make my first purchase. It was a pair of Newform Research R645's and man did I love those big ugly guys!! Still do, in fact. Not too long after that, I answereed my first thread. It didn't seem like a problem to me then. I guess I was in denial. And it felt so good!
I just had to keep going back to the classifieds every night, and then it soon krept into my work. I was checking into audiogon several times each day, especially when I knew that the boss was out of the office and the coast was clear, but then they started to regulate our internet usage and I was called to the carpet because my list of websites visited "stood out" in the monthly printout! I was asked if I was giving my job 100% and abruptly told "there's the door if your heart is not in it anymore." This was my first wake-up call, but then the boss got transferred and I talked my buddy in IT into deleting the query from the system that generated that offenseive report! What the hell, the new boss won't even know that he can get such a report, and what good is it anyway?
My IT buddy reluctantly agreed, and when he asked for a grease payment, I knew just the answer! I offered to find him a sweet deal on a pair of speakers, ANY PAIR OF SPEAKERS, saying to him, "just give me a budget, damit, I can find you something that is WAY WAY BETTER than anything you'll find at Circuit City, trust me, I have my ways, don't ask questions or I'll have to tell all. Do you really want a technical explanation, or are going to just trust me? I NEED A BUDGET TO WORK WITH, DAMIT, JUST GIVE ME A BUDGET!"
As it turned out the IT conspiracy provided only a temporary fix, and soon the management reports reappeared, so I started going acroos the street to a cyber-cafe and was paying $7.50 per hour for audiogon access!! I'd sneak out for the morning "coffee break" then again at lunchtime and twice more in the afternoon. By then, I had built an entire system from audiogon transactions, made lots of 'goning friends, and even started some of my own threads! If only those Kimber 8TC's would arrive! What could be taking that guy so long to reterminate them for me? As that too much to ask for?
I finally gave in completely about two months ago and set audiogon as my home page, and haven't looked back since. It has been a marriage made in heaven, as they say (whoever "they" are). I now keep multiple audiogon windows open so I can refresh every 12 seconds on my "new today" page, check "my page" for any new feedback and/or for new posts to my active forum threads, and finally to keep an eye out for new forum posts like the post not too long ago about "why all the posts?".
It's always a delight to see contributions from the regulars!! I like it especially when a certain audiogon "couple" starts in on their lover's quarl again (and I KNOW that no explanation is required for those of you who are as addicted as I am)!
Pass the cookies. When's the next meeting?
