Agon is now a retail outlet.


This site has been taken over by retail outlets that also advertise on Ebay and other sites, posing as bargain outlets and asking prices that are close to retail for used items and raising the prices of older items to ridiculous multiples of their original prices under the guise of VINTAGE, when the items are often those that you wouldn't but in a thrift shop or pawn shop for more than 20% of retail even if you could find them since their rarity is based on the fact that Made In Japan was equivalent to what Made in China means today. To boot these items are old enough so that their capacitors and many other parts require replacement in order to remove the risk of fire from faults in their circuitry due to age. This is the reason there is no link to OWNER ONLY ads. Audiogon would lose much of their revenue from providing such a link.
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Huh?
Today it’s all about making a dollar, if it was my site I’d done the same with it just like most would have. Occasionally you find a bargain in categories, and the forums are still sharing knowledge and technology.
Heh, change with the times.
I don't understand the complaint. If you don't like the merchandise you find here, don't buy it. I've not done a lot of business on the site, but I've been satisfied with the transactions.
None of this is news. I have done many transactions here, always buying, and I have not had a bad experience. This site probably, well definitely, has been taken over by retailers. But, there are serious audiophiles selling their stuff here as well. Unfortunately, if you find a vintage bargain from a private party, it was probably sold minutes after it appeared on this site. Very disappointing (unless you’re the seller)!
I guess I agree with most people here. One does NOT have to buy or sell anything here. You can exchange experiences, judgements, opinions and bias comments or just troll (as many, unfortunately do) and never buy or sell anything. In fact when I see a retailer bully into a thread, I make a point to remember NOT to buy from them. There will always be others who want to do that. No real problems.....
I wish you could filter out anything you want.  I would filter out dealer ads (for sure) and music, which clutters up the gear listings.  I often have to scroll through pages of CDs and LPs that I would never want to listen to.