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In Reply to: Audiogon has FINALLY GONE TOO FAR (part duex) posted by mitch2 on September 25, 2014 at 06:38:41:
A LONG time ago, Audiogon called themselves a "community". But when the site got going and potentially profitable, that all came to an end. I guess it was inevitable that someone would decide hey, we can monetize this. To be fair, the initial idea of fees may have been to maintain and improve the site and not to generate significant profits. But Agon's history since then has been ever increasing fees and encumbrances and less and less feeling of community.
Finally, we are to the point where Agon bases itself pretty much on the Ebay model. Interestingly, many members posted on Agon just to avoid that mentality. Well, direct access to members credit card/bank account/debit account or whatever strikes me as the final act in the rejection of the concept of community and user involvement. Let's face it, it's all strictly business now for sure!
The claim is the new policies are for "security", but that would appear to mean the security of their profits. I am sure they could have worked out better ways to screen potential members and help safeguard transactions, but this was the perfect excuse to access members assets directly.
I noticed that, just to log into my account, I would have had to agree to the new policies including submitting credit card info. So I guess I can't even delete my account if I want to!
At the end of the day, some may decide that acquiescing to Audiogon's demands may be worth it. Fine, everyone should make their own call based on their own read of the situation and the risks and benefits. But I'm sure some will leave for sites that are more like the Agon of old, here on AA elsewhere. Which may be the best gift Audiogon could have given us!
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Follow Ups
- RE: Audiogon has FINALLY GONE TOO FAR (part duex) - 3ox 07:29:49 09/25/14 (4)
- RE: Audiogon has FINALLY GONE TOO FAR (part duex) - middleground 07:55:05 09/25/14 (3)
- RE: Audiogon has FINALLY GONE TOO FAR (part duex) - bjh 19:59:14 09/25/14 (2)
- RE: Audiogon has FINALLY GONE TOO FAR (part duex) - middleground 04:25:27 09/28/14 (1)
- RE: Audiogon has FINALLY GONE TOO FAR (part duex) - bjh 15:49:44 09/28/14 (0)
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