What's Going On At Audiogon? Gone?

bside123 · « **on:** 19 May 2011, 01:04 pm »

Has Audiogon's domain name expired or worse? Check this out. What's going on at the 'Gon?

http://www.audiogon.com/

TJHUB · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 May 2011, 01:12 pm »

I saw that this morning as well. I hope it gets fixed soon. I'm certain it will.

bpape · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 May 2011, 01:13 pm »

Came up just fine for me just now.

Bryan

targa02 · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 May 2011, 01:16 pm »

Not working for me.

JerryM · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 May 2011, 01:33 pm »

I can open the home page, but my internet security program notifies me that it's blocking the pictures as unsafe. When I hit 'Enter' on a search term, I get a full page notice from the security program stating that the page is on a banned site list.

xr2 · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 May 2011, 01:49 pm »

Looks like they have lost control of the domain name, and that it now points to a different site. Some of us can reach it because we have the old IP address cached.

Hopefully they'll get this sorted and distributed over the next few hours.

eclein · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 May 2011, 01:50 pm »

Opens OK then if I go past first page on any item or category listing it fails.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 May 2011, 02:20 pm »

Some kind of hijack for ransom?
Because the real site can be reached with old markers, I would think it is a hijacking of some sort.
When I Google the word and click on the site, it comes up, but the ad section is broken. the forums work though.

viggen · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 May 2011, 03:03 pm »

The site doesn't work for me not even the forums.

Someone got fed up with their exorbitant fees?

ken · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 May 2011, 03:09 pm »

I can only access it through a cached link but unable to navigate anywhere on the forum

srb · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 May 2011, 03:19 pm »

Quote from: eclein on 19 May 2011, 01:50 pm

Opens OK then if I go past first page on any item or category listing it fails.

Page caching was a good idea in the past with slow Internet connections and slow computers, but in present day I think it makes more sense to always check for new pages and know you're looking at current information.

Internet Explorer:
- Go to Tools > Internet Options > General Tab > Browsing History Settings
- Under Check for newer version of stored pages: select "Every time I visit the website"

Firefox:
(Firefox has a somewhat convoluted method of eliminating page caching that is not available under Tools: Options)
- Enter about:config in the URL address field
- Scroll down to browser.cache.check_doc_frequency
- Right-click, select Modify and change the value from 3 to 1

Steve

JerryM · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 May 2011, 03:53 pm »

Okay, so I cleared all the cache, changed the setting to look for the new page, and over-rode the best advice of my security program. This is what it looks like from here:

SlushPuppy · « **Reply #12 on:** 19 May 2011, 03:55 pm »

Quote from: srb on 19 May 2011, 03:19 pm

Page caching was a good idea in the past with slow Internet connections and slow computers, but in present day I think it makes more sense to always check for new pages and know you're looking at current information.

Internet Explorer:
- Go to Tools > Internet Options > General Tab > Browsing History Settings
- Under Check for newer version of stored pages: select "Every time I visit the website"

Firefox:
(Firefox has a somewhat convoluted method of eliminating page caching that is not available under Tools: Options)
- Enter about:config in the URL address field
- Scroll down to browser.cache.check_doc_frequency
- Right-click, select Modify and change the value from 3 to 1

Steve

That didn't work for me. still getting:
Error: Page cannot be displayed. Please contact service provider for more details. (1)

SlushPuppy · « **Reply #13 on:** 19 May 2011, 03:58 pm »

Oops, looks like somebody forgot to renew their domain:

Registrant:
Pending Renewal or Deletion
P.O. Box 430
Herndon, VA. US 20172-0447

Domain Name: AUDIOGON.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Pending Renewal or Deletion
P.O. Box 430
Herndon, VA 20172-0447
US
570-708-8786

Record expires on 13-May-2011.
Record created on 14-May-1998.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM 205.178.190.51
NS2.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM 206.188.198.51

Phil A · « **Reply #14 on:** 19 May 2011, 04:02 pm »

Interesting - Herndon, VA is the next town over from me where their mailing address is. I have to sell some stuff at some point. The fees have gone up lots over the course of time. I look at the site several times a week though just in case I see something that someone wants to trade or sell

srb · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 May 2011, 04:11 pm »

My reference to page caching was in response to those that said "Opens OK for me" or "I can go to the home page, but then....", and was just relating my experience with browsing in general and pages that frequently change content.

There is apparently a problem with Audiogon's domain registration and Network Solutions has redirected to the page you're getting. It's hard to belive that a $10/year domain registration fails to get renewed, but it does happen, and who knows exactly the cause in this case?

Interestingly, audiogon.net seems to still be valid, but of course any links from that page are redirected to audiogon.com.

Steve

Bemopti123 · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 May 2011, 04:52 pm »

The forums do work, at least I was able to read some discussions there. Not biggie, they will be back up, greedy and very effective as well for selling $$$$ gear. Although it has been swamped as of late with tire kickers and bottom feeders.

bside123 · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 May 2011, 10:32 pm »

The 'Gon is Back.

targa02 · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 May 2011, 10:37 pm »

not for me. I have typed in their url and tried to link to them from google - neither works.

Freo-1 · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 May 2011, 10:58 pm »

Quote from: bside123 on 19 May 2011, 10:32 pm

The 'Gon is Back.

Nope. It calls up UNTIL you go look at an ad, then a error message pop up. If you can't see the ads, it does not work.