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[oldius]

What as in maybe £1300? Same difference.... There was all sorts of payments schemes etc when I looked a few years ago, you could be a trade member on a monthly basis or get reductions for booking up 6 months in one block etc, but it was certainly possible to end up paying around £2k.
Unless I can post on the wam, and do some business, for a similar £50 ish as here I will not be joining.

Jez, please wait and see. I have raised this issue. Thanks.

 

[Tony L]

FWIW Trade Accounts are hopelessly underpriced here for the amount of coverage they provide (pfm is more busy than WigWam). I keep it low as I like not having to give a shit about losing it. I just don’t care about £50 so it means I can moderate without bias, I’m not in anyone’s pocket. I suspect it should be at least £500 given the traffic, and that’s still generous. What I’m trying to say is I suspect WigWam aren’t hugely out here, I’m just an outlier with a very different mindset.

PS To be honest I’ve got about 6 months behind again. I have so many trade accounts to invoice for now. I don’t think I’ve sent any requests out at all this tax year yet. I’ll likely do it all in a week or two. I suspect the covid lockdown etc has screwed about with my motivation more than I realise!

 

[oldius]

I have no idea what the going rate is but I have raised it as one of the things to look at.

 

[George47]

That person (Peter S) has gone. As I said it is becoming run by enthusiasts for enthusiasts, but Danny and Roo need some time. The changes have started and dealer's membership is on the list for real change.

 

[hifinutt]

What as in maybe £1300? Same difference.... There was all sorts of payments schemes etc when I looked a few years ago, you could be a trade member on a monthly basis or get reductions for booking up 6 months in one block etc, but it was certainly possible to end up paying around £2k.
Unless I can post on the wam, and do some business, for a similar £50 ish as here I will not be joining.

yes not too many trade members on wam currently , rick post some good tunes sometimes [ musicraft ]

 

[flutteringwow]

Does the wam still insist that even a one man band such as myself must be a trade member to do any business there... and then try to charge such an exorbitant trade fee that only the likes of Rega or Linn were likely to be happy to pay it?

It's a few years since I checked but they wanted something like £2000 a year!!! Compared to £50 here.... No chance! Not even if they knocked the last digit off!

Arent you banned on WigWam anyway back in 2013?

https://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum/to...ess-electronics/?tab=comments#comment-1463668

 

[Arkless Electronics]

yes not too many trade members on wam currently , rick post some good tunes sometimes [ musicraft ]

I'm not surprised with those fee's for trade membership!!

Unfortunately few hi fi forums are particularly trade friendly... several do not offer trade membership and will also not allow any touting for business and a few more have "trade sponsor" arrangements which no doubt are intended to attract fairly large businesses who are willing to pay loadsa money.

 

[narabdela]

Arent you banned on WigWam anyway back in 2013?

Being banned on The Wam is considered to be a badge of honour in the right circles.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Being banned on The Wam is considered to be a badge of honour in the right circles.

Any one worth speaking to was banned back then... All was reset at least two changes of ownership ago... about when trade membership went from £100 to £2000!

 

[flutteringwow]

Any one worth speaking to was banned back then... All was reset at least two changes of ownership ago... about when trade membership went from £100 to £2000!

So you’ve essentially classed any current members using Hifiwigwam as worthless?

..and yet you want a cheap advertising slot on there?

 

[Duvet]

Being banned on The Wam is considered to be a badge of honour in the right circles.

Banned , account deleted and then risen from the dead . Beat that . Tony sorry for another wam thread . Can anyone with a gripe , or commercial interest please give me a month and then we will be in a better place to answer those questions . Now back to music and wine .

 

[earlofsodbury]

Honestly amazed you're going back for another dose of it Danny - I'll get the popcorn in... ;-)

 

[Tony L]

Tony sorry for another wam thread .

No problem at all, I just hope the Wam gets its mojo back. I don’t really understand what happened, who did what or why. I briefly met Peter (at his first show) but I never got into any of the politics, I wasn’t interested in involving pfm in anything etc. To be honest I’ve lost contact since James left, and that’s ages ago now. I’ll try and get across to the next show if logistics are feasible and get all the gossip there!

 

[Duvet]

Sure Tony could be the longest pint of your life

 

[Duvet]

Honestly amazed you're going back for another dose of it Danny - I'll get the popcorn in... ;-)

What the forum needs is some loose canons. Wait a sec

 

[htm_1968]

What the forum needs is some loose canons. Wait a sec

Fair play to you Danny. That is a very brave move back into the firing line.

 

[hifinutt]

I notice a lot of dealers are using the audio addicts forum now started by Ollie

 

[earlofsodbury]

What the forum needs is some loose canons. Wait a sec

Not a chance. It's the Thickpocalypse over there now, good luck and all mate, but...

 

[narabdela]

Thickpocalypse

 

[Beobloke]

What the forum needs is some loose canons. Wait a sec

The loose cannons all went elsewhere. I suggest we leave them there…