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| Thread ID: 150997 | 2022-11-21 04:40:00 | Dodgy Sale on Trademe | piroska (17583) | PC World Chat |
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| 1489390 | 2022-11-21 04:40:00 | Never had a weird one before. We decided to replace the TV. 32" it works, just no remote and aged mum was sitting up against it with ear almost on it the other with Sky remote up full volume, she couldn't adjust TV volume you see. So, found one on Trademe, a bit hard to find here, easy in Auckland of course. A Panasonic 32" with remote, (yay) manual etc, with pics. Brother did buy now $40. Sellers email bounced. Interesting I thought although could be mailbox full or some issue. Then seller emailed from a different email address with cellphone number. I told brother don't pay him, we'll pay cash on pickup. Just in case... Brother txts today, can we come, Hastings address. The seller RANG. Meet at Hastings caravan park, half way he says. (it's not half way but whatever) No I say, not meeting anywhere random, go tomorrow or another day. This while Brother on ph and standing next to me. Brother relays this info. Seller says No it has to be Today or Never. He'd listed it, for the usual week, we Buy Now on day 1? Now or never?! I say Never then and Brother ends call with seller. Seller rings back, he'll come over, isn't from here he says, going to be away he says. (Well which is it, away or not from here?) I say to Brother no way. It's going to be never. I say what does he mean, not from here, trademe name says lives in Hastings. Brother throws a snot at me, I am being difficult he says, says will never buy a TV ever again then, because I am refusing and being difficult. When he calms down I show him the online scams warnings: it has all the red flags, not to mention the odd email address business. And the caravan park?We arrive, get punched in the head and they see our cellphones are **** and not worth stealing, take his $40 and perhaps my car? Or maybe the TV is just ****ed or something. So anyway reported it to Trademe as suspicious behaviour. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1489391 | 2022-11-21 05:19:00 | Sounds really dodgy. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1489392 | 2022-11-21 06:14:00 | Stalkbook market place pretty dodgy but it has a lot of stuff cant ignore it. Never really had a problem on TM with dodgy traders per se I am ted9 347 trades 100% + feedback. Main problem I have had on TM are tire kickers. My blacklist is in the scores any stupid question, trader lives in bad area, spelling or grammatical errors or slang in the questions, trader has bad feedback gets them on the list and if a trader with bad feedback bids its bid is removed. Boy do they get pissed off when blacklisted and their bid removed. Selling/Buying a car from Stalkbook is a lottery ticket dodgy buggers are in abundance. The funny thing is they standout like dog balls like piroska's one. You can tell if they are kosher when meeting them. I bought a Royal Enfield off an Indian guy went and looked at the bike said I will take it not going to make any stupid offers. He said take for a ride I said I didnt bring my helmet with me he said use mine. I said no I trust you. Hit buy now on my phone and transferred the money went home got my trailer and took it home. Its still runs well after 5 years. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1489393 | 2022-11-21 07:14:00 | My blacklist is in the scores any stupid question, trader lives in bad area,. How do you tell bad area? This one was Hastings, while it has bad areas, it also has some good ones but it doesn't say which suburb. Likewise Auckland, you get Waitakere, Manukau, North Shore etc.... |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1489394 | 2022-11-21 07:43:00 | Ranui, Otara, Manurewa, just better not to trade with these people. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1489395 | 2022-11-21 07:53:00 | Sent pm Helen. Not sure it went, let me know if you did or didn't get it Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1489396 | 2022-11-21 18:56:00 | Ranui, Otara, Manurewa, just better not to trade with these people. I lived in Ranui. My son does now. But my question was, how would you know, their location isn't listed by suburb, only region. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1489397 | 2022-11-21 19:01:00 | Is the sound only down on the TV ? They all have manual controls, often almost hidden, try manually increasing to full and use the sky to adjust. OR simply buy a universal remote from a local shop, no dodgy sales then. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1489398 | 2022-11-21 19:16:00 | [QUOTE=wainuitech;1319519]Is the sound only down on the TV ? They all have manual controls/QUOTE] Yes. We know. This is aged mum remember, she has enough trouble with controls on remotes, never mind on the TV. WE can do it, she can't. You know what scrolling through the menu and such is like, she ends up taking it off HDMI etc, messing with picture and so on. With the SKY remote, well, we come out and fix things with it often, inc the remote itself Trying to avoid this constant helping her sort it. It's a stupid Brand TV, we tried these remotes, fail. A Schaub Lorenz TV. legacy of my fathers obsession with buying German stuff. She managed OK before she killed the original remote. (Accident with coffee, not discovered for some time) |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1489399 | 2022-11-21 19:17:00 | Sent pm Helen. Not sure it went, let me know if you did or didn't get it Ken :) Thanks, will contact you later. Sad news though, that nice house of yours!! :-( |
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