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Thread ID: 49239	2004-09-13 09:48:00	[OT] Trademe	Lohsing (219)	Press F1

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272083	2004-09-14 06:08:00	> I am not 100% certain about Trademe but Ebay has had this feature for a > long time . I think Trademe have had it longer than "very recently" though . I was a trademe member when the auto bid feature was first introduced (my current membership was registered in June 2001) . The way it operates now, if Lo's summation of it is correct, is not how the auto bid feature used to work . At the end of the day, if users don't like it as it is, it will show up in the site stats and it will be changed or, you would hope that's how they operate their business . :) Cheers Murray P	Murray P (44)
272084	2004-09-14 06:12:00	I think they would be lookin at the bank balance rather then the site stats,if they have less traffic but more revenue they they have a win-win situation. Thats excluding the users view on it of course,which seems to be inline with their attitude.I cant see a single user who understood the point being made being happy with it.	metla (154)
272085	2004-09-14 07:03:00	>> TradeMe have had this in place for a long long >> time. > > Absolutely not true. I've been bidding on numerous > auctions and have 100% positive feedback over 97 > auctions. > > This is something which has been instigated very > recently and without warning. > > Lo. Sorry Lo but my statement is a fact (and thanks george for backing me up). I will say this again - they have been doing it for a long time. Trust me on this one. Why don't you ask the authority (www.trademe.co.nz) on this? **awaits more rabid anti-TradeMe rants**	andrew93 (249)
272086	2004-09-14 07:55:00	> People who bid just under the reserve are time > wasting tyre kickers. > They should show some maturity and moral fibre. Care to explain how you reach that conclusion? Lo.	Lohsing (219)
272087	2004-09-14 08:03:00	> Sorry Lo but my statement is a fact (and thanks > george for backing me up) . I will say this again - > they have been doing it for a long time . Trust me on > this one . Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-Trademe per se, I just don't like the way they run their business . Just take a look at their Discuss New Features ( . trademe . co . nz/structure/messageboard/show_threads . asp?topic=14" target="_blank">www . trademe . co . nz) message board . What's laughable is this ( . trademe . co . nz/structure/messageboard/show_messages . asp?id=2061199&threadid=2061199" target="_blank">www . trademe . co . nz) thread where ppl discuss the removal of "Sell in this category" without notice . Whether or not you agree with me, it is clear that Trademe make a point of using their advantage of being the largest player in the market to change the rules to suit themselves however they want . . . . Clear exanmple is of the 24 active topics currently, the moderators have chosen to respond to 1 . At this stage, it seems it's Murray and I against George and you on this point?? I take exception to the "rabid anti-Trademe" remark as well . I'm clear in that I'm not anti-Trademe, and that I'm calling it as I see it . You have to distinguish between the product/service on offer and the people running it . I think the Trademe system is a great system, but I think the people running it let it down . Lo .	Lohsing (219)
272088	2004-09-14 09:06:00	> Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-Trademe per se, I > just don't like the way they run their business . Just > take a look at their > Discuss New Features ( . trademe . co . nz/structure/messageboard/s" target="_blank">www . trademe . co . nz > ow_threads . asp?topic=14) > message board . I understand and accept that there is a lot of negativity towards TradeMe - I tend to defend it because I don't have a problem with TradeMe and IMHO the criticism (not from you) is usually based on a "tall poppy" syndrome rather than facts . > What's laughable is > this ( . trademe . co . nz/structure/messageboard/s" target="_blank">www . trademe . co . nz > ow_messages . asp?id=2061199&threadid=2061199) > thread where ppl discuss the removal of "Sell in this > category" without notice . I read Sam's comment (T/Me owner) and can understand his point of view . It's a business . I have no doubt their interface will change - I'll bet that in 2 years time it will look completely different to how it does now . Its' normal . > Whether or not you agree with me, it is clear that > Trademe make a point of using their advantage of > being the largest player in the market to change the > rules to suit themselves however they want . . . . Clear > exanmple is of the 24 active topics currently, the > moderators have chosen to respond to 1 . T/Me are not alone in this (not that I am defending that) and my recommendation to anyone that is unhappy is to vote with your feet (or your mouse) and take your business elsewhere . No disrespect intended - it's what I readily do when I am unhappy with a service . :) > At this stage, it seems it's Murray and I against > George and you on this point?? It looks like that but I'd rather have a healthy debate than a flame war and I still stand behind my original post which was in answer to your original post . ;) > I take exception to the "rabid anti-Trademe" remark > as well . I'm clear in that I'm not anti-Trademe, and > that I'm calling it as I see it . Please accept my apologies Lo - it wasn't intended for you and I'm sorry if you took it that way - you are not rabid in your posts like some anti-T/Me people on PF1 (no prizes for guessing who) . :D > You have to distinguish between the product/service > on offer and the people running it . I think the > Trademe system is a great system, but I think the > people running it let it down . I agree the T/Me staff sometimes leave a lot to be desired but they will improve with time - their staff numbers have exploded in the past 2 years and there are a number of new faces there . Give them time and they will sort out their inexperienced staff - much like any other business that is experiencing growing pains . BTW - whenever I defend a point on T/Me (such as autobid) the reference point is changed (to "sell in this category" or something else) and the debate tends to go nowhere . So I won't be debating this topic any more unless it is to do with your original post (autobid) and please take my word that there was no offence intended Lo . Andrew . :)	andrew93 (249)
272089	2004-09-14 12:01:00	> That's okay, Pressf1 is half psychologist office > anyhow . I like guns and playing with matches by the > way . > What, about coedex, semetex, and all that other good stuff, napalm is fun .	drb1 (4492)
272090	2004-09-14 12:06:00	> > BTW, drb1 you are never going to quit are you? No, As stated, opportunities, but I will try to change the words if not the tune though, and I wont tell nellies.	drb1 (4492)
272091	2004-09-14 12:22:00	Forgive me while I do a wee thread hijack here to sympathise with you big-city types & blow a trumpet for one of the advantages of living in smaller places . Murray: Re real estate agents & car dealers . . Greedy or shonky businesses don't last long once local gossip names them that way . Recently I sold a house in Dunedin . I chose a long-established real estate agent from those whom friends recommended . . (Nice guy: did a good job - as I expected) Right now I'm buying a second- hand vehicle long-distance from a car dealer in my other stamping ground, small-town Central Otago . I've never met him . He's sent me pics by email & a motor-mad relative has just test-driven for me . It goes for a WoF tomorrow . When the dealer emails me that it's passed, I'm planning to pay him immediately via Internet banking, so that it can be driven to Dunedin for me at the weekend . Obviously, I trust my relative's opinion of the car, but the point I'm making is that I believe I can trust this unknown car dealer . He wouldn't last long in a small town unless his reputation was good . But I wouldn't take those chances in the big bad city . You metropolitan dwellers have my sympathy . P . S . Metla: Mr Laura has done your washing trick also . When shown the error of his ways, he complained that I was obviously washing his clothes too soon, if he couldn't see enough grime to realise that basket held dirty washing . (Would've been a good excuse if I hadn't pointed out that I made my choice by smell)	Laura (43)
272092	2004-09-14 12:45:00	Laura, Rural dwellers have a very deserved distrust of large city people, you also drive out your Rats quickly . Hence citys have a large population of Rats and Fools . Rural dwellers need mail order facilities, They need a good Etailer, "Oneway" has the potential to be this, unless T/m changes its ways, it will never be this .	drb1 (4492)
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