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| Thread ID: 84580 | 2007-11-10 22:40:00 | Screwed on/by trademe | motorbyclist (188) | PC World Chat |
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| 610389 | 2007-11-10 22:40:00 | i had serveral auctions up, two were selling old trailers and funds were going to local scout group, one was my old bike where i got screwed by an uninsured driver. a bidder (greyp) bids buynow amount on a trailer. i realise buynow is probably too low, and want to get as much as i can for the scouts, so tell him i wont break rules and withdraw listing for him. i remove bid on request, but do not reinstate buynow. i had a topic on TM asking what others would do and they agreed with me, saying we both made mistakes. 10 minutes later, both trailer and bike auction are closed by trademe, along with that thread he reports the bike listing for two things; get a warning for giving details: i gave my phone number so people could view. trademe allows details in motor section, but apparently only in a particular way. sure i got people trying to make deals, but i stuck to the rules and even made comments saying i would let auction run and to stop asking for bits. it is "listed in wrong category - there is no "wrecks" category, so i put it in parts/engines as that was all that was really valuable and undamaged. so god knows what happened there, but got it closed and the bike auction had 40 watchers! (and that's after assuming 10 of them were friends) the trailer is closed, because i offered to fill it with firewood for $50, which would not affect success fee at all. then 10 minutes later the auction opens, the bidder had his questions removed, the comment about firewoood removed, along with my comment linking to that thread, but left all my other comments which make me look like a retard answering questions that aren't there. thread is gone. i try to contact TM about this, but it seems while they can instantly close auctions, it takes over a day to get an email response and i cannot simply reply to the email saying the auctions were closed. $1.99 a minute plus gst to call them, so flag that. www.trademe.co.nz i've been royally screwed by the bidder, and trademe rules/attitude and i know i'm assuming it was that greyp causing this, but the timing is too close for chance. |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 610390 | 2007-11-10 22:56:00 | Uh, If I was the buyer I would be pissed off, and its no surprise that Trademe acted after being notified and looking at your other auction. | Metla (12) | ||
| 610391 | 2007-11-10 23:04:00 | My only comment is this: the auction should never have been pulled after a bid was made. | Myth (110) | ||
| 610392 | 2007-11-10 23:13:00 | It would seem you need to speak to george12, he has learnt some lessons of late | plod (107) | ||
| 610393 | 2007-11-10 23:24:00 | Uh, If I was the buyer I would be pissed off next time he should use the buynow button shouldn't he? i don't agree with how he nor TM handled this at all. My only comment is this: the auction should never have been pulled after a bid was made. the bike auction also had a healthy flow of bids - was going to close tomorrow evening too! |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 610394 | 2007-11-10 23:26:00 | well, i've txted the bike buyers who had contacted me to tell them what had happened. if trademe wont be putting up the bike auction again let's just say they won't be seeing that auction again, and the next two bikes to be sold (waiting on parts) will be going on sellmefree and the T&E alongside TM, will say "right to withdraw" like everyone else does and if TM doesnt like it i won't be at such a loss EDIT: just had a look at sellmefree, and frankly, the TM website is so much better and easier - if only they weren't such bastards and fees weren't so high |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 610395 | 2007-11-10 23:31:00 | TardMe have a healthy list of people who've been screwed by their systems and management. Check Scambusters (http://scambusters.co.nz/). |
Greg (193) | ||
| 610396 | 2007-11-10 23:44:00 | well, i've txted the bike buyers who had contacted me to tell them what had happened. if trademe wont be putting up the bike auction again let's just say they won't be seeing that auction again, and the next two bikes to be sold (waiting on parts) will be going on sellmefree and the T&E alongside TM, will say "right to withdraw" like everyone else does and if TM doesnt like it i won't be at such a loss EDIT: just had a look at sellmefree, and frankly, the TM website is so much better and easier - if only they weren't such bastards and fees weren't so high Have you considered Zillion? The prospective buyers list isn't nearly as big as TradeMe's (and nothing else is, anyway) but the website is certainly simpler & cleaner than TM. I've not been a seller - on any of them - but buy books from both. Zillion's automated system is newer & simpler to operate. The joining fee is $10 |
Laura (43) | ||
| 610397 | 2007-11-11 00:02:00 | It would seem you need to speak to george12, he has learnt some lessons of late Nah, TradeMe's nice to me now, they make too much money off me to annoy me :D (that's my theory, they might not care at all). They now actually TELL me when I do something wrong so I can fix it instead of silently pulling auctions. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 610398 | 2007-11-11 04:47:00 | Nah, TradeMe's nice to me now, they make too much money off me to annoy me :D (that's my theory, they might not care at all). They now actually TELL me when I do something wrong so I can fix it instead of silently pulling auctions. :annoyed: |
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