TradeMe pisses me off

[sil3nt]

Sold two things on trademe with a clear "buyer must pick up". Get a question about shipping to Auckland. Seen as it was only a jacket that could be stuffed in a bag i think sure why not. So they buy it and ask how much. After telling them the price there is no contact for a week. Then today they say they are going to the snow and want to pick it up on the way down after we have already paid for the shipping

Also sold some snowboarding boots to someone in Rotorua. Again with buyer must pick up. Except they thought we were in Auckland as they had someone there who could them pick up. Now have to have weeks for them to come get them. At least this person has paid.

Trademe should be simple. I don't know why people have to make it so difficult.

And then i purchased a book i needed for class. Used pay now on Thursday (midday) thinking it would be couried on Friday and would arrive Monday in time for my class. They tell me on Friday it will be sent on Monday and will arrive Tuesday. It arrives Thursday I thought using pay now from a company that sells books for a living would speed things up. Apparently not.

/Rant

[slofox]

Trademe should be simple. I don't know why people have to make it so difficult.

'coz they's THICK is why...and bogans as well no doubt...

[crazyhorse]

Some peeps just want everything ............

[sil3nt]

Some peeps just want everything ............

Yep things to work as they should!

[onearmedbandit]

I'm confused. Are you angry with Trademe or with a couple of muppets?

[crazyhorse]

Yep things to work as they should!

But they don't think like you or I.............. or it would be a perfect world

[sil3nt]

I'm confused. Are you angry with Trademe or with a couple of muppets?

Muppets that use trademe! I guess i could also be angry with trademes stupid fees but we all know about that.

[The Everlasting]

Yeah there's a huge number of muppets on trade me,thankfully you can get back your success fees,there are a lot of clowns that press buy now on auctions,and never pay for it.

[Stirts]

there are a lot of clowns that press buy now on auctions,and never pay for it.

Well they are not very funny clowns then are they!

[dogsnbikes]

Muppets that use trademe!

Like the ones that bitch and moan because you won thier $1 reserve auction for $1 and then won't talk too you because they believe you should've paid more .......

[neels]

Yep, usually the first question on trademe is asking for a buy now price, the second is some muppet that can't read asking how much to ship to the other end of the country. When I'm selling something I now put this in the text

********Buyer must pick up**********

so that hopefully all but the terminally stupid get the message.

Having said that, my last 3 trademe transactions have been mint. Buying/selling 2 cars and a bike, classified ads not auctions and all of them were listed one day, sold the next with no dramas at all. There are some intelligent people using trademe you just have to hope you get them instead of the morons.

[sil3nt]

Like the ones that bitch and moan because you won thier $1 reserve auction for $1 and then won't talk too you because they believe you should've paid more .......

I did $1 reserve once. Sold for $1. I even took it around to the guy who only had a $2 coin! But don't tell trademe they will want their fees for the extra $1

[Gremlin]

the pisser with $1 auctions is that trademe takes 50c!

[T.W.R]

Best ones are those that ask if you can remove an auction for them so they can buy the item when they get the money together ha yeah right

[ynot slow]

Sold some boots to guy in Dunedin,in auction stated $10 in Nth Island,$15 Sth Island plus extra rural as most do,cost me $12.50 post and guy said you charged $15 and cost $12.50 blah blah.told him the fact was last items sent varied from $12.50-$17.50 and I didn't bleat to seller,so harden up.