Stupid trademe...

[quattro]

Few bike ads have a number in the main text and with the time difference, email is the best thing. I've been trying to set up a Trademe account so I can email sellers. It actually won't let me activate an account because I'm not from NZ or Aus, is what they tell me.

I emailed Trademe and called them c***s but they still wouldn't let me set up the account <_< I tried some tricky stuff and I got the assistance of a helpful kiwi here in Ireland but alas, nothing has worked.

Apparently the only thing left that might work is if someone based in NZ can set up a dummy hotmail account and a dummy trademe account. It's either that or just wait until I'm physically in NZ to set up an account :stupid:

Anyone have any potential alternative solutions?

[insomnia01]

sort it once you get here it'll take 5mins

[Dodgyiti]

Best to wait until your here, then you can get your address authenticated as a lot of traders will not deal with you until you do.

[Oakie]

I emailed Trademe and called them c***s but they still wouldn't let me set up the account
Ahh. I think I see the problem...


Seriously they have good reasons not to allow people outside of our area into TM and I guess they'll be awake to tricky ways of doing it. I also think if you do get someone to be an alias for you, as soon as the seller finds out you're not in this part of the world they are just going to think 'scammer' anyway as we've had so much of that.

[quattro]

Well, my plan is to hit the road as quickly as possible after arriving in Auckland. I'm not interested in using the site in anger in the short term. It's just badly inconvenient if I can't get off the plane even with a shortlist of bikes to go and look at because of Trademe's security policy...

In other words, it's bad luck for me that the big NZ bike site isn't Gumtree or a more general classifieds site.

Ho hum...

[quattro]

Ahh. I think I see the problem...

I actually tried to state me case but they say there's nothing they can do until I get there (I didn't actually call them names!!).


....Seriously they have good reasons not to allow people outside of our area into TM and I guess they'll be awake to tricky ways of doing it. I also think if you do get someone to be an alias for you, as soon as the seller finds out you're not in this part of the world they are just going to think 'scammer' anyway as we've had so much of that.

Fair 'nuff. I don't think TM should be so precious about it. A colleague got a mail from a scammer about a car he's selling just today. It's not a problem unique to NZ. I would have been emailing with the offer of cash on collection.

Here's our big bike site http://www.donedeal.ie/find/motorbikes/for-sale/Ireland/ over 5,500 bike ads and no silly security rules and you'll never believe it- even foreigners can email sellers.

/rant over

[insomnia01]

:violin::violin::violin::violin::violin:

[quattro]

:violin::violin::violin::violin::violin:

Do people you don't know often tell you they hate you?

Nah, I'm just yanking yer chain. Round of applause for I01. He's alright :drinknsin

[yod]

Few bike ads have a number in the main text and with the time difference, email is the best thing. I've been trying to set up a Trademe account so I can email sellers. It actually won't let me activate an account because I'm not from NZ or Aus, is what they tell me.

I emailed Trademe and called them c***s but they still wouldn't let me set up the account <_< I tried some tricky stuff and I got the assistance of a helpful kiwi here in Ireland but alas, nothing has worked.

Apparently the only thing left that might work is if someone based in NZ can set up a dummy hotmail account and a dummy trademe account. It's either that or just wait until I'm physically in NZ to set up an account :stupid:

Anyone have any potential alternative solutions?

I know, they wouldn't let me set up my account from Nigeria either, even after I told them I was a trusted lawyer and had 40 million dollars to give away

Go figure!

[Hoon]

Sorry but unfortunately this is a case of "better that one innocent suffer than a thousand guilty succeed".

[Parlane]

I know, they wouldn't let me set up my account from Nigeria either, even after I told them I was a trusted lawyer and had 40 million dollars to give away

Go figure!

If I give you my life savings, can you send me your 40 million please? You seem very trustworthy, I'm not sure why.

[jonbuoy]

http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/

[skippa1]

Here's our big bike site http://www.donedeal.ie/find/motorbikes/for-sale/Ireland/ over 5,500 bike ads and no silly security rules and you'll never believe it- even foreigners can email sellers.

/rant over

I had a quick look...AWESOME:gob:I saw one bike for sale and he only wanted a cork for it:yes:

[The Pastor]

why don't you try buying from a dealer?

[Little Miss Trouble]

I sold my last bike to a guy who was coming in from Canada. He had a friend in NZ pass on my details, he phoned me up to discuss it about a week before he was due in, the day after he arrived in the country he turned up at my place with cash in hand.

[toebug]

Buy my bike!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=399531902

[Oakie]

I think there are ways it could be done on TM using a third party and making a cash deposit up front but you could end up being the scamee in that case unless you're OK taking that risk.

[avgas]

Buy my bike!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=399531902

What he said.

[Little Miss Trouble]

I can attest to Toebug's bike being very tidy, having a yummy exhaust sound and being a REAL fighter as opposed to the I-crashed-without-insurance-and-couldn't-afford-to-put-my-bike-back-to-stock kind

[dogsnbikes]

I know, they wouldn't let me set up my account from Nigeria either, even after I told them I was a trusted lawyer and had 40 million dollars to give away

Go figure!

I foooking knew it!!!!:Pokey:

and all this time you kept saying your from Canterbury :bash:

[\m/]

Buy my bike!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=399531902
Not usually a fan of hondas, but that is a damn sexy bike.

[imac]

In other words, it's bad luck for me that the big NZ bike site isn't Gumtree or a more general classifieds site

And thank fuck it isn't. Gumtree.....home to scammers, thieves and writers of malicious code sine 2001 (present company excepted of course)

[insomnia01]

Do people you don't know often tell you they hate you?

Nah, I'm just yanking yer chain. Round of applause for I01. He's alright :drinknsin

Mostly Hayabusa owners but I tend to leave them for dead they get over it in time

[quattro]

Sorry but unfortunately this is a case of "better that one innocent suffer than a thousand guilty succeed".

In Ireland, how we deal with scammers is we "ignore" them. Works every time.


http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/

I looked at all four bikes on the site but I didn't like the colour of any of them.


why don't you try buying from a dealer?

The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking I'm happy to buy a cheaper bike in good nick. The one that I most wanted to see was a $4,200 CB1000 Big1 but he had no number on the ad and he said NZ buyers only. I'm assuming there ain't no dealer going to sell you a bike for $4k worth having? That's what it's like here anyway.


I sold my last bike to a guy who was coming in from Canada. He had a friend in NZ pass on my details, he phoned me up to discuss it about a week before he was due in, the day after he arrived in the country he turned up at my place with cash in hand.

I only wish to use the site to do the same. Arrange a deal, see if they can wait until the 1st of Oct or not and pay with cold hard cash...


Buy my bike!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=399531902

It's absolutely perfect... I'll just click 'email seller'.... ...... ...... .. .. .....


I think there are ways it could be done on TM using a third party and making a cash deposit up front but you could end up being the scamee in that case unless you're OK taking that risk.

I'm struggling to come up with a shortlist. I was thinking I might be able to get a mate to email but I'm not comfortable asking someone to send endless emails and finding out every bike has some achilles heel.


Mostly Hayabusa owners but I tend to leave them for dead

You wouldn't be the first!

[Berries]

I'm really asking for help here this is a serious problem to me, guys.
Forget it. Enough complete idiots in New Zealand have sold their car/bike via Trade Me to some guy from China/Malaysia who wanted to pay over the odds with a wire transfer that never actually pans out that I can see why they are nervous about overseas buyers.

Arrive, go to a dealer, buy a bike. The savings you make through Trade Me will be less than you spend on your stopover. I hear Pattaya is quite nice at this time of year. Do you play croquet?

[jonbuoy]

In Ireland, how we deal with scammers is we "ignore" them. Works every time.



I looked at all four bikes on the site but I didn't like the colour of any of them.



The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking I'm happy to buy a cheaper bike in good nick. The one that I most wanted to see was a $4,200 CB1000 Big1 but he had no number on the ad and he said NZ buyers only. I'm assuming there ain't no dealer going to sell you a bike for $4k worth having? That's what it's like here anyway.



I only wish to use the site to do the same. Arrange a deal, see if they can wait until the 1st of Oct or not and pay with cold hard cash...



It's absolutely perfect... I'll just click 'email seller'.... ...... ...... .. .. .....



I'm struggling to come up with a shortlist. I was thinking I might be able to get a mate to email but I'm not comfortable asking someone to send endless emails and finding out every bike has some achilles heel.



You wouldn't be the first!

If you can´t figure out how to search for the other 2000+ bikes for sale on that website your beyond help.

[quattro]

If you can´t figure out how to search for the other 2000+ bikes for sale on that website your beyond help.

Go to MCT- put in a used bike search for a 500cc+ bike from 1990 on priced between $1,000 and $7,500 and filter by highest price first. If you get any less that 2021+ results starting at $75,000 and appearing at random thereafter, I'll buy you a stickie bun.

[jonbuoy]

Their search engine leaves a lot to be desired but it does work with some fiddling around, put 1000 as the lowest price, 7500 as highest then sort results low to high. High to low seems to bring up all the featured bikes even ones outside your price brackets:

http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/UsedItemResults.aspx?N=4294966779+0&Ns=P_PricePOA&No=0

[Drtylilman]

Hey Quatro, a large number of the adds or auctions do have contact numbers listed but I think it only shows up if you are an authenticated member. If you did manage to set up an account you will find that Trademe finds and closes then pretty quickly.

I recently had my little 250 listed and was contacted by someone offshore wanting to purchase my bike and wanted to pay be PayPal. The initial contact sounded very genuine claiming to be a local working offshore but then I get an email from paypal and this email looked exactly like what you might expect to get from PayPal with the Logo, reference numbers and even return address and headers. The dodgy bit was that the email claimed that they were withholding payment until I pay freight charges in advance by Western Union. I told him no sale unless cash on pickup and this was about when the abusive emails started and threats for a bit over a month before he gave up.

Trademe emailed me within days of me receiving that first email that an overseas user may have contacted me via my listing and that their account has been deleted.

There is way too much of this is happening and there seems to be way too many Nigerian princes with millions they need to transfer for Trademe users to be bothered dealing with anyone outside of the country. E-bay is there any way for people who do want to sell stuff off shore.

So unfortunately for you, Trademe is a no go until you get here. Hope it doesn’t put you off coming tho, you will find there are some awesome rides to be had and a great bunch of people to meet. Like some of the others had said check out MCT really crap search engine but there are bikes listed on there also there are bikes listed on this website too somewhere.