Gosh, tardme is expensive

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/help/18/fee...ulator#general

I sold an item on a $1 reserve waiting for the bidding frenzy so I could cash up and ditch my boring life here and move to London and live with Rachel Khoo (oooh errrr). Sold for $1.50 so that plan went down the lav.

but a $0.50c "Success" fee meant that I had paid more than 30% to tardme.... plus the listing fee and fees for extra photos.

I did selll something I was going to chuck in the dumpster for $50 though so there's that.

Such a lottery.

[Gremlin]

Pah, sold an old mobile years ago in the same situation, only it sold for $1... 50c success fee (so that bottom end is still the same) so again... 50c "profit". The sending cost something like $8 Felt good for not dumping etc, but for 50c it really wasn't worth it.

TM knows they have a huge base of visitors, and use that to justify the expense as you can't get so many potential buyers elsewhere. However, watch for the likes of AutoTrader and RealEstate trying to steal back some of their respective markets by being cheaper.

[MVnut]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/help/18/fee...ulator#general

I sold an item on a $1 reserve waiting for the bidding frenzy so I could cash up and ditch my boring life here and move to London and live with Rachel Khoo (oooh errrr). Sold for $1.50 so that plan went down the lav.

but a $0.50c "Success" fee meant that I had paid more than 30% to tardme.... plus the listing fee and fees for extra photos.

I did selll something I was going to chuck in the dumpster for $50 though so there's that.

Such a lottery.

.............Rachel Khoo.....you do have good taste, despite what the rest of KB says

[Scuba_Steve]

Be nice to see another site take off as TradeMe's inflated fees has artificially inflated cost of items & made somethings effectively non-saleable.

[MVnut]

And the continual 2 minute buying time extension is crap, ebay is better......also killed T&E paper which was good fun getting up early for bargains

[oldrider]

so I could cash up and ditch my boring life here and move to London and live with Rachel Khoo (oooh errrr).

Showing my age here .... had to look up Rachel Khoo! In a word ... Yes!

[unstuck]

Plus one on the Rachel Kooh and T&E.

[JimO]

i have a car on the Tard at the moment and have been contacted by a nice gentleman who is doing humanitarian work in the Philippines, he says he wants to buy my car and will even give me a $500 tip for sorting out the shipping with his shipping agent, im just waiting on the money transfer now to my paypal acc

[Virago]

Those who believe that TradeMe fees are too high, should find another way to sell their stuff. Don't grizzle - walk.

[Voltaire]

Those who believe that TradeMe fees are too high, should find another way to sell their stuff. Don't grizzle - walk.

awwww....I was going to trot out the standard KB line bugger....

I agree Mr HDC but as the saying goes " it might be crooked poker game but its the only game in town"

Yeah I used to get up early for the T and E ...first in with the cash wins.

Then you get the " your account is cranky" Fairfax's idea of being with it I suppose.

[Berries]

Those who believe that TradeMe fees are too high, should find another way to sell their stuff. Don't grizzle - walk.

The wife's V5 Golf is for sale if anyone is interested. Get in quick before it goes on TM and you miss a bargain.

[nodrog:Me]

The wife's V5 Golf is for sale if anyone is interested. Get in quick before it goes on TM and you miss a bargain.

is it free?

[Erelyes]

Be nice to see another site take off as TradeMe's inflated fees has artificially inflated cost of items & made somethings effectively non-saleable.

Pity that Wheedle was a load of rubbish

[Oakie]

Showing my age here .... had to look up Rachel Khoo! In a word ... Yes!

You looked up Rachel Khoo? Never figured you for an 'up-skirt' guy John. (To tell the truth, I had to Google her too.)

[Akzle]

The wife's V5 Golf is for sale if anyone is interested. Get in quick before it goes on TM and you miss a bargain.

five bucks and a bag of chips!

Just send it up to kss, im going to get my man robbo to give the suspenders a choon, then ill bring down the gear, he can pay you, ill pay him in weed, and we'll all be sweet