Tradme bike selling hates

**scracha** · 29th April 2006, 18:32

How NOT to sell your bike on Trademe (incidently, I think as an auction site it's $hite).

1) Take a blurry photo of your bike with your webcam at 0.1 megapixels
2) Steal a photo off an other internet site.
3) Put in almost no description.
4) Don't tell anybody the mileage, service history, how long you've owned it, why it's for sale or when the WOF expires.
5) Forget to mention the other side (you know, the side of the bike you didn't capture on the webcam) of the bike has been down the road last week.
6) Don't mention the rear tyre is so square the bike stands up without the side-stand (Come to mention it, the bike's an ex-racer so there is no side stand).
7) Start the bidding at $800 even though your reserve is $6000.

and my special pet hates.

8) When a potential bidder asks you a question like, "how many Km has it done?", completely ignore the question and put in an answer like "yeah bro, the engine runs sweet as"
9) Start the bidding at $800 even though your reserve is $6000.
10) Add in keywords that are totally unrelated to your auction. For example, when selling an exhaust for a 93 ZXR400, be sure to cut n' paste the following:
**** Keywords: SUZUKI GSX-R 600 750 1000 GSXR 1300 HAYABUSA TL1000S TL1000R SV 650 1000 BANDIT BURGMAN SKYWAVE YAMAHA T-MAX YZF R1 R6 FZ FZR XJ FJR TZR KAWASAKI ZX6R ZX10R ZX12R ZXR ZX HONDA CBR 600 1000 FIREBLADE VTR1000 FIRESTORM HORNET BLACKBIRD CB VFR FORZA****

**Karma** · 29th April 2006, 18:37

Originally Posted by scracha

Start the bidding at $800 even though your reserve is $6000.

Yeh.. this is the worst I reckon.

Can't see the point of starting bidding below the reserve.

Whenever I sell anything on trademe I always start the bidding at the lowest I'm prepared to take for it... no fucking around.

**T.I.E** · 29th April 2006, 18:39

Originally Posted by Weasel

Yeh.. this is the worst I reckon.

Can't see the point of starting bidding below the reserve.

Whenever I sell anything on trademe I always start the bidding at the lowest I'm prepared to take for it... no fucking around.

oh yeah i so hate that. what is the point?

**Bonez** · 29th April 2006, 18:48

Spot what's wrong with this- http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-55150290.htm

**erik** · 29th April 2006, 18:52

Originally Posted by T.I.E

oh yeah i so hate that. what is the point?

What's wrong with it?

Set the start low and your reserve where you want it, then people can bid as much as they want, if it doesn't meet your reserve then you at least get an idea of what people are willing to pay.

**James Deuce** · 29th April 2006, 18:55

How about placing a winning bid at the buy now price and then withdrawing because your Mum won't lend you the money?

Happened to me twice with two different bikes at exactly the same time.

**Ixion** · 29th April 2006, 19:06

Originally Posted by erik

What's wrong with it?

Set the start low and your reserve where you want it, then people can bid as much as they want, if it doesn't meet your reserve then you at least get an idea of what people are willing to pay.

This is a valid point in some cases. Where an item is an unusual one, which the seller has no certain idea of what it will fetch. He hopes for , say, $2000, but is unsure if the market will deliver that. Perhaps it may only value his item at $1000 - or something in between. If he sets reserve of $1000, he may end up being forced to sell for less than he wishes (he may wish to keep it at that price). If he sets the reserve at $2000 he maybe gets no bids, and has no idea where to move to.

If he starts at $1000 and sets a reserve of $2000, he may perhaps end up with bids of $1700, and may then decide if he wishes to keep it , to accept the slightly lower price (by a fixed price offer, or relisting). But the ones where the discrepancy is absurd are annoying.

I wish that Trademe allowed one to enter a bid under start price - indicating "I am interested, but think your figure too high - if it does not sell at your price perhaps we can negoitiate"

The "show only one side" does annoy me. Especially when there are three photos of one side, showing much the same thing - and none of the other.

It is also annoying when the seller does not specify the rego and wof status. And the ones who say "No WoF, but it will fly through". Uh huh, in that case why would you not get a WoF? Tis only $25 or so. Understand if it's a cheapo - "just want shut of it" deal. But usually it isn't.

**paturoa** · 29th April 2006, 19:08

how about

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-54410162.htm

????

**Ixion** · 29th April 2006, 19:10

Yours is different. It is a fixed price, and has a contact phone number. So any questions can be resolved simply.

**gav** · 29th April 2006, 19:18

Re GS, good ad, but why not list it as an auction?

My personal pet peeve is auctions that met reserve and then get withdrawn before the auction ends! I see Trade Me will now charge extra for sellers who do this but bloody dishonest when this happens. Also sometimes you lose an auction and then you get it offered to you? So the highest bid has been withdrawn maybe?
Personally I will always start an auction lower than my reserve, this is generally how auctions operate, been to Turners? You do have the option to offer the item to bidders/watchers and can review your price accordingly.
One thing that annoys me is people who offer you the item higher than what there reserve was.
If your going to start your auction at the reserve price, do you advertise it as a no reserve auction?

**Ixion** · 29th April 2006, 19:20

Originally Posted by gav

..My personal pet peeve is auctions that met reserve and then get withdrawn before the auction ends! I see Trade Me will now charge extra for sellers who do this but bloody dishonest when this happens.,,

I've had this happen several times. I consider it totally dishonest.

**hXc** · 29th April 2006, 19:20

I hate people saying breaks!
Only one side in the photos.
No photos.
People who don't answer questions.

**nudemetalz** · 29th April 2006, 19:25

Originally Posted by Bonez

Spot what's wrong with this- http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-55150290.htm

ummm,....a K3 should be a 1972 model?
And the "exhaust" is hideous !!!

**Gremlin** · 29th April 2006, 19:27

Originally Posted by gav

Also sometimes you lose an auction and then you get it offered to you? So the highest bid has been withdrawn maybe?

either withdrawn or the dick either doesn't want it, or decides he wants it before he pays. Either way, a time wasting wanker (who often fights to win the auction as well), and you hope by offering it a bit lower than the next highest bid that someone genuine will accept.

Another pet hate would be pictures that are not only small or blurred, but also not rotated to a normal angle... it ain't hard. Turning your head is a pain, and laptop screens especially don't give you the same quality.

**Back Fire** · 29th April 2006, 19:46

Originally Posted by scracha

10) Add in keywords that are totally unrelated to your auction. For example, when selling an exhaust for a 93 ZXR400, be sure to cut n' paste the following:
**** Keywords: SUZUKI GSX-R 600 750 1000 GSXR 1300 HAYABUSA TL1000S TL1000R SV 650 1000 BANDIT BURGMAN SKYWAVE YAMAHA T-MAX YZF R1 R6 FZ FZR XJ FJR TZR KAWASAKI ZX6R ZX10R ZX12R ZXR ZX HONDA CBR 600 1000 FIREBLADE VTR1000 FIRESTORM HORNET BLACKBIRD CB VFR FORZA****

OMG!! you have no idea how much that pisses me off.... it drives me crazy