Trademe bidders who pull out.

[Grub]

But when you place an auction, it says:
The 'Sports' category incurs a listing fee of $19.00.
A success fee of up to $39 will apply if the auction meets reserve.

Then they are bound by that under the Fair Trading Act. You bought the service for the fee stated, they cannot charge more.

[Mully]

He wont pay, and I don't see how a bad feedback will hurt him that much. *cough*Unless it's like KB Bling*cough*

Remove his bid, and blacklist the fucker, that way he can't participate in your auctions ever again. That's what I normally do when I get a timewaster

[Grub]

I don't see how a bad feedback will hurt him that much.

I guess that depends on future traders with him/her. I don't know about you but we always check the feedback of someone we're dealing with. Negative feedback completely changes how we deal with that trader. I believe therefore it matters - a lot.

You're right, he/she won't pay but then 2000BUSA knows that already He's got nothing to loose by letting it run and achieves even less if he stuffs around with his auction.

[Mully]

I guess that depends on future traders with him/her. I don't know about you but we always check the feedback of someone we're dealing with. Negative feedback completely changes how we deal with that trader. I believe therefore it matters - a lot.

You're right, he/she won't pay but then 2000BUSA knows that already He's got nothing to loose by letting it run and achieves even less if he stuffs around with his auction.

Yeah, but people can feedback on feedback "My son bidded without my knowledge, sorry" plus you don't see the value of the auction after a couple of months.

Plus then you have to fuck around with TM to get a refund of the outrageous fees they charge. Not worth the hassle IMO. Remove the bid and blacklist the fucktard.

[Wiki Drifter]

Plus you dont have to put up with all the idiot questions, "does it wheelie?" "is it a 2 or 4 stroke?" "does it have powerbands?" "wl u trd 4 my badaz 323 wiv tints?" and so forth.

My favourite: "top speed?"

[awayatc]

A little of topic,, but still
We all know Trademe has new owners.....hope they dont keep charching these fees...

Not only that....You try to get some help from TM when you have a problem....
You can NOT reply to their e-mails, The only "help" they give is the advise to go to the small claims tribunal.....
TM is only interested in revenue gathering, you only get your "ad" for your money.....You are on your own in everything that does eventuate as a result of that ad......

[El Dopa]

blacklist the fucker

Interesting - didn't realise you could do that to trademe idiots.

'Sold' my old bike about 10-11 days ago to a guy who hit 'buy now' about two hours after I listed it. I've been chasing him to arrange a handover time ever since. 'Oh, soon, i'll contact you soon. I need to sort out the money. Is the bike ok to ride?'

Uh, it's in the state I described it, in the auction you bid on....y'know, when you agreed to buy it? What part of 'ask questions before you bid' did you not understand?

Gave the guy a deadline for arranging a handover, and now he's gone quiet.

Was talking to one of the mechanics at Holeshot a couple of days ago, and it turns out that this same TM user did the same thing to him - agreed to buy, came and looked at the bike, and then went 'oh, it's not really what I was looking for'.

If he doesn't come to the party by the deadline, I'll name and shame.

The most irritating thing about it is that now Trademe is chasing me for a 'success' fee, and I've wasted nearly two weeks.

[CookMySock]

yeah I got first a dismayed and then an annoyed look for pulling out early the other day too

DB

[RantyDave]

Yeah but... do you want your bike going to an asshole?

Who gives a shit? It's a machine - it's money - it's a simple transaction. I don't give the first flying fuck who buys it, not like I'm selling one of my children, is it?

Dave

[Mully]

Interesting - didn't realise you could do that to trademe idiots.

The most irritating thing about it is that now Trademe is chasing me for a 'success' fee, and I've wasted nearly two weeks.

Yep, it's in My Trade Me/My Blacklist. You just enter his TM ID and he's gone. It's what I do to the fuckwits who fuck me around with the car. There are now three names on my list.

Give him bad feedback now, and request a refund from TM - you only have a certain amount of time to claim a refund before they tell you to fuck off. You will get a note in your feedback "This member was the seller, but the trade was not completed" or some such, and the money credited to your account.

not like I'm selling one of my children, is it?

Shit, I think I've finally found a reason to have children. Sell them. Thanks Dave.

[mowgli]

The most irritating thing about it is that now Trademe is chasing me for a 'success' fee, and I've wasted nearly two weeks.

Don't shag around waiting. Soon after the close TM won't refund success fees - it's in the small print. This caught me out when I gave a belligerent buyer a week too long

[Conquiztador]

Someone asks for their bid to be removed on TM. Do so. You keep them there and they win. And then what? They don't want it, you have to stuff around with refund from TM (takes around a week). And to take them to Small Claims is a waste of time.

Remove their bid, blacklist them, and your auction is still good.

I have asked for my bids to be removed too. Was all keen when I did the bidding, but then life changes on me and not much I can do about it.

And re the red reps: You give them a red one. And you get a red one back. Brilliant...

Remove bid and life still goes on.

[Conquiztador]

"Authenticated members can request their bid to be removed by contacting the seller using the question and answer feature at the bottom of the auction page.

If requested within reasonable notice from the close of the auction, the seller is obliged to remove your bid"

[Beemer]

I only had a $1 reserve on a hand-held vacuum cleaner and the damned thing didn't get any higher bids so I lost 50c in success fees. I knew the guy who bought it and as he worked for a courier company and I could send it to him care of work free of charge, I sent the goods to him before getting the money because, hey, it's only $1 anyway. Weeks later he still hadn't sent the money so I reminded him. Reckoned the dog ate the envelope... A week later I got said envelope in the mail - the torn bit had been taped up and the envelope was empty. I know it's only $1 but it's the principle -he's got something that works and was posted within a week of him winning the auction, and I've got nothing. He had 100% good feedback so it pisses me off greatly!

[awayatc]

I know what you mean, and how you feel .....
However it always makes me feel a lot better to remind myself that I only have to deal with the likes of him once.....
But tossers like that have to live with themselves for the rest of their miserable lives.....How could you dish out a punishment that beats that?.....

It all comes out in the wash......