Trade Me - waiting for payments?

[jasonu]

That is a report to trademe in my book. The dude has made threats, publicly no less.

If trademe wont do anything, email it to the local constabulary and Campbell live at the same time to ensure something gets done.

Campbell Live? That'll show him...

[Drew]

Campbell Live? That'll show him...

Campbell live to say trademe did nothing, and so that anyone who does do something needs to follow it through.

[Maha]

So we are in the market for a tandem Kayak (no don't I need roof racks) and I had one on my watch list yesterday...with nine minutes to go, it was sitting at $527, eventually sold for $803!
Autobids blast things out of the water in a very space of time...We have three more on watch, one is ''Paddles and wheels are not included'' a Kayak without paddles is just a thing. I would not like to be up certain tributary without a certain steering implement iykwim?
All three are sitting on $500 at the moment.

[nallac]

So we are in the market for a tandem Kayak.

might be able to help there... know a person that works in Silverdale making em.....

[superjackal]

I say 7 days. Generally speaking peoples pay cycles are eitther weekly or biweekly so this gives the winning bidder a chance to pay.

Jeez, I haven't been paid anything but monthly for more than 10 years.

[Smifffy]

Jeez, I haven't been paid anything but monthly for more than 10 years.

I had about 5 years out of the last 30 where I was paid weekly. Other than that it's all been monthly. Monthly pay is great too, I can live quite well for a fortnight.

[Maha]

might be able to help there... know a person that works in Silverdale making em.....

I'm listening, after something about 3.9mts.

[Maha]

I currently have an Item on TM, I got a text this morning from number +502 saying ''Email me with your final price'' ma.tommy007@gmail.com

Trick or treat?

I text back saying 'Make an offer'.

[pzkpfw]

I currently have an Item on TM, I got a text this morning from number +502 saying ''Email me with your final price'' ma.tommy007@gmail.com

Trick or treat?

I text back saying 'Make an offer'.

Not that I sell anything on TM (yet), but that stuff really irks me. It's an auction site, so the point is largely about letting people bid what they think the item is worth - good luck; if it's enough (reserve met) and more than someone else bids, you win.

Stuff like asking what the reserve (or "final price") is seems to miss the point. (I've even seen someone "threaten" to bid in small increments until the TM "within 15%" message came up, to "force" the seller to reveal their reserve).


(Also annoying, but off topic, but I'm bored so I'll mention it: is people who mix-up "no reserve" with "starts at $1". As in, someone lists an item starting at $100, with no reserve, basically meaning anyone who bids could own the item; and someone will post to complain about the $100 minimum. Idiots. But seems to be a bit of a TM user-generated thing.)

[nzspokes]

Selling your new bike already?

[rustyrobot]

I currently have an Item on TM, I got a text this morning from number +502 saying ''Email me with your final price'' ma.tommy007@gmail.com

Trick or treat?

I text back saying 'Make an offer'.

I just googled that email address and the results show (along with this page) a site that lists known scammers email addresses: http://www.419scam.org/419-gmail-com.htm

Totally a scam.

[neels]

Idiots. But seems to be a bit of a TM user-generated thing.)

Correct as stated.

There seems to be a large population of idiots on the trademe

[Maha]

I just googled that email address and the results show (along with this page) a site that lists known scammers email addresses: http://www.419scam.org/419-gmail-com.htm

Totally a scam.

Thank you, my sent text has not been replied to so I guess the cans of paint are safe for now.

[Pumba]

We have a car up on TM at the moment. Jess has gotten 3 texts just like that and reported them all to Trade Me. Def a scam.

Based on the responses we have gotten from TM I think they are getting a lot of complaints at the moment.

[rustyrobot]

Yeah my partner sells stuff she makes through another NZ website and they have been dealing with this for ages. The scam seems so silly you wouldn't think people fall for it, but obviously they must since the scammers keep trying.

What they do is:
- Ask for the most expensive item, lots of items, or 'buy now'
- Send you a faked invoice showing (too much) money has been paid by PayPal or bank transfer
- Ask for you to repay the extra by Western Union (often even allowing you to keep a little of the overpayment for your troubles)
- Spend your money on hookers and cocaine.

So - they aren't even interested in your paint Maha. It's your bank account they are after.