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Free Selling on Computers Category @ Trade Me

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Free Selling on Computers Category @ Trade Me
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LMoodkiller on 29/04/2022 - 21:29 trademe.co.nz (132 clicks)
Last edited 29/04/2022 - 21:34

May be targeted, but dont believe so.

From the email:
List your stuff in the 'Computers' category tomorrow and pay no success fees when it sells.*

Things you need to know
• Applies to listings started from 12:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 30 April 2022.
• Discount applies to relists, but only if they are relisted on the day of the promotion.
• Free selling for general item listings within the 'Computers' category only.
• Discount applies to success fees only, any other applicable listing fees still apply.
• This promotion is available to casual sellers only (not in-trade).

*Applies to success fees for casual sellers (not in-trade), on general items listed in the 'Computers' category, from 12:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 30 April 2022. Does not apply to relists after this date and withdrawal fees may apply. Limit of 100 listings applies.

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  • RSTH on 29/04/2022 - 21:37
    +3

    Yup, targeted.

    • Moodkiller on 29/04/2022 - 21:42

      Would make sense as to why this wasn't posted to cheapies yet

  • Plug on 29/04/2022 - 22:43
    +1

    If it's for a specific category or percentage off then it is always targeted.

  • kiwiicheapies on 30/04/2022 - 19:18
    +1

    good timing, last time we tried to sell our old laptop it ended up being some kid who bid on it.. couldn't complete the trade…

    • Moodkiller on 30/04/2022 - 20:27
      +1

      Ironically enough, my most recent computer item also had the same fate.

      • kiwiicheapies on 30/04/2022 - 20:43
        +1

        decided to make it authenticated members only this time and fingers crossed it'll sell

        • The Hound on 30/04/2022 - 21:02
          +3

          Just school break shenanigans. Either rogue bidding or ram raiding.

        • Alan6984 on 30/04/2022 - 23:57
          +2

          I only ever sell to authenticated members, and anyone with less than 95% positive feedback gets booted (bid removed).

          Can't remember when I implemented those policies, but I have only had a couple of TradeMe sales fall through in twenty years out of around 150 successful trades (not a very high volume - only about one every couple of months on average).

          • kiwiicheapies on 01/05/2022 - 01:37
            +1

            @Alan6984: To my knowledge I don't think we've had many people who haven't completed the trade, and also trade me do refund any fees you do pay for listing and success. Maybe with items that littke kids are more attracted to buying might be better to have it as authenticated members only.

            • Alan6984 on 01/05/2022 - 18:20

              @kiwiicheapies: Fair enough - TradeMe is generally pretty good. For me, especially for smaller items, any hitches effectively make it not worthwhile, so I just stick to the above policy. If time is less of a concern, or you are only selling higher value items, then probably not such a big deal.

              • kiwiicheapies on 01/05/2022 - 19:08

                @Alan6984: yeah true. it does waste time to deal with these people. Nowadays we only list on days that have free listing but it can be quite annoying when a user doesn't complete the trade

                • Alan6984 on 01/05/2022 - 21:21
                  +1

                  @kiwiicheapies: Too much hassle for me to do that - I'd have to do them all manually, but at least you save the TM fees which are 10% or thereabouts I think - I just add 10% or so to what I want to get, and if it sells then great, if not, then no big deal. Pretty much everything sells eventually, and sometimes things that are hard to fathom.

                  I sold an old video card a while back, that must have been at least 15 years old, maybe pushing 20 years. I suspect I have had it listed on TM for about ten years, maybe longer, just automatically re-listing every week (at least as long as that option has been available - before that I think it was 'select all', and 'relist' once a week). Out of the blue, someone clicked 'buy now' for $99 (it was $19 start and reserve which itself was ridiculous). They had an old machine running some kind of industrial controller that had its video card die (maybe the on-board graphics was no longer working either or some other issue - I didn't ask).

                  I have to admit that I, literally, laughed out loud when I saw that go for $99.

                  Only issue was sorting through the TM box to find it :-)

                  • The Hound on 03/05/2022 - 21:20

                    @Alan6984: So the listing lasted so long that the item went from trash to a pricey vintage collectable, wow some story to tell your grand kids one day.

                    • Alan6984 on 04/05/2022 - 00:04

                      @The Hound: Basically .. yep!

                      I have an original Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Issue 1 - 48K model) somewhere - that I (my parents) bought in about 1983 to replace my Sinclair ZX81 1K model, but with a 16K (wobbly) RAM Pack (which, unfortunately, I don't think I still have), still in the original box, (not in mint condition, but still in working order last time it was fired up) - pretty sure that is now appreciating in value, but not worth all that much yet :-)

                      I might struggle to program it in Assembly (Machine) Code now, but I'm sure it would come back if I tried, and if not, I might even have my copy of 'Mastering Machine Code' by Toni Baker still. Maybe that is worth more than the computer!

                      I suspect not many primary school kids could program in assembly code nowadays, but in the early eighties it was not at all uncommon.

                      • Huntakillaz on 05/05/2022 - 11:18

                        @Alan6984: Even in the 90's/00's we got taught about assembly only at uni for Compsci c++/c# course but only had 1 assignment for it rest was higher level and object orientated programming.
                        Computing classes didn't exist and programing wasnt taught prior to uni in those decades here.
                        Pretty sure these days its changed from what was 00's, just not as large of a leap.

                        Especially with AI assisted coding emerging that's gonna be interesting.

                        • Alan6984 on 05/05/2022 - 12:01

                          @Huntakillaz: We never had computing classes ever at school (in the eighties) - we all just taught ourselves.

                          • Huntakillaz on 05/05/2022 - 12:06

                            @Alan6984: ahh neat!

                            I know overseas in some European countries programming is part of school from like primary/intermediate.
                            Not sure if its in our current curriculum but it totally should be

                            • Alan6984 on 05/05/2022 - 12:15

                              @Huntakillaz: I agree - at the end of the day, programming is just maths / logic, so if they are getting the maths teaching right, then programming should just drop out of that naturally.

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