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Free Selling on General Items, Cars & Motorbikes (Some Exclusions Apply) @ Trade Me

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Free Selling on General Items, Cars & Motorbikes (Some Exclusions Apply) @ Trade Me
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bigcheese on 06/09/2023 - 12:21 trademe.co.nz (265 clicks)
Last edited 08/09/2023 - 08:28

Things you need to know

General items:

  • This promotion is available to casual sellers only (not in-trade).
  • Applies to general item listings only.
  • Discount applies to success fees only, any other applicable listing fees still apply.
  • Relists started on Saturday 9 September 2023 are included, but relists after this date are not. Only applies for the first listing period.
  • Car parts are included, however large machinery listed in the 'Business, farming and industry' category are not (e.g. tractors and trailers).

Motors:

  • This promotion is available to casual sellers only (not RMVT registered, and lists less than 10 vehicles in any 12 month period).
  • Applies to used car and motorbike listings on a basic listing type only.
  • Relists after 90 days aren't included. Only applies to used car listings created on Saturday 9 September.
  • Applies only to cars and motorbikes (not to other vehicle types, e.g. campervans and boats).
  • This offer is non-transferable.

¹Discount applies to success fees for casual sellers (not in-trade), on general items listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 9 September 2023. Only applies for the first listing period. Does not apply to relists after this date and withdrawal fees may apply. Limit of 100 listings applies.

²Applies to used car and motorbike listings on a basic listing type listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 9 September 2023. This promotion is for casual sellers only (not RMVT registered, and lists less than 10 vehicles in any 12 month period), and is non-transferable.

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  • lNomNoml on 06/09/2023 - 13:54
    +3

    also for someone who just got scammed on Trademe, make sure the seller is well known, and/or uses ping, scammers are rampant it seems.

    • Senior Mouse on 06/09/2023 - 14:48

      Sorry to hear, how did the scam work?

      • bilberry on 06/09/2023 - 14:54
        +1

        Bank transfer, not sending goods, account banned, that's it

        • RockCartel on 06/09/2023 - 15:03
          +4

          And Trademe are no help.
          Happened with a seller who had 100+ positive feedback.

          • Senior Mouse on 06/09/2023 - 15:23
            +3

            @RockCartel: I've seen people get scammed as sellers too:

            Sells an item to a reseller (highlysuspect)
            Reseller says it's broken and they want to return it OR WILL POST BAD FEEDBACK (they don't care about theirs because they have over 1000 trades so won't change %)
            They send it back, and the internals have been swapped
            Seller can't prove it

            • Huntakillaz on 06/09/2023 - 16:26
              +1

              @Senior Mouse: This is why I started to take photos and videos of items working (unless its new & sealed) because any dispute then I have proof that before I sent it, it worked.
              Now it's not fool proof but at least better than no proof,

              And for facebook, never send/exchange until the money is in my account, had one guy a few years ago, use one of those fake banking apps to show he made the transaction but because we were same bank and it didn't show in the next 3-5 mins I told them "No they have to wait till i see the money before i give the goods), told them they can wait around outside or comeback, they went and sat in their car and drove off, the money never came.

              For items $500+ i just say I'll meet them at the local bank if its cash they want to pay by. No if's/buts, sure i might lose a sale or two but at least it deters scammers and if they're ballsy to do it in the bank, well at least there's captured footage and stuff.

              Also being detailed in your listing helps from the changed mind "oh but I thought" instances

    • n908671 on 06/09/2023 - 16:09

      Facebook marketplace is worse. I listed a mens jacket for sale. Within 30 mins I got one message from soneone in Bolivia and two messages from rather attractive women where english is not their first language.

      • kfr23 on 06/09/2023 - 17:14
        +2

        It's really easy to spot them though, and even easier to just ignore them

    • Jaqqour on 07/09/2023 - 18:01
      +1

      Sorry you got scammed :( it is rampant, every 4th or so used steam deck (currently) or last gen gpu (earlier this year) that you look at would get an email from trade me within 24h that the listing viewed was removed due to suspected fraud, this was not even limited to stupid cheap listings where its a bit more obvious something was not right. While its mostly old accounts that have been hacked, last feedback from 5 years ago etc (which raises caution flags if the price didn't) its also been a few accounts with many recent trades. Like you say I would require ping for any purchase of value, seems common in the questions that people ask for ping to be added as a form of protection now.

  • Fox419 on 06/09/2023 - 23:07

    I haven't sold anything in forever but finally upgraded my PC and figured could be good to flip the old one on TM.

    Question, if I am doing a one off sale, is after pay or ping options to offer buys or just stick with bank deposit/cash?

    • kfr23 on 06/09/2023 - 23:12

      Either one is going to result in a extra fee for you unless the buyer covers it. It can make dealing with payments easier though.

    • Huntakillaz on 07/09/2023 - 08:42

      You can always put a comment on your auction that your happy to do either as long as the buyer is happy to pay the fees for it.

      • kiwical on 07/09/2023 - 08:45

        Although Trade Me (and the buyer) won't like that. You can't add additional fees to the final price, after it has sold……

        • Huntakillaz on 07/09/2023 - 09:25

          but its automated so you need to adjust the auction to include those if a buyer is willing, before it closes.
          I've done it before this way, but not sure how you do it after auction closes?

    • zbrakk on 07/09/2023 - 15:21

      I like that ping means less mucking around, you know they are genuine buyers quicker as they often pay immediately. Don't have to wait for bank payments to clear and I also don't really use cash. As a buyer, I would rather use ping as there is purchase protection so if there are two similar auctions but only one has ping I would go for that one. Wouldn't worry about afterpay personally, tried it on a couple of bigger ticket items but no one ever used it, and the fees are quite high from memory

  • AssociatedCheapooo @ Trade Me on 08/09/2023 - 08:11

    is there a limit like 100 auctions like usual?

    • bigcheese on 08/09/2023 - 08:13
      +1

      Yes, same as usual.
      I’ve added the following to the post description.

      ¹Discount applies to success fees for casual sellers (not in-trade), on general items listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 9 September 2023. Only applies for the first listing period. Does not apply to relists after this date and withdrawal fees may apply. Limit of 100 listings applies.

      ²Applies to used car and motorbike listings on a basic listing type listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 9 September 2023. This promotion is for casual sellers only (not RMVT registered, and lists less than 10 vehicles in any 12 month period), and is non-transferable.

  • L3tstaxth1s on 09/09/2023 - 09:13

    Thanks BigCheese

  • Distractosaurus on 09/09/2023 - 10:43

    Has anyone managed to get a listing up? I've tried to list my car, but just get stuck on spinning circle?

    • Wakrak on 09/09/2023 - 10:43

      No issues at 6am.

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