Bidbud
Such a shame Trademe is changing things so Bidbud wont work. Another injustice to Trademe customers. I have won and sold many auctions using ( often paying at the top of my reserved bid, or missing out to another Bidbud bid) Bidbud, in fact I wouldnt have bid at all if there was no buy now on many Trademe auctions.
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Callum Community SuperuserIs it not working for you Kim? All seems OK here for me still. I guess I'm just lucky that I haven't yet come across any auctions that are incompatible. But they are out there, and probably growing. Here is the final word from Andrew if you haven't seen it already:
"Trade Me are making some big changes to how things work behind the scenes, some listings are using the new platform already. These listings cannot be bid on using BidBud, you have to bid manually on Trade Me. Going forward, this will likely be the end of BidBud. It's probably possible for me to update BidBud to handle the changes, however it would take a lot of my time - time I'm not interested in spending. Enjoy it while it lasts. edit: I've had a lot of emails about this, I'm not going to update BidBud to handle the changes, it's not worth my time. I'm sorry if this is inconvenient for you, but I'm not going to change my mind, even if you offer me money. I'm not interested in money, I'm interested in fun, and this isn't fun for me any more. "
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Just found out about this myself. Don't use it for bidding but its been essential for listing and managing my auctions. Really wondering if I can go back to using Trade Me without the Bidbud interface, navigating endless screens was doing my head in. Absolutely can not understand why the Trade Me designers can't learn something from the Bidbud design- why would you want to use six screens to create or edit a listing when you can do it on one? It's my desperate hope that there's someone else like Andrew out there who will take on the challenge.
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Callum Community Superuser
Hi Rachel. If it's ease of listing you want you can use Trade Me's free listing tool "My Products" This enables you to create a listing on a single page. It also has other benefits like automating relisting and FPOs. You just set and forget.
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Okay, thanks. If it comes to the crunch I'll try that.
Can it simplify editing? I tend to do a bulk quick relist and then change duration individually while double-checking postage (which keeps changing). Again all on one page with BB, but I had to page through several screens prior. I will also miss the ease of viewing - all my listing in one list, with all the info I value on one line for each auction.
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Callum Community Superuser
Yes, you can edit items, including duration, on the same one page without having to click through multiple pages.
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