Incorrect Location Advice on Auctions

Sellers can put in a suburb on their listing to help, but really why dont you ask a location if you're wanting to pick up?

Yes, i think there is some onus on the sellers here to add their suburb in the description. Surely that's just common sense. For pick-up only items especially.

The whole issue of where exactly boundary lines run between Trade Me, councils, google, courier maps, is a fraught and complicated problem.

I agree that if you are to pickup an item, it it concerns you the exact suberb, just ask seller, its simple. However its also good for seller to put approx pickup location in text. The issue with that the suberb in peoples profiles is that suburbs change. Ie manukau used to be the only option originally to select in profile for all areas in the old mankau city (pre super city) which was vast (orere point right through to Puketutu island) which is a 60km 1.5 hour drive.  Now there are many other suberbs available to select within that old Manukau city area. However many members have maybe not yet updated by choise or not even aware you can update to a more specific suburb

Still an issue and I'm pissed. Just bought something for pickup in Auckland City, paid using Ping and am now told I get to drive to Kumeu for pickup! There's two hours of my life I won't get back.

That's probably a seller error alcarinqua. Maybe moved and didn't update their address. Have you told them of your concerns?