Payment Instructions
Hey Trade Me
I notice folks can still send bank accounts via payment instructions. Are you going to remove this functionality?
Also when will you make post costs compulsory for no pick up auctions so folks can pay for item and post using ping?
Thanks, M
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flossy63 Community Superusermichellew2k Why?, People can still select cash and make bank deposit, It is a buyers choice, and a sellers choice too to offer it, and I have it from Trade Me yes you can offer cash on auction so people can still make Bank deposit, which I did screen shot on another post way back when Ping was forced on Intrade sellers, from the E-Mail I got from Trade Me,
Cash is not only for Pick ups, it is Bank deposit just reworded,
Payment Instructions are also sent for pick ups as well that have details in them for arranging pickups,Phone numbers etc.
so you cannot in reality remove them, that would be the final straw for most and also for Trade Me, as more members would leave,and once someone has made a sale where cash is selected sellers can still sent details in a personal E-Mail,
So why on earth remove the payment Instructions?,
Not everyone wants to use ping, or cannot use ping like some of my customers, where 2 people must sign off a purchase for organizations for a Bank deposit, e.g. schools, Play groups toy Libraries etc.
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AJ Community SuperuserNot sure how cash = bank deposit from a TradeMe payment option is concerned. Trademe is referring to handing over actual money when you go to collect something on pick up ("cash on pick up"). However I do find the "policy" from trademe confusing/contradictory. On one hand, they state that using bank deposits is against their policy and if you use this you "may" have action taken against your account. On they other hand, they say that people can pay for postage using bank deposits IF the postage amount was not included in the original auction.
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Callum Community SuperuserEditedYes the two things are related. If Trade Me are not going to mandate sellers to add shipping costs then if someone buys with Ping and it doesn't have a shipping cost they have to pay it *somehow*
The answer is to either mandate sellers add shipping costs (Which will cause an outcry by some) Or allow sellers to amend the Ping payment amount after purchase. Also full of problems. Tricky situation they've got themselves in.
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flossy63 Community SuperuserAnother thing is for combining, you still have to ask buyers to pay outstanding shipping, as they have used the $0.00 Combining option, as some parcels become way oversize for shipping they have paid, even via paying with Ping and if it is outside my regular couriers zone they need to pay for other courier, which can be higher shipping cost also,Some of us are small time stay at home sellers not big businesses, so cannot cover the extra shipping costs, otherwise giving stuff away for free?,There are so many reasons to keep payment Instructions and ability for buyers to make payment by their choice and pay via bank deposit,Some need to think outside the box more, take their blinkers off, look at the bigger picture out there,we are not all the same, we all sell and do things differently, in ways that work for us as a seller,This site was created for casual sellers to sell their used 2nd hand items via auction, it was not created to be turned into a Business model, with straight out buy Now's, and automatic payment,I would like it to come back to the earlier days where it was a friendly place to buy and sell, They are doing too much damage to the site now where members are now leaving,0
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