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That is what Trade Me has become, a dumping ground for overseas sellers to choke categories with tens of thousands of listings, many over priced, with little chance of selling. But Trade Me is happy, because, hey we're taking on Ebay.

You forgot to add the shipping mudguts2. That's another $33.29 for a total of $72.79 for a small roll of lollies. 

The seller has 700 items listed and 1-2 sales per month. 

It's yet another example of the issues Trade Me has when it has courted international sellers. Sure it boosts their active listings numbers, but does nothing for the website sales. In fact I would argue it creates a negative experience and puts buyers off as they have to wade through the crap that nobody who is sane would ever buy.

They try to stop this by adding High Volume Listing fees to locals. But International sellers don't have to pay those fees. 

Trade Me needs to get rid of international sellers full-stop & outside of NZ, allow Aussie bidders only.

“ Trade Me needs to get rid of international sellers full-stop & outside of NZ, allow Aussie bidders only.”

… which would also increase visibility for local sellers and increase their sales.