View a listing after its been completed and withdrawn

January 16, 2022 21:29

I recently purchased a vehicle from a dealership based on their Trademe listing. Once I had completed the purchase, but before I picked up the vehicle, the dealer removed the Trademe listing. Now that I have the vehicle I suspect it is not exactly as described in the original ad, but because the listing was withdrawn I can't access the listing details to check.

Is there any way to view the original listing once the dealship have withdrawn it?

Note: Dealership listings often only have the option to email the dealer and the sale is not completed via Trademe, so you don't get to see the listing like you would for something you'd won via a buy-now or normal auction listing.

5 comments

Arthur
January 16, 2022 21:39

Although I don't buy on Trade Me, but it's good to know there's such a "feature", I'll remember to capture a screenshot. Maybe get in touch with Trade Me? I'm sure they have the record in their database. Or maybe you could just lodge a dispute, Trade Me has a professional dispute team to handle that.

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Callum Community Superuser
January 16, 2022 23:34

No. Once a classified listing is gone it's gone for good. Even the seller can't access it. I have a feeling Trade Me can't either. People sometimes say that if you are extremely lucky google may have cached it. If you want to try your luck and see if google took a snapshot for their cache try these instructions

The only reliable option is to screenshot classifieds before they are sold/withdrawn. I know that's useless to you now, but file it away for next time..............

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rudolf
May 07, 2025 06:27

Hi, in February I listed a rental flat. When the current tenant decided to stay I withdrew it. Now he wants to move and I'd like to recover my old listing. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks

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Michelle Trade Me staff - Community team
May 07, 2025 08:37

Kia ora Rudolf, you can get in touch with the team to request a copy of your listing. If you have the old listing number that will come in handy. It might save you some time re-writing it and the photos may be available too.

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rudolf
May 09, 2025 15:17
Hi Michelle,

Thank you so much for your trouble in helping me out with this.

Unfortunately I'm currently in Europe and don't have access to any hard copies. However, I have attached a trademe/Renti enquiry with the details of the ad. I hope this will suffice for you to recover it.

Thanks again for your kind assistance in this matter,
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