Using and accessing Trade Me account whilst travelling overseas?

Kia Ora Nicole,

When you get to the bot type in - talk to person - you will be taken to entering your details before arriving at the window to Chat with a Real Person/Staff.

Hi Nicole. After you speak to TM can you come back and update this post?

Would be nice to get an answer that it is indeed possible. This question does come up from time to time. It might be destination dependant. Australia? No problem. Nigeria? Hmmmmm

I have always advised Trade Me when I travel overseas,

Last time was via Chat, Talk to person,

They can then get it noted on your account, even with dates you are away, so they know it is not suspicious activity,

But it is known there are some countries you cannot access Trade Me at all,

way back on the old message boards years ago, there were stories of members being blocked as they had not informed Trade Me, they would be accessing their account from overseas,

So it always pays to let them know.

Ok, an update on this subject, a couple of days ago I was speaking to person on chat, asking for a note to be put on my account for later this year, they gave me incorrect information saying no, you cannot use Trade Me overseas, did not even ask where I was traveling too?, as we know some countries like Australia are fine!. but still get note put on my account for time period when I will be accessing from there,

I sent a message later to ask if rules had changed?, an experience knowledgeable old hand got back to me yesterday and it is all cleared and ok, noted on my account, not Australia, further north! So can set up new auctions etc. in my products while alone at hotels in evenings, as working on doing the photos slowly now, as also have a back log from months ago still to do,

I have discussed this with the team and we will add a note to your account, can you please confirm the exact dates you are away so I can make sure I have added the correct ones for you. We also recommend that you login before you leave NZ and stay logged in so you aren't logging in from overseas as a new login.
 
If you do arrive and need to log in and are having trouble doing this. this could be to do with our security features and we won't be able override this.

So always go through correct channels and ask, If you get someone that is not helpful and is very unsure, try again, yes some staff have more knowledge that others in different areas,

Thanks fossy63. Good to know as this is a fairly common question on here.