Kia ora all, I just won my first bid and paid maximum because I didn't realise auto-bid was turned off by default. As the only bidder I could have saved $30. So annoying. It happened many years ago on an auction site in Oz.  I would love to know if anyone deliberately bids with auto-bid turned off and for what reason? I suspect very few if nobody does so wonder why TradeMe has off as the default. Cheers

Kia ora everyone, I'm an Aussie (please don't move to the next post) who wishes to purchase some items in NZ.  I see that Ping is a predominant payment method.  Is it possible to set up a Ping account with my CC from Australia? I only need it to pay for purchases, not sell. Thanks PS Will be heading to Middle Earth in a month so am catching up on Kiwi lingo by binge watching The Brokenwood Mysteries!