I think that has happened since Ping and cash has been the only Trade Me options available to in-trade traders. It seems that automatically send Payment Instructions are no longer deemed necessary in view of the changes. :/
Mine for a start.
Hi, I've noticed that with heaps of in-trade sellers too - hardly a level playing field!
I would have thought that they could have found a better time to do the changes.
Sounds like the Commerce Commission have been receiving lots of mail.
Just get in contact with Trade Me and explain what has happened - they will refund for the postage. Then ring the courier and cancel the pick up.
You know Callum, that's exactly what Trade Me are doing. Taking the right away from the small/sole trader to earn an honest living - with all the fees that they have initiated, especially the success on postage - which only served to make 'in trade' sellers increase their prices, and now forcing Ping on in-trade sellers only. As well as a two-tier success fee structure. Add to that the frustration of a site that has become so much more user-unfriendly - even My Products doesn't function in a timely manner, although you continue to extol its virtues. You seem to be Trade Me's chief cheerlea...
If payment is made using Ping there is no problem - when you refund the corresponding portion of the success fee is credited to your account. If payment is made using bank deposit - [which soon will no longer be available to in-trade sellers] - you will have to contact Trade Me and ask for a manual refund.
I think that Sharon is 100% correct in that Trade Me want to get rid of 'in-trade' sellers. I also think that it leaves is a great opening for an auction site for small or sole-traders?
Robert, it sure isn't as cost-effective as it once was! Buyers are not finding the site as easy to navigate as it was before the so-called improvements. There are a number of bugs - including bidders being unable to bid (that's diabolical for an auction site!). The speed at which these problems are being solved is appallingly slow. And there still isn't a decent search engine. In-trade sellers are treated like the proverbial. Overseas sellers flood the site and are not subject to the same terms and conditions as we are. It's simply not a level playing field. This latest move by Trade Me ad...