Not a scam as such ... bloody bad luck! If the person you bought the car off was a car dealer or "in-trade" you should have some come back, but if it was just an individual selling a car, not much you can do. Perhaps if you had contacted him the next day after purchase when the engine light came on?  

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. 

Michelle, Why has My Products become so slow to use?

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...

Callum - it's slow, pathetically slow sometimes!