Having to use those quotation marks when searching is plain silly too!

I don't mind paying success fees and I don't mind paying Ping fees - it's paying success fees on postage that really grinds my gears.

Aquarian4442, Not just the end of $1.00 listings but the end of Trade Me I think. 

Totally agree with Kate. This is the silliest move that Trade Me has made yet - and there has been more than a few lately! If I was slightly cynical I would suspect that Trade Me has introduced this system to ensnare fees from traders who state 'pick up only' in their postage options and in the auction description state that delivery can be arranged (thereby avoiding success fees on postage).  

Don't think that there is a way that you can search for members on the mobile site but if you are able to flick back to the desktop site you are still able to access them. And I agree this is a major stuff up!

It's actually a lot harder to use the site now than when it first appeared many moons ago. It was fairly basic and simple in those days and that's the way it needs to be. Things have to be easy to find otherwise people won't bother and that's bad for sellers and bad for Trade Me.

I'm pretty miffed with the whole Ping concept at the moment. Trade Me made it fairly clear that the two forms of payment that would be accepted were Ping and cash. Yet there are still more traders than you can shake a stick at stating that they will accept bank deposits. Come on Trade Me either enforce the rules or don't make them!

If there is proof of delivery, it becomes a civil matter and it is up to the buyer to report to Police or initiate an insurance claim.

Michelle, I recently had a buyer who selected postage on each book that she had purchased. I asked her if she could please pay each postage amount using Ping, then I would immediately refund it so that I could get a refund of success fees charged on postage. She informed me that she would not do so and accused me of trying to rip her off. She insisted on paying by bank deposit - so how do you deal with a situation like that?

S, I do realize that. I also realize that cash can only be used in a pick-ups which makes my question valid.