The potential buyer is not supposed to put their phone number there. You can ask TradeMe to remove it. Community Watch your auction and find the subject that says contact details are being shared in the Q&A  

The problem is it's all very well reporting people, but sometimes it seems nothing happens. Or it happens very slowly. Perhaps there's things going on "behind the scenes" but I've been reporting a couple that are very clearly in-trade for a while with no action yet.  For example you might be interested in buying a GoPro Hero 13 Black Creator Edition for $920 This seller is particularly bad because they're dropshipping as well without permission.   

I'll keep an eye on my listings as they close and relist to see what's up. Perhaps older listed or created items are still rolling over, and newer listings aren't. Linked to the old / new systems perhaps.  The advice Trade Me gave you ferman was definitely incorrect. At least for some items or sellers. I am in-trade and so far  my listings are being relisted with watchers intact. For example this one that closed and was relisted this afternoon:         EDIT: To add, I am using My Products. Perhaps if you use the standard method of listing, and are forced onto the new system, watchers don'...

cratecurator You might find your sales increase as buyers search out in-trade sellers so they don't have to pay the service fee.  There seems to have been a recent big push flossy63 where casual sellers suspected of being in-trade were switched over by Trade Me without any say from the sellers themselves. I got a bunch of warnings on my Private account myself. So they are probably already onto that. :) 

Sellers are protected if they make a genuine mistake. Like listing something for $50 instead of $500. You would have to decide for yourself if it's a genuine mistake. Is it an item others are selling? Is $180 a "too good to be true" price?  If you think that they just wanted more, rather than making a genuine error, then yes you would be justified in leaving negative feedback and reporting the seller for refusing to complete the transaction.  

Ah good old Trade Me. Experimenting with new stuff when the place is already full of current and historical problems that need fixing. Nothing unusual about that I guess  ;)

Hi ross. As Teresa says your address could indeed be Rural with one or more different couriers. You can use this link to check it. https://www.addresscheck.co.nz/

Here is the kiwibank version of what they are seeing. As I mentioned, it's not a restriction. It's just the bank covering their bottom by saying they don't check account numbers against names. They never have. Which surprises some people.    

Hello Mike. It's a sliding scale, so it depends on the current bid value. If you scroll up a page from that autobid help file, you will see this..........

Yes, this seems to be a new one (to New Zealand) but has been around for a while overseas. Hopefully it won't gain too much traction on Trade Me. One positive is that the scammer has to be a Trade Me member to contact you so it's a pretty simple fix for TM to disable the scam account. As well as the great advice from S, it might be a good idea to also report it to CERT and / or netsafe. They can monitor these and see if a trend is developing. https://www.cert.govt.nz/individuals/report-an-issue/