From what I can see QCard is being phased out. They aren't accepting any new customers, and haven't issued any new cards since 2016. Probably more and more retailers will stop supporting it as time passes and the people who use it drop off. Cathy. If you are determined to stay with Q is there any reason you don't want to upgrade to Q mastercard? From what I can see there is only benefits from doing so.

Hello go4ret. My comment has gone into pending mode. See attached. 

op18 Yes, it's legal. It's their website after-all. They get to set how people pay for things. Just like any other shop or business can. There was some thought it might breach anti-competitive law but Commerce Commission have taken a look and not acted. At least not yet. So you can probably assume that it is all OK. Posts sometime go into pending if there are keywords that trigger it. I usually have 3 or 4 floating around pending.  littlemissy1 I am not associated with Trade Me. I am a member just like you. 

Hello Bridget. My guess is that by using a VPN anyone in the world can then easily log into Trade Me. This is probably what they are trying to avoid? Scammers / Fake accounts etc would likely increase a lot and cause problems on the website if VPN restrictions were relaxed.

Dejan It's pretty obvious why it is like it is. Are you telling me that if you were the lead bidder on that item and were prepared to go to $600. You might even have had a $600 autobid locked in. Then someone comes along, asks for a buynow of $300 and the seller says yep, I'll sell it to you, too bad about Dejan you would honestly be happy with that? How can that be good for the seller, when they miss out on a much larger sale price, and Trade Me when they miss out on a much larger comission, and you when you  miss out on the item you wanted because someone else come in and stole it?

Lance. How do you mean worst ever change? It has always been like this on Trade Me. And hopefully, always will be. So you are telling me if you are bidding on a $1 reserve auction that you really really want. Happy to pay upto $500 for it. You put your bid in. Then while you are away someone asks for a $200 buynow. The seller says OK. Adds a $200 buynow. That person grabs it. How do you feel?........

No, they won't go back now. In-Trade Sellers have had it mandated since November last year.  I can't really understand the angst to be honest. How many other large online retailers do you know that allow payment with bank transfer? I don't know any.......

lakeview3 There have been many instances (some reported in mainstream media) where accounts on here have been hacked, then the scammer uses that account to sell something. Payment was by bank transfer. Buyer pays to the scammer. Don't get their item, and can't get their money back.  With Ping payments that can't happen. Well it can, but Trade Me cover the buyer so they are not out of pocket. 

Believe it or not the best advice for these situations is "Refund the buyer, then sort out the delivery issue afterwards." When you think about it should the buyer have to sit there for days or weeks while the courier gets their act together and looks into it? Yes, it sounds like they are being unreasonable and impatient, but they just want the item they paid for after all. I know it's a hard pill to swallow. But that's just how it is these days in a buyer weighted environment. The Buyer Protection policy stipulates that a signature is required for Trade Me to side with the seller that the ...

aquarian4442 The fee on $1 is 2c. Hardly a deal breaker. Even if you add shipping of say $5.40 then the fee is 14c. You can always add 20c on to your shipping prices if you are consistently selling items for $1 with shipping.  littlemissy1 With this new system you pay LESS fees. There are no success fees now. You only pay the 2.19% Ping fee. So it's a win for sellers. Buyers on the other hand...... By the way I thought FPO had been fixed?