Yes, it can be refunded straight away now callum. It changed at some stage in theses covidy times and has been that way at least 9 months.

Trademe sale has priority

I smell a bit of BS here. The trader may or may not have been banned from TM (check his feedback page and it will say disabled if he is) but it still does not stop the trade being completed between yourselves. Is ping available to pay, if so then he is not banned. I suspect seller just does not want to complete for what ever reason. If you were paying another way then that could of course be an issue as if you put through payment and he dont want to complete, you have no protection as ping gives. Unless of course it is a cash on pickup situation where it is safe.

Once you have tradevine active (or it maybe when you are on a paid plan, My products is no longer available

A bit depends on the exact shipping wording. Auckland super city goes from pretty much waiuku up to just north of wellsford and includes gt barrier and Kawau Island. BUT carriers zone their auckland area differently, never with any of the islands. Some carriers have an inner Auckland area (Papakura to Albany) and an outer Auckland area (papakura to Waiuku and Albany to Waiwera or Wellsford.) which is a different higher charge. Almost certainly heavy freight that would be carrying a large item like a bed would charge considerably more  for the outer areas

I have heard that you can see unanswered question in certain categories only, but dont know the detail of it. But that does not explain why you can see it when logged out on your business account, but cannot see it from your personal account

There is no GST element to success fees 

Flossy63. I am referring to intrade selling only, not personal accounts. You can have more than one in trade account as long as it is authorized by TM(many traders have this situation) and sells different items from the other intrade accounts

One would have to wonder though why the seller is being so difficult. As a seller I would be happy to get the deal done in the agreeded time frame what ever payment form is offered. To me it shows potential red flag that the car is not as described, or that the seller does not have the right to sell the car (possibly does not own it or the car is on finance and cannot be sold until finance paid off. I would proceed with caution and get a few written and signed receipt of any monies paid and also photo drivers licence and ownership details

Money laundering laws are so strict now, it makes opening overseas accounts so difficult.