" they told me not to expect a solution anytime soon. "   Pretty much sums up trade me.    My new problem with the template system is I have a standard post option that is for any postal address including rural, and a courier option and a rural courier option.    This new system seems to make things more complicated for buyers. The timeframe thing is great. The rest is crap.   Below I have the old way, and the new way, where rural people no longer know they can use the cheap option     New way       

Wow im glad I havent had that one Victoria..   I get the issue where people put stuff in  delivery notes and it comes through blank. Get buyers all the time saying they sent me a message there but it doesnt send. Im back on the old version today for the sold items page. Hope it stays, but thanks callum at least I can use the MP version with the copy email option :). Otherwise bidbud it is. 

Yeah it is definitely flawed, but could be avoided if like on my simple woocommerce website, TM had an address verifier.. I agree that NZ Post should double check it, but sometimes they slide through, and if they do, they then bill me for it. In the past they have always credited it, but today, they arent budging and as usual squeezing every drop out of small businesses for their verification issues. Interesting that none can get through BAC though. 

I dont use book a courier. BAC is too slow for high volume selling so I havent tried that to see how they deal with that situation. What I mean is trade me allows users to manipulate the address by making up a post code, there for getting imported to eship (nzpost) as an urban address, when the address is incorrectly formatted to avoid rural charges. The buyer selects urban shipping.  You should not be allowed to edit the post code, and only be allowed to use the post code provided on say NZ Post website.  If they dont let rural charges get through BAC, then they must have some address veri...