Haha, honestly, really ... just a money grab. On my private account states "we have pre selected Ping to make the process easier for you" on the "free" clothing and home & living categories. Gee thanks TM, so thoughtful

I received this email this morning too. Thank you for contacting the Commerce Commission, Te Komihana Tauhokohoko. The Commission has conducted an initial assessment of your concern regarding Trade Me Limited. We have now passed your concern on to our Competition, Fair Trading, and Credit branch for further consideration. We aim to notify you of any updates as soon as we can. We may contact you in the future to gather additional information from you regarding your concern. Please note, you should not wait for our outcome to take independent action, as the Commission is unable to act on beha...

Sometimes I look to see who the watchers are to see if it is worth to offer or relist - I 99% relist as I find I have the same watchers watching - perhaps they are watching as they may have something similar and want to see how it sells or I'm too expensive and waiting for me to lower the price, who knows.  I've also noticed once I have relisted and the listing is live, I'll get emails regarding the same listings either asking for a fixed price offer or a relist - thought that couldn't happen once the listing is live?  Is it a glitch.    I just do what suits me now.  Just ignore the watcher...

As I understand from my experience, the "actual" name on the account needs to be correct.  I recently had to pay something in the high thousands and kept saying partial match.  I did not pay until I had the "account Name" and a full match. At the end of the day, the payer is going to be out of pocket if the payment goes up the creek.  Perhaps traders who want to keep anonymous need to open a new account only for Trade Me with a basic account name.