Thanks for the info. I imagine, since there isn't a place to put an activation number, that it's probably already activated. 

Thanks, Callum I didn't understand what auto-bid was for so I didn't opt for it and now the auction is priced at my max bid. Now I know for future reference. =)

This might sound odd but I forget whether or not I went through with bank confirmation. When I look under My Trademe right now I can see that I accept Ping and Afterpay. When I select 'Manage' under AP it presents my bank account number (not sure if it's been there because I signed up for Ping in past or if I did actually confirm AP) The bank no. under Manage AP is still editable and there's a note mentioning the one cent confirmation process - perhaps that is just to alert me if I edit and save a different bank number...