I reckon they'll do hard labour &/or be forced to accept Ping as a method of payment.

Callum. The bug pertains to items not remaining on members watchlists and promptly disappearing post-auction. But you already know this, as have Trade Me for a good year plus. It'd be common sense if Trade Me did something about fixing their various mounting problems before the rot set in any further. Must be time for a fee increase, albeit only for in-trade NZ sellers.  

No, they do not care. It is one of the many problems that has dogged Trade Me for some while now & it's basic stuff. Saving an item to your watchlist no longer guarantees that it will stay there & you are able to find the outcome of the auction. If Trade Me wishes to continue to increase their fees, & force Ping on sellers, then it would be nice if they could at least provide a service that functions semi-smoothly, which it no longer does. 

Thanks Callum for the explanation, much appreciated. 

Hi Callum, thank you for your reply but I don't mark sense of your comment "But don't forget it only captures the title of the listing. Not the description". As the search pertained only to key words in the title. Expired listings searches have never been as unreliable as they are at present. 

Trade Me have not been able to improve upon this in a good 3 months now. I guess it's a work in progress.