Trade Me is no longer the friendly helpful site that it used to be when I joined up - the current owners are just plain hungry for profits forgetting that this business was built on providing a service that allows sellers to sell direct to buyers at a reasonable cost. The claim that "Ping" is safer than direct credits to a bank account is not borne out when Trade Me happily allows some Traders to continue Trading while abusing their purchasers with poor service and lack of a response to enquiries about delivery of their purchases !! Also the continuing charge of Ping fees on shipping/postag...

Just another unannounced change that appears without any comment  - often these so called updates have not been tested and have side issues that are never explained - many changes are not necessarily in the interest of Trade Me users, only the expert tech staff they employ ??