Just another money grab from TM!! I have had no problems with bank deposits for the last 20plus years and now Im expected to take another 2.5% fee hit for no obvious reason. Clean up all the bad sellers would be a better plan!!!

In TradeMe's own words: (my highlights) "We provide an online venue to introduce Members in various ways, and to allow Members to advertise all sorts of items, vehicles, properties, jobs and services. In providing the Trade Me venue, we don't participate in the actual sale of Items or the transaction itself. We don't own any Items listed on our Site and don't offer them for sale, nor do we act as an agent for either party. We also don't take part in the actual provision of Member Services. Kev's translation: We're like a shopping mall, but without the actual building."   So my question is W...

TM was originally an auction site for used items. Now it is turning into just another online sales platform. The mandating of ping and immediate payment will only make this more so. TM is become an extension of Temu or Amazon and buyers will end up going straight to them and bypass TM all together. Sad to see the demise of what was once a kiwi institution.