I've come to realise there is no benefit to being in-trade, we simply just pay higher fees for nothing additional. Yes a higher listing allowance would make sense, but little of what trademe does makes sense.
At what point do Trademe consider removing a member, or deleting their account? I've sold a product to a member with 70 positive feedbacks and 30 negative ones. As soon as I sold the item a week ago, I suspected the sale would fall through. So its no surprise that multiple emails later, and two missed promises of payment, I am still chasing payment. Surely it would warrant Trademe having a policy to remove these types of accounts when the trading history is clear?
Petrina, I suggest looking through this thread, there is another option for courier which is a lot cheaper than booking using Trademe
It’s much cheaper using ishipping, it’s a website that you can link to your trademe account, to make all your NZ Post and courier bookings. It’s significantly cheaper as Trademe add a massive markup to the prices couriers charge
Is user experience considered by Trademe when they make these changes? Surely features and options which experienced users are struggling to find should ring alarm bells. User experience testing should be a fundamental consideration before something is changed or released.
Steve, a lot of what Trademe does makes absolutely no logical sense, including success fees on postage.
I agree wholeheartedly Flossy63. I am in-trade and have for some time reported other members who are clearly reselling and who should be in-trade, they have multiple listings of the same item and list another as soon as one sells. It's been years of reporting the same sellers using community watch, without anything changing. I suspect they just ignore Trademe's email's requesting they declare themselves in-trade. A lot of trademe's policies are not really policies, as they are not enforced. If they are going to advertise criteria for being considered in-trade, then they need to enforce the...
I couldn't find the original post, hence posting again. I wouldn't say it's a desired feature change, more just a case of getting the basics right in terms of removing features when they are no longer available.
Thanks Callum, aware of the previous post. I raise again as you are correct, it’s not fixed after more than a year. The hope would be that someone from Trademe sees this post, and jogs the memory to fix the issue. Or do we all just sit back, keep quiet, and just accept that a commitment to fix something a year ago is satisfactory?
Why is the Gold trade rebate still mentioned throughout the website? I thought it had long since been removed? Does the mention of Gold trade rebates suggest its making a return? When I click 'learn more' I get one of the regular 'oops errors' which are a common theme on the site these days.