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The profit will be made using the flow of money going through the ping system.
Look at it this way. Based on any number of factors that are applicable to you, you can choose which bank you wish to bank with, choose who handles your Kiwisaver, or your investments, choose a credit card company or finance company. But you can't choose to not use ping. Try and not use ping by offering bank deposits in the text of the listing and you'll be banned. Just smells off to me. But each to their own.
It is not about potentially being better off in 'most cases'. It is about being forced to have my payment be diverted through a system that I don't want to use, instead of coming directly from the buyer to me. If you think Apax Partners are doing this for the good of the average Trademe user, then see my listing for the Harbour Bridge that I am selling....
I am not interested in being forced to use their ping payment system. So will just shift all my ads over to facebook marketplace. Trademe could have a little slice of a lot of sales, but they have got too greedy, so they can have 100% of no sales.
I can't speak for others, but I just want a site where I can advertise an item I don't want, and be put in touch with someone who wants it. That's it, nothing else. The buyer and seller can sort the details from there. All the other fluff that has been added to Trademe over the years, is of zero interest to me and is just clutter as far as I am concerned. I certainly don't want my money going through a third party system, that I have no control, or say in. Trademe is following a well trodden path of small family businesses, being sold and resold to various cooperates, who just try and extra...
Its not designed to benefit the average Trademe buyer/seller, its to get the flow of money through the hands of the owners, who are money traders. If they go bust, the funds trapped in the system will be gone.
Who owns Stuff I wonder.....?
The fixed price offer function seems to have been 'improved' lately. Watchers names no longer appear, although I see bidders names do. I went to do a fixed price offer a few days ago and it said there were six watchers, but only one name showed and that was of someone that had just bought another of my auctions. Very frustrating, as sometimes I like to target watchers in particular areas, if I am traveling that way. The fixed price offer function is pretty much useless now.
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The profit will be made using the flow of money going through the ping system.
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Look at it this way. Based on any number of factors that are applicable to you, you can choose which bank you wish to bank with, choose who handles your Kiwisaver, or your investments, choose a credit card company or finance company. But you can't choose to not use ping. Try and not use ping by offering bank deposits in the text of the listing and you'll be banned. Just smells off to me. But each to their own.
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It is not about potentially being better off in 'most cases'. It is about being forced to have my payment be diverted through a system that I don't want to use, instead of coming directly from the buyer to me. If you think Apax Partners are doing this for the good of the average Trademe user, then see my listing for the Harbour Bridge that I am selling....
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I am not interested in being forced to use their ping payment system. So will just shift all my ads over to facebook marketplace. Trademe could have a little slice of a lot of sales, but they have got too greedy, so they can have 100% of no sales.
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I can't speak for others, but I just want a site where I can advertise an item I don't want, and be put in touch with someone who wants it. That's it, nothing else. The buyer and seller can sort the details from there. All the other fluff that has been added to Trademe over the years, is of zero interest to me and is just clutter as far as I am concerned. I certainly don't want my money going through a third party system, that I have no control, or say in. Trademe is following a well trodden path of small family businesses, being sold and resold to various cooperates, who just try and extra...
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Its not designed to benefit the average Trademe buyer/seller, its to get the flow of money through the hands of the owners, who are money traders. If they go bust, the funds trapped in the system will be gone.
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Who owns Stuff I wonder.....?
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The fixed price offer function seems to have been 'improved' lately. Watchers names no longer appear, although I see bidders names do. I went to do a fixed price offer a few days ago and it said there were six watchers, but only one name showed and that was of someone that had just bought another of my auctions. Very frustrating, as sometimes I like to target watchers in particular areas, if I am traveling that way. The fixed price offer function is pretty much useless now.
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