That you get your funds quickly is a moot point Callum. It's what happens for me that is important. Out of my 3 sales yesterday, I've been paid for one thus far. The time between the sale / Ping payment and transfer to my bank- referenced as a Trade Me direct debit - nearly 24 hours, in fact it was 14 minutes shy of 24 hours. If this were a bank transfer, the time would have been maximum 2 hours. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. Yes I could take screenshots, but it's not my job to 'prove' to you. My word that this is happening is adequate.
Yeah cos it's so cool to wait a whole day rather than an hour or two. You're trying hard to sell it, but either way you look at it Ping is a rubbish platform for a casual seller. I'd rather pay a success fee any day!
Ping and Callum are the epitome of Trade Me control. I've made two little sales today and I can't access my own money. That's control!!
Callum - I have used both manual and automatic, it does not make an iota of difference to how long it takes to get the money from Ping to our bank accounts.
jpicard oh wow, this is very good to know so thanks for letting us all know this little nugget. So just to reiterate, unless Trade Me change it so that the ping money gets transferred immediately or at least in the same day / within a couple of hours as with a bank transfer, then this move serves no one but Trade Me and we are all being fooled and ripped off. Had my buyer been allowed to pay via a bank transfer this morning, I'd have received the money by now, had the item packaged and the courier booked already but nooo now I am forced to wait and wait for days.
Callum - I have never had a ping payment turn up in my bank on the same day. Never.
Yeah for the record, what I detest about this is that I have NO control over my money. So I made a sale this morning and it gets paid to Ping. I transfer it out only to be told it will take a few days. I don't want my money sitting in a Trade Me account for one. So if I can't use my money as I want to and am beholden to you and/or Ping to get hold of it so I can use it, tell me Trade Me - what is the point in casual sellers selling with you? We're now a bunch of mini loan sharks where you have our money for a short while making interest off it or Ping or whomever, and then, once we've tran...
Replying to S, Okay, I understand now. Sellers pay the Ping fee which includes shipping. Buyers pay the service fee as per the tier. Thanks for that clarification. Regards, Cathy
Replying to honornz247, You've raised good questions in your earlier comment. In your latter comment, I feel the same way as you do, and I would rather not be pushed into using Ping. I have used it before and I didn't really feel it was a good experience for a casual seller just selling stuff that I no longer want - I don't have a huge cashflow , so the time it took for PIng money to be downloaded to my account so I can pay fees and book couriers was cumbersome and annoying. I had to log in many times to check up and see what was going on, so it just doesn't streamline the whole selling exp...
I would agree with the ping option but I just uncheck that option when I'm listing - as a private seller, I give enough to TM in success fees. But the thing I have the most issue with is that they want to send my personal phone number to a trader who hasn't made contact when applying for my success fee refund. No way jose. If the dodgy trader can't make contact, the last thing I want is them being sent my phone number. Trade Me just gets worse and worse and worse with their treatment of unwitting and innocent sellers. Without us, you'd be nothing so maybe wake the heck up and just leave th...