Tag: Trade Me

Xtra-ordinary lack of customer service

If Xtra is your ISP, or if you’ve been on Trade Me, you are probably aware of the problems currently being experienced by Xtra’s customers: no international traffic. No facebook, no offshore news websites, no eBay (if that’s your thing)…

That’s a ballsy auction

There are times when I stumble across auctions on Trade Me and am left with one small question: Why? If you fancy taking ownership of a a set of cat testicles, here’s your chance. Winky the cat had his nads…

Trade Me v Netco in widget war

Things aren’t as happy as they could be in Trade Me Land. Grumblings on the message board about the new fees aren’t surprising. In fact, the new fees aren’t surprising either — Fairfax stumped up a lot of cash to…

Don’t listen to them, Mr Fairfax

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Hasn’t Mrs Morgan’s little boy Sam done well for himself? The Trade Me message board has been running red hot with threads discussing the sale of New Zealand’s No 1…

Safer online trading

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) With the infamous Trade Me art scam in the headlines lately it would be easy for the uninitiated to believe taking part in an online auction is akin to swimming…

Trade Me: listen to the masses

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Top New Zealand auction site Trade Me has had a bit of a facelift during the past couple of weeks. Trade Me’s management team had been promising the revamp for…