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)…
Tag: Trade Me
Trade Me does Christmas
Nice “tree“.
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…
Souped-up search capabilities still lacking
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Before I launch into my weekly whinge, let me assure you, dear reader (and my bosses), that I am an avid — and, for the most part, happy — Trade…
Avoid online pirates and bag a designer bargain
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Shiver me timbers, a French judge has fired a shot across the beam of online auction site eBay over the sale of pirated goods. eBay has been ordered to pay…
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…