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sago_sago wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 14, 2017 9:45 am

do you think it's worth it to bring it to the disputes tribunal to stop his illegal activities?

No. The minimum filing fee is around $70 so you'd have to be feeling generous.

Hi Ramil and welcome to ScamBusters. Sorry to hear you've been ripped off with a pirated DVD. I had a similar thing happen about three years ago when I bought a Breaking Bad DVD on TradeMe. The Invercargill-based seller was listing dozens of copies of DVDs and was obviously making a good income from...

Hi Tony and welcome to ScamBusters. A quick Google search shows that he listed quite a few expensive items recently, so you did well to get your money back. Here's a news report from August 2014 which mentions a certain Michael Kavarnos who stole $144,000 worth of goods to feed a meth addiction. The...

Nobody is bidding and Chalky is getting upset. Witness his latest tirade. IF you kept ask me why worth over $1mil, then you better check why are you making this idiot question at 12.02am While most ppl are zzzz? Go make appt with your Doc coz Ur head is psyco deranged I can read your mind, if u dont...

We're not the only ones who think chalky's expectations may be a little high for his overpriced plate. Somebody who sells collectible number plates felt obliged to ask a Q on this auction . I'm just wondering if your psychological deranged in the head mate . This advert doesn't make sense . That is ...

It's worth quoting his answers here. Q: Could you please explain why this number plate is of such value. I'm currently confused. lryn007 (1 1 positive feedback) 9:21 pm, Mon 3 Apr A: If you confused, then its not suitable for you. rgd 9:28 pm, Mon 3 Apr Q: I think it's a valid question that I have a...

It seems that the subject of the first post in this thread has not matured with age. Take his latest auction. No offence but this auction is simpy a basic decision of ‘click buynow & pay‘ or ‘click back arrow the main menu page‘ {so will not reply anymore weird or idiot questions but the buyer who c...

If I have read this story aright..... when it comes to $1 reserves, Honest mistakes can be made with both Buyers and Sellers.... I don't think you read it right. This was a blatant case of fee avoidance. On the $1 auction the fee would have been 50c or less. On a $5,000 auction the fee would be $14...

Hi Marie. As we've already explained to you by email, every user has a 15 minute window in which to edit their posts and correct and typos. This is neither a system error or a scam. And obviously some people need this facility more than others. Preview is NOT the same as edit. As the name implies, P...

Hi Emme and welcome to ScamBusters. I'm sorry that your post seems to have slipped through the net... things tend to get pretty quiet here over the holiday period. Note that her account had only been operating for one month before she ripped you off. Unfortunately TM has always had a number of deads...

TM have announced a new buyer protection scheme. It sounds good on the surface, for buyers at least. If a trade goes wrong TM will refund the buyer up to the value of $2,500. But it may not be so kind to sellers. For a start, the scheme only applies to trades paid using TM's Pay Now credit card syst...

Hi Hugo and welcome to ScamBusters. There's no sign of any legal action being taken against this trader. TM have left both of her accounts alive, though popeye01 hasn't traded since 2014 and her reganzayn account last traded in 2011. Of course it's quite possible that she has other TM accounts we're...

marika3 wrote:Note that TM stopped to hide closed accounts and you can still access them

That only applies if you are involved in an active trade with the disabled person. The rest of us just see "410 - page gone".

Sometime in the past month the Elmstone Furniture TM account seems to have been nuked.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listin ... er=5692740

Hi Ross, it would be most unusual for TM to close an account because of "one disgruntled buyer". In fact we've never come across such an instance in the past ten years. There has to be a lot more to this story. Care to elaborate?