Trade Me Reviews 494

TradeMe is now in a very poor state. The website is drastically in need of a complete overhaul. The 'My Products' section is painfully slow and has so many bugs it's not funny. It's also totally impos... See more

It has become impossible to contact anyone at Trademe. Am having an issue not being able to pay with Afterpay (no problem anywhere else) ..emails to customer service on Trademe bounce back, there are... See more

Receiving a single piece of negative feedback has significantly impacted my experience. Additionally, I'm confused about the auction closing times that don't seem to close as scheduled. It feels like... See more

Absolute rubbish, dont bother. So many issues with trying to make an auction then wont let you fixed price offer anyone then new listing your watchers dont load onto new auction. Wasted so much money... See more

Buyer beware, site is now full of scammers, we were scammed out of $1700, they have no protection to stop this, the police and our bank had no idea how bad it was, they were not able to anything about... See more

False advertising, paid 16k for a car that was listed to have no problems at all. Seller had cleared codes to make it run fine now its unwarrantable. Also paid for items and once paid sellers stop com... See more

Don’t sell on here!! I advertised a legit new pair of Apple AirPods. Verified as ok, directly by Apple. Received a dodgy message from Callum.Irvine asking me to remove my listing. Ignored the... See more

Trademe used to be great not anymore market place has taken over, there is no trust in trademe anymore just like market place so why pay trademe ripoff fees. There is no customer service no help and... See more

Lol. I guess one star average sums it all up!!!!!. Yeh trademe has just plummeted in my opinion or is it a fact, I think so. Ridiculous fees, a frustrating search tool, too many international traders... See more

Should not even be a one star, paid over $100 for a listing for a jet ski and after 30 days I cannot relist without another fee , no mention of this until my add expired Impossible to get hold of a... See more

Trade me fees are ridiculously expensive, looks like they wanna get rich quick and I am sure they are with all the fees they charging and just right when I was thinking there should have been other pl... See more

Bunch of incompetent muppets. They send bizzare emails full of accusations and when I hit 'reply' it auto populates a 'noreply' email address! Very hard to actually talk to anyone with half a brain. T... See more

Trademe is not trustworthy company. They are very dishonest they take your fee and banned you after for any reasons they never answer emails and they are not a company to trust incredible bad serv... See more

In spite of Trade Me's claim of buyer protection in the case of goods not matching their descriptions and Trade Me's extra protection for buyers who pay with a credit card/Ping, don't waste your time... See more

Have had a trademe account for years, used it to sell some items I no longer require. First item sells in minutes, purchaser pays using their “Ping” system. I withdrew that amount from Ping to my bank... See more

I have used Trademe for many years In recent years they default to Aramex Couriers - despite the appalling reviews this company has. I have had endless trouble with Aramex but have been unable to... See more

Trade Me should be brought to heel by the government! They appear to have no boundaries and bad feedback is ignored. My husband and I are in our 80's and we are trying to downsize. Both of our acco... See more

TradeMe used to be great platform but the fees are getting so ridiculous now to the point where the whole thing feels like a big scam. Getting charged a $13 fee for selling an item worth only $165 is... See more

They have become useless at dealing with scams and when you try to use their PING payment system its expensive and more hassle than its worth. Why ask the person paying to ring their bank to verify th... See more

I am 80 and my husband and I have been trading on T/M since its inception. My husband now has a Traumatic Brain Injury and family has moved in to help me care for him. We are trying to downsize. Sudde... See more

Trade Me charge very high fees but when there is a problem you cant call them. I am a seller and recently somebody purchased from me using Ping but changed their mind and wanted a refund. However the... See more

Worse than realising that this outfit encourages, supports and protects scammers is discovering that you can't rid yourself of them. Membership is for LIFE. Cancel your credit cards for a start. C... See more

Doesn’t deserve 1 star. This platform does not protect the buyer or seller!! Twice I’ve been scammed on here and no-one to call to complain to. They just refer you to a link which is unhelpful and... See more

So=called 'Auction' site. It is a poor copy of 2003 eBay. eBay has moved on to zero fees for casual sellers Trademe charges 7.9% !!. unlike eBay there is no historical sales data - the kind that is r... See more

If you get called the N word, trademe encourage it and support it. I copped an unacceptable vile r@cist tirade from a buyer trying to extort money. The Trademe Customer Services employees an... See more

The website is hopeless. When scrolling through the site I cannot get past page 1 or 2 without major problems. For instance I was looking at wallpapers and the site went to trade me property. I dont t... See more

Since trade me upgraded it has been rubbish , cannot book a courier even though you have sold an item ,not in your sold list. Cannot place feedback on some auctions or make fixed priced offer, I... See more

Trademe used to be an incredible site, with an easy and intuitive platform that was well presented and offered a very large marketplace. It is now a dog. Listings are expensive, and limited. The pl... See more

Terrible customer service. Complained about a negative feedback. Struggled to communicate with trademe, wasn’t able to call, replies by emails never answered my questions. When I finally got hold of s... See more

Truly disgusting service or lack of. Have been a business selling on TM for over 20 yrs, pay extra for a TM store. Now I cannot even get a reply for an issue. First they pulled the 0800 no. Now I can'... See more

Trademe is useless for selling items, the website is full of errors, some errors longer than a year and still not fixed. They made support almost impossible to use. There fees are so high, there high... See more

you report illegal sales of stolen cars, pirated digital goods, and other illegal goods but they dont block them so they can continue getting trademe fees Discriminatory "Trust and Safety team" t... See more

This Site is full of scams and fake goods. They will not help you regardless you are a seller or buyer all they care is collecting very high fees 7.9% plus ping 2.19% on top and after pay 4.95% what... See more

More than useless customer service if you have an issue with something you bought . Buy nothing from this site.

Trade Me is next to useless for selling stuff now and so hard to find what you're looking for. Too many international sellers. Too difficult to isolate pvt sellers from in trade sellers

Selling fee $20, success fee 7.9%, ping fee 2.9% selling iPhone $1800 $215 in FEES I listed with bank transfer as payment Tradme refused this and changed to Ping stating anti fraudulent measure... See more

Not for the first time, was charged a "success fee" on a transaction that was never completed because of an inconsiderate trader. The "buy now" facility assumes that a sale has been made before any... See more

I can no longer use Trade me because they are making it compulsory to use Ping adding a further 2.19% to their charges

Trademe staff is ok, but they should weed out dodgy traders: nothing worse than pay considerable amounts of money for "24h delivery" or next day shipping, then be ignored for weeks or never receive y... See more

TradeMe failed to act on abusive texts and emails from a buyer. They left his review, deleted mine saying it was retaliatory as I stated that future sellers and buyers should read his reviews bef... See more

A bunch if morons with no respect for long term sellers and prefer to fire off generic templates then fob you off having done so.

Really gone down hill. Used to be easy to use. new layout difficult to use. Fees are sky high. More and ore fees! They have just added yet another fee and it is for buyers!. Had difficulty rece... See more

TRADE ME IS A SCAM. I used to trust this site to buy and sell from but not anymore. They suspended my account for no reason AFTER i purchased and paid for an item with afterpay??? The order is still a... See more

I am writing this in response to recieving this email from Trademe , Hi Brent,It has come to our attention that you have used the Question and Answer section inappropriately.... See more

I have done some selling and buying on Trademe (80+ trades),and had a reasonably good experience. However, I think users are unaware of how useless Trademe is when a trader advertises an item dish... See more