Dodgy Trademe listing

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MikeFly

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#318200 26-Dec-2024 10:11

Was thinking about buying an S24 Ultra since my phone battery is starting to crap out.

Came across this.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/samsung/other-samsung-phones/listing/5088653986

Advertised as 1TB but photo shows 512GB, colour listed as black but description says Titanium Violet. Also says works on Australian networks rather than NZ, happy to take $1100, and finally, no pickups.

Yeah, nah.

RunningMan

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#3324539 26-Dec-2024 10:26

With an account created yesterday.

Qazzy03

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#3324540 26-Dec-2024 10:30

Account registered this month, no feedback, and inaccurate details of listing vs pictures.

Yeah i wouldnt trust this, submitted a ticket to trademe for accuracy of listing.

MikeFly

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#3324542 26-Dec-2024 10:35

Qazzy03:

Account registered this month, no feedback, and inaccurate details of listing vs pictures.

Yeah i wouldnt trust this, submitted a ticket to trademe for accuracy of listing.

Ditto

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#3324544 26-Dec-2024 10:52

My wife have a long-established TM account with all positive feedback. A few years back she bought football shoes for our daughter hut after one season it wasn't meant to be. So she listed the pair on TM. It was immediately taken down, with their bot saying it was a fake.

But yes, tell me how a brand new account can list a clearly scam ad without being removed automatically.

There is a reason I left TM behind years ago. Not worth the effort.

CamH

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#3324558 26-Dec-2024 11:56

It's absolutely a fake, the TradeMe profile picture is from this news article about two guys who died earlier this month...

https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-boat-capsizes-former-commonwealth-kiwi-boxer--david-wickenden-dead-after-boat-capsizes-in-us/5d10aa74-a683-4ae8-a563-b679671da7c6

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#3324559 26-Dec-2024 12:02

Someone looking for easy money to cover Christmas expenses.

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#3324567 26-Dec-2024 12:23

CamH:

It's absolutely a fake, the TradeMe profile picture is from this news article about two guys who died earlier this month...

https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-boat-capsizes-former-commonwealth-kiwi-boxer--david-wickenden-dead-after-boat-capsizes-in-us/5d10aa74-a683-4ae8-a563-b679671da7c6

Yes! I looked and looked at that TM avatar photo and knew I had seen it somewhere recently - but couldn’t remember where.

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#3324568 26-Dec-2024 12:24

Listing now gone from TM.

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langi27

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#3324569 26-Dec-2024 12:29

Don't expect trademe to help you if you have a problem either, for the first time since i joined trademe (2006 or something). I brought a pair of cheap $50 motorbike boots from someone in Auckland and agreed a $15 postage rate. Put the money into his account and never heard from him again. I raised a Dispute with trademe and after much waiting and back and forward, they determined there was nothing that could be done and i'd need to go to small claims. Which is a $59 application fee and no guarantee this guy would show up, or cough up the boots/refund the money, so for the $65 total i had to walk away.

If you think trademe is safer than Facebook marketplace think again. People at trademe are completely useless and offer no real help if you run into trouble.

Zigg

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#3324571 26-Dec-2024 12:48

Do they ever follow through in cases like this, hand info over to police, etc?

sir1963

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#3324923 27-Dec-2024 11:07

langi27:

Don't expect trademe to help you if you have a problem either, for the first time since i joined trademe (2006 or something). I brought a pair of cheap $50 motorbike boots from someone in Auckland and agreed a $15 postage rate. Put the money into his account and never heard from him again. I raised a Dispute with trademe and after much waiting and back and forward, they determined there was nothing that could be done and i'd need to go to small claims. Which is a $59 application fee and no guarantee this guy would show up, or cough up the boots/refund the money, so for the $65 total i had to walk away.

If you think trademe is safer than Facebook marketplace think again. People at trademe are completely useless and offer no real help if you run into trouble.

Police are totally useless as well.

My son got ripped off by $1000 on Trademe, got told the person was known to police but they would take it no further.

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#3324998 27-Dec-2024 13:02

Police will treat this as a civil matter and not their responsibility.

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#3325065 27-Dec-2024 14:56

I sold something recently and used Ping, which seems to offer some level of protection.