18-10-2024, 10:14 AM
Trademe's autobid was seriously playing up recently, and I lost a purchase as a result. When I pointed the incident out to TM on the community posts I found examples of other members having had the same issue. In my case the auction closed on my winning bid, the 'other options available soon' banner came up and then the competing bidder placed another bid that went through. When that happened twice more I dropped out through sheer frustration. The funny thing was the TM response, I got an email requesting details of the actual auction, which I gave because I had checked already, and the timeline showed the weirdness. A day or so passed and TM emailed again to tell me I was mistaken, their timeline showed no problem.
Uh huh.
I don't believe in fighting city hall on minor battles I know I can't win, but I know what I saw, and I am no novice when it comes to TM auctions. Not after all these years. So, I don't trust autobid any more either. Doesn't mean I won't use it. But I won't make assumptions about wins either...
Uh huh.
I don't believe in fighting city hall on minor battles I know I can't win, but I know what I saw, and I am no novice when it comes to TM auctions. Not after all these years. So, I don't trust autobid any more either. Doesn't mean I won't use it. But I won't make assumptions about wins either...