Topic: Sucky trademe member

I bought a jigsaw puzzle from someone on trademe.

Quite a few of the pieces were damaged rendering the puzzle un-doable.

I contacted the seller asking for a refund.

She said she would only refund the price of the puzzle but not postage. However she did say she would refund the entire amount but only if I paid for it to be posted back. Which still means I would be $5.00 out of pocket AND she would end up with the puzzle (possibly to sell to an unsuspecting buyer).

I started a thread in the trademe messageboards about it and have heaps of support.

I placed my first bad feedback ever on this woman and she still thinks that she's right and I'm wrong and so it doesn't look like I'm going to get any refund at all now.

She's studying pre-law which is why I find this all so amusing really I guess - she's totally ignored all the literature I've sent her about fair trading etc ... I guess she's going to be just another crooked lawyer to add to the mix.

I'll keep y'all posted as to the outcome.

Lawyers are just professional liers.

Everyone should know by now that you only get crap on trademe. How much did you pay for this shitty puzzle?

Never heard of it.. but I wish you luck!

I paid $12.00 for it.

BUT ... I have bought heaps of really good stuff off trademe and dealt with some really good people so I'm not letting this one incident in over 90 trades stop me from using trademe. I've bought and sold heaps of puzzles and not had a problem until now. Bought our dining room suite, stainless steel bread tin, a computer monitor for my Mum lots of stuff. There are some bad people out there but there are some good honest ones too. I just make sure I ask lots of questions on auctions now before bidding.