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Pink Shirt Kev: Bullying is not OK
You might be wondering why our Trade Me kiwi, Kevin, is all decked out in a pink polo shirt today. The reason is because April 14 is Pink Shirt Day in New Zealand.
Pink Shirt Day is an anti-bullying initiative kicked off in Canada when a kid in Nova Scotia came to school wearing a pink shirt and was teased and bullied for it. To counteract it, his classmates came in the next day wearing pink shirts to stand up against them. They bought 50 pink shirts and stood in the school foyer handing them out to classmates.
Pink Shirt Day is now established in other countries around the world to raise awareness and help stop bullying in schools and elsewhere. In New Zealand, it is being supported by several organisations including the Mental Health Foundation. More...
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Scam warning and safe buying advice
It was Scam Awareness Week last week and we thought it would be timely to remind members about one scam attempt we’ve seen recently, and offer some tips to keep you safe.
These scammers know their game and have many tactics to try and get your hard-earned cash into their pockets. In the last couple of weeks, a new scam has reared its ugly head in New Zealand. It seeks to lure victims by combining the old age medium of newspaper advertising, with the new age technology of online phone calls via services like Skype (technically known as “voice over internet protocol” or VOIP).
It starts with a classified advertisement for a cheap vehicle popping up in one of the local newspapers around the country. Alongside a free-to-register email address (e.g. Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo) is a local New Zealand phone number purchased by a scammer that actually connects overseas, not locally. They are doing this through VOIP technology and number portability, which is brilliant if you want cheap calls to your friend in London, but not so great when you think you're calling someone in NZ to buy a car. More...
3x cool new site changes today
1. Optional phone number added to delivery information
We’ve had a bit of feedback from sellers who ship larger items, especially those who use couriers. Some couriers won’t deliver packages unless the customer’s phone number is included, so sellers often need buyers to include a contact phone number.
To help things along, we’ve added an optional phone number field for the buyer when they enter their delivery information. It’s not a huge change, but it should make life easier for a lot of sellers. More...
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Check out the Cool Auctions page
As of today, listings across the site that chin the bar of coolness are highlighted on their own special page.
On this all-new Cool Auctions landing page you can not only view a bunch of cool listings, but bid on them, and add your favourites to your Watchlist.
Cool Auctions will also continue to appear on the Trade Me homepage, but the new page will make it heaps easier to keep an eye on all of them at once. More...
Trade Me launched Treat Me today
We launched Treat Me today, our brand spanking new group-buying site that will offer discounted deals in Auckland and Wellington, before spreading across the country.
Treat Me will harness the retro coolness of vouchers and coupons, kicked off by Groupon in the USA back in 2008. With the Kiwi market still in its infancy, we’re confident Treat Me will appeal to Kiwi advertisers and buyers as a place to find a great deal.
Just like Trade Me, Treat Me will be focused on providing consumers with more spending power and helping local businesses reach additional customers. It will operate as a separate business unit with a dedicated team, led by a smart guy called James MacAvoy. More...
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