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Site outage this morning
We had a slight problem at 8:25am this morning that caused the site to be unavailable for a few minutes. We’re sorry about this and have extended all auctions that were due to close between 8:25am and 9:25am by 1 hour.
Site outage this morning
We had a slight problem at 10:30am this morning that caused the site to be unavailable for a few minutes.
We’re really sorry about this and have extended all auctions that were due to close between 10:30am and 11:30am by 1 hour.
Text Me SMS Problems (Resolved)
UPDATE 9:58am
We have been advised by our SMS provider that the issue of non delivery of Text Me SMS messages has been resolved. Thanks for your patience with this.
We are currently aware of a problem that is preventing the delivery of Text Me SMS messages to some users on the Telecom network. Unfortunately this issue is outside of our control.
We will post an update once this problem has been resolved.
Starship Spring Clean II is under way
We're stoked to be supporting the Starship Spring Clean again this year. It has just been switched on here at Trade Me, and will be running for the month of September.
We did this last year and it was cool. Who wouldn't want to help out the national children’s hospital and one of New Zealand's most awesome charities, the Starship Foundation?
There are 3 things involved: list an item, pledge to donate auction proceeds to Starship, then donate once the item is sold. Aim to donate as close to 100% as you can. Also, don't forget there's free Gallery on $1 reserve listings. More...
Christchurch Earthquake Support site back up
Back on 23 February, we switched on a dedicated Christchurch Earthquake Support website. This gave people a chance to help out and also take up offers of help after the 22 February earthquake. It was totally free.
We thought it was coming to an end of its useful life, and we were in the process of dialling it down. However, since the events of yesterday we've had lots of enquiries from members keen to help so we reinstated it today. We hope people find it useful.
The QuakeMates site for Aucklanders to help out Canterbury rugby fans with "in-home" accommodation during the Rugby World Cup is up and running too. More...