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List for free

Dan_TradingPost — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:08:31 GMT

LIST FOR FREE!

Get into Auctions at Trading Post® where you can list your basic Auction and Buy Now ads FREE!
Take advantage of FREE listing & experience the thrill of online auctions. Pay a success fee only when you item sells.

How to sell by Auction or Buy Now:

Step 1 – Click on the ‘Sell’ tab
Step 2 - Follow the steps to list your item for Auction or Buy Now
Step 3 – List your item as a basic listing.

Advantages of listing with Auctions or Buy Now

Experience the thrill of selling by auction or
Set a price for immediate sale with Buy Now
Target 1.9 million potential online buyers monthly^
Sell to buyers anywhere in Australia
Choose from a range of payment options
Sell your item 24/7, no need to negotiate or talk to the buyer

^Omniture SiteCatalyst average based on April-June 2008.

Stand out from the crowd!

Want to draw more buyers to see your ad? From as little as 50 cents you can take advantage of the extra features and enhance the appearance and positioning of your ad.

Display more details in the search results
Bold your title
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Find out more

Get into Auctions at tradingpost.com.au - START LISTING NOW!

Regards,
The Trading Post® Team

Auction of the day

Dan_TradingPost — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:07:18 GMT

Unique Penfolds Grange Auction

Bid for this unique once in a life time wine collectible!

This drop is sure to get better with age with signatures from the last 7 NSW premiers!

This Penfolds Grange – 2002 bottle has been signed by some of Australia’s finest leaders including –

Neville Wran
Barry Unsworth
Nick Greiner
John Fahey
Bob Carr
Morris Iemma
Nathan Rees

From the winemaker

Grange is both Penfolds and arguably Australia's most famous wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia.

Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between shiraz and the soils and climate of South Australia.

Penfolds Grange displays fully-ripe and intensely-flavoured Shiraz and some Cabernet grapes in combination with new American oak. The result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world's great wines. The Grange style is the original and most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy.

For further information on the wine click here

Hurry, auction ends Friday 3 October. Bid Now

All proceeds will be donated to Ronald McDonald House Tamworth.

The wine has been kindly donated by Mr Greg McGuire, from the Powerhouse Hotel in Tamworth.

Liquor licence number: 120354 (Tamworth Hotel)

LIQUOR ACT 2007
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO SELL OR SUPPLY ALCOHOL TO, OR TO OBTAIN ALCOHOL ON BEHALF OF, A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS

Site Maintenance 30/07/08

Dan_TradingPost — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:36:41 GMT

Scheduled maintenance was carried out on tradingpost.com.au early this morning.

The maintenance will further improve customer experience with a number of improvements to our bulk listing tools, search and site performance.

We remain focused on providing our customers with a great experience when using tradingpost.com.au and we will continue to improve known issues with the site.

We appreciate your patience and support and we will continue to keep you up to date with scheduled maintenance as it occurs.

Regards,

The Trading Post® Team

Site Maintenance Update

Dan_TradingPost — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:26:06 GMT

Scheduled maintenance was carried out on tradingpost.com.au earlier this week.

The maintenance will improve customer experience when using the place ad system, leaving feedback and when winning auctions.

We remain focused on providing our customers with a great experience when using tradingpost.com.au and we will continue to improve known issues with the site, such as search performance and our bulk listing tools.

We appreciate your patience and support and we will continue to keep you up to date with scheduled maintenance as it occurs.

Regards,

The Trading Post® Team

Trading Post® - currently experiencing technical issues (Update)

Dan_TradingPost — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:08:59 GMT

Due to the transition to our new website we are currently experiencing some technical issues. We appreciate the feedback received on the new site to date.

Our team are working hard addressing site performance and Trader Pro issues and we hope to have an update on these issues to share with you all very soon.

We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your ongoing patience.

Regards,

The Trading Post® Team

Trading Post® - currently experiencing technical issues

Dan_TradingPost — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:08:34 GMT

Due to the transition to our new website and the overwhelming positive response from our customers we are currently experiencing some technical issues. Our site development team are working hard on these issues, and hope to have them resolved soon.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Trading Post® Team

Trading Post® weighs-in to online auctions

Dan_TradingPost — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:02:04 GMT

Australia’s iconic Trading Post^® has weighed-in to the local online auction market with the launch of auctions on its new website tradingpost.com.au.

Sensis CEO, Mr Bruce Akhurst said: “Trading Post^®, the Aussie icon Australians have loved buying and selling with for more than 40 years, is putting choice back into online auctions and making it free to list your items.”

“With one in two Australians having bought or sold something on the internet, it’s clear we love buying and selling online. And while auctions have only just started on tradingpost.com.au, our aim is to build up the number of items available and become Australia’s favourite place to buy and sell.”

The Trading Post’s announcement comes at a time when Australian sellers are up in arms following eBay’s decision to force sellers to use its own payment service PayPal and as a result, pay additional fees.

“Trading Post^®‘s new website and auctions means we now offer a strong local alternative to eBay – one that lets you choose payment options and provides terrific value for money,” Mr Akhurst said.

A Newspoll survey conducted last week confirmed 93 per cent of people who have sold online and 95 per cent of people who have bought online said it was important to have a choice of payment options when trading online.

Referring to the hostility in the Australian market towards eBay, Mr Akhurst said the timing of the launch of auctions on tradingpost.com.au was perfect for customers.

“Australian businesses that make their living trading online are screaming out for a way to trade online in which they have more control over how they do business.

“Trading Post^® has been listening closely and is now providing auctions with a broad range of payment options for sellers to choose from. We’ve also made it easier to register, buy, sell, navigate, search and compare products online,” he said.

President of Australia’s Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, Phil Leahy, said he was pleased Trading Post^® is providing a new platform that includes auctions and offers Australian sellers a viable alternative.

“Our members are in the business of trading online and anything Trading Post^® can do to help competition by providing a more flexible environment and more affordable alternative, we support,” he said.

Mr Akhurst said to successfully compete in the online auction market, Trading Post^® needed to offer something different.

“As well as providing sellers with a choice of payment options, one of Trading Post^®‘s main points of difference is it is free to list your items for sale. This means you pay a fee if you sell your item.”

Mr Akhurst said Trading Post^® was also focussed on providing personalised customer support by phone and email and a security program to verify the identity of online traders.

“Buying and selling online should be easy, fast and efficient and so should getting answers to any questions you may have along the way. That’s why Trading Post^® has a dedicated Australian-based customer support team to help buyers and sellers with queries seven days a week,” he said.

“Through our research, we know security is important for many people trading online. Trading Post^® supports this by requiring people to have an Australian address to register on our site. Furthermore, our Verified Trader program provides buyers and sellers the opportunity to verify themselves through a free 100-point identity check with Australia Post. That way we can provide people with more confidence they are buying or selling with someone based in Australia,” said Mr Akhurst.

Usage of www.tradingpost.com.au has increased by 140% over the last three financial years. In March 2008, the site reached 2 million unique visitors for the first time. The Trading Post^® newspaper, which comes out every Thursday, is read by 725,000 people each week.

To view the new Trading Post^® website with auctions, visit www.tradingpost.com.au

New to discussion forums?

Dan_TradingPost — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:02:31 GMT

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http://www.tradingpost.com.au/tradingIdeas/Guidelines.aspx

Trading Post’s response to a recent Phishing scam

site_moderator — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:24:25 GMT

Trading Post® has recently received feedback from customers advising they have received emails from a third party claiming to be Trading Post®.

The email is a typical phishing scam where people are invited to update their Trading Post® member details in an attempt to trick them into giving away personal information such as user names, passwords and credit card numbers.

This email was not authorised or issued by Sensis Pty Ltd, the publisher of Trading Post®. In the interests of customer security and safe trading, we suggest recipients of this email do not respond or click on any of the links. Recipients are also advised to forward a copy of the email to investigations@tradingpost.com.au and then immediately delete all copies of the email you have.

Recipients and customers should also be aware that Trading Post® does not ask customers to update or review their member details in emails. Additional information about phishing scams and other online scams and fraud is available at www.tradingpost.com.au or at The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) scam watch site www.scamwatch.gov.au.

Trading Post® encourages all concerned customers to call us on 1300 138 016.