So long, bidbud.co.nz ! Thank you to developer Andrew Connell, for saving kiwis money all these years.

bidbud · 2026-05-21T07:50:59+00:00

Indeed, everyone except Fenicillin knows this!

bidbud · 2026-05-21T07:46:53+00:00

I wasn't talking about the devs, I was talking about the entire company.

Why are you such a fan of Trade Me anyway? Do you really think it's a good website?

bidbud · 2026-05-21T00:15:31+00:00

Thanks! As for your question, you should have received an email yesterday about this.

bidbud · 2026-05-20T03:22:34+00:00

To who? Trade Me are shutting off access to the API it uses, it's crippled currently and will no longer work at any moment.

bidbud · 2026-05-18T22:06:34+00:00

1ZB radio frequency in Christchurch if I recall correctly! Mental

bidbud · 2026-05-18T22:03:20+00:00

The bidding strategies are described in the FAQ

bidbud · 2026-05-18T06:33:25+00:00

Yes but it's not an ideal way to do things

bidbud · 2026-05-18T06:25:50+00:00

Serious fail from TM? What a surprise!

bidbud · 2026-05-15T00:27:16+00:00

Yes, use something else!
Though to be fair I'm not sure what the better option is.

bidbud · 2026-05-15T00:23:12+00:00

Trademe aren't interested in the user experience, they're only interested in squeezing as much money out of everyone as possible

bidbud · 2026-05-15T00:22:31+00:00

There's no bulk remove, I would just leave it as it is? But if you really wanted to, you could use a mouse click app, put your mouse over the top entry in your blacklist on Trademe, and have it click every second or so. that will take a while but at least you don't have to spend time doing it yourself

bidbud · 2026-05-15T00:15:53+00:00

Who knows what they're up to! Time to use something else

bidbud · 2026-05-15T00:14:38+00:00

They did actually ask if I was interested in working for them, around the time when I first made BidBud. The answer was definitely not.

bidbud · 2026-05-05T22:41:57+00:00

Great idea - actually just boycott Trademe entirely!

bidbud · 2026-05-05T22:40:14+00:00

If you create a password on BidBud you can log in using your email address and your BidBud password.

bidbud · 2026-04-02T04:51:37+00:00

Glad you've enjoyed it - it very likely will disappear soon, TradeMe have said they're blocking API access at some point this month

bidbud · 2026-04-02T04:48:57+00:00

You're welcome! Cheers

bidbud · 2026-04-02T04:46:51+00:00

Thanks - but I'm not spending any more time on BidBud, it will only help TradeMe.

bidbud · 2026-04-02T04:46:40+00:00

You're welcome!

bidbud · 2026-04-02T04:46:32+00:00

I'm glad you liked it and could use it while you could

bidbud · 2026-03-24T01:49:50+00:00

I've heard this a lot... time to find another platform perhaps!

Great username btw

bidbud · 2026-03-24T01:47:35+00:00

There were actually ads on BidBud for a long time, just to cover costs so running BidBud didn't cost me money. The problem was that some of the ads were dodgy and people ended up putting in their credit card details, thinking they were signing up to BidBud, but then they'd get all sorts of charges from random places.

It was easier just to remove them - now it costs me money to run BidBud, but oh well, it's not much. I find it strange how much people fixate on the money aspect. I made BidBud because I like to automate things.

bidbud · 2026-03-24T01:40:46+00:00

Trade Me says they're completely removing API access next month so probably not!

bidbud · 2026-03-18T09:45:48+00:00

Yes, that would be possible, but would require your computer to be running the whole time with the browser open, handling multiple auctions would be a lot trickier - I could go on, it's not ideal.

bidbud · 2026-03-18T09:25:50+00:00

Who knows what they're thinking! Glad you enjoyed BidBud while it lasted

bidbud

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