On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone know of any free/cheap Open Source Auction Management Software >> that works with Trade Me? > > I have no idea, sorry. But I note that in the Terms & Conditions of > TradeMe http://www.trademe.co.nz/Help/Topic.aspx?help_id=143 , section > 4.1.c > "# You may not use a robot, spider, scraper or other automated means > to access the Website or information featured on it for any purpose." > > So, any such software would breach their T&Cs, and whether there was > any legal basis to them or not, TradeMe are very quick to disable > accounts that they feel have breached their rules. So you're risking > your account and therefore the trading "reputation" value. This may > not be important to you ... >
Clearly though there are commercial operators who are using some sort of automation - many auctions refer to "auctionitis" - some sort of automation. Dunno whether it is supplied (and charged for) by trademe, or what.
