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Old 04-29-2012, 12:17 AM   #57
pylon
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I don't even dink with ebay or paypal anymore. I have sold a lot of big ticket stuff on Kijiji and it never takes me more than a couple days, and it is always cash in hand. In the last year:

Today: $1200 Bicycle (in 2 hours), cash.
And in the past few months:
$12000 motorcycle, bank draft, we met at his bank so I witnessed it being stamped.
$1300 camera lens, cash.
$900 digital piano, email money transfer at my house.
About 30 sets of flames tickets, all cash, all buyer pick up.

I got fair market value for every item, and it would have been costlier using ebay after fees. Calgary is big enough now, you do not need a global marketing approach to sell anything, then habe to deal with packing, shipping, etc...unless it is highly niche. Kijiji is awesome, and I am now starting to pay for the odd add out of sheer guilt since it has worked so well for me, and so fast.

Using ebay now is just asking for brain damage IMO.
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