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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
I was in the market for a cast iron chiminea a few years back when I saw one listed near my house for $60. Knowing that these things run upwards of $300, and often a fair bit more when new, I knew that I had to have it. Unable to leave work early, I politely asked (begged?) the lady via email to keep it until 5:00 for me. I told her my name, that I live a few blocks over, I'd be there with the full $60 by 5:00, and that I wouldn't flake out or haggle when I got there.
To my surprise, she agreed and even took the ad down. Knowing the flakes that frequent Kijiji, I was impressed by her trust and/or naivety.
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I'd had a couple disappointing experiences this summer trying to buy some wheels on Kijiji. In both cases I emailed the seller and said I was interested and wanted to come by to the see the wheels. I mentioned that I was available any time/any day to see the wheels and the sellers gave me a time and day to meet. Each time the seller emailed me the day before and said that they had just sold the wheels. I wish they would have told me in the initial contact that they were available earlier so that I could have had a chance to buy the wheels. Now I'm stuck still looking for a set of winter wheels.