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Originally Posted by DoubleF
DoubleF's anecdote.
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I tried selling my old car around 2 years ago. I am Kijiji n00b but know enough. (Didn't know of the "Will ignore ridiculous low baller line though, but I did write OBO so, I expected it").
Anyways, I try selling my car for $800. I even have paper on my car window saying $800 OBO. Best offer I get is some guy offering $500 on Kijiji. Everything else is crap tons of $300-400 offers. I'm hesitant but willing to let go at $500 if that's the best offer in 24 hours (I want it gone). I carefully consider the wording and text the guy with the following, "How about you come over, look at the car and we will agree on a price when you come?" plus text address (No acknowledgement of agreement)
I hop in the car and run a quick test drive/last sentimental trip. Swing on Stony and turn around at Royal Oak to go home. I get a call. Pick up thinking it's test drive guy and it's instead some other random guy who saw me drive by in Royal Oak not 2 minutes prior and is super interested in the car. (just by seeing me at a stop light). So I swing back, meet him in Citadel and he offers $800 right there. What luck! I tell him as a courtesy, there's an offer on the car, but if it doesn't work out, I'll give him a call. He asks if he can take the car for a quick spin anyways (leaving a car at a gas station) and I agree.
Call Kijiji guy back. "Hey, I have a different offer on the car that's full price. But since you were interested first, I'm giving you first swing at matching. Are you still interested in the car?" The #### fit this guy threw about how we had a deal and I was being unethical etc. I calmly told him, "Reread that text I sent to you. Does it look like an agreement to you? I said we would discuss price when you came." He actually admitted that there was no deal in place and that next time I should be more clear.
Me thinking: Ok. No prob. Maybe I was at fault too. "Sorry man." I tell him over the phone.
He then begins to insult me, wish ill will to me hoping I crash the car before I sell to the other guy plus sarcastic sounding blabbing in another language... so I wished him good luck on finding a car interrupting whatever he was mumbling at me and hung up.
I'll use Kijiji, but I'll be more aware of being careful how I do transactions there from now on. The wording tricks some of you use sound super helpful.
I've acquired a few items from buy sell on this forum. Good guys and experiences thus far.  |
For the most part, I have stopped being courteous to Kijiji buyers. I'll usually put in the ad "first come, first serve" or something similar. I've had waaay to many times when someone says they're going to come over and buy something or look at something, so I tell others that it's spoken for, but I'll let them know. I end up waiting for the buyer to arrive and eventually send them a text that gets a reply like "hey sorry, we found something better".