Let's Talk About Kijiji

[Swift]

Originally Posted by Yanda

Trying to find a roommate for May with kijiji right now.

I've got one. About 6 ft, 280lbs, slightly soiled. Offering for free. I'll deliver.

[Stealth22]

TIL that Kijiji has an IM function.

[Looch City]

Originally Posted by Stealth22

TIL that Kijiji has an IM function.

Yeah me too thanks to this thread. I started using it and it's great!

[OMG!WTF!]

Still available on Kijiji...

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectib...ock/1116895752

...and down from 80k Thinking about pulling the trigger.

[woob]

Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!

Still available on Kijiji...

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectib...ock/1116895752

...and down from 80k Thinking about pulling the trigger.

Those are the kind of sellers where clicking on "View poster's other ads" is a must, just to see what other stuff they're trying to sell. Unfortunately, it looks like just a one-off with this one.

[Izzle]

Bump.

How much of a discount do you guys get off of buying items from Kijiji? I suppose it would depend on the item itself, but do you try to talk down the price by 10%, 15% 30%??

[Weitz]

Depends on the seller.

I know when I list my stuff I never discount it, as it will be listed for what I will sell it for.

I have friends who list stuff for 10-30% over so when they get lowballed they get what they want.

[Izzle]

I had an item up for $240... and i've got consistent replies between $180-200. The one guy said $210 and immediately said yes.

Just was interesting to see how much of a discount people try to get. It appears that anything else I sell in the future, I'd have to mark up by 10-30%

[Hessen]

I just list items at the low price that I'm willing to accept. I'll look at similar items beforehand and price mine lower just to get them sold.

I've had people show up to buy items and offer less. Last week a guy agreed to buy a game for $35, showed up with $25 in hand asking if I'd take that. I said no and was leaving when he magically had another $10 appear.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Hessen

I just list items at the low price that I'm willing to accept. I'll look at similar items beforehand and price mine lower just to get them sold.

I've had people show up to buy items and offer less. Last week a guy agreed to buy a game for $35, showed up with $25 in hand asking if I'd take that. I said no and was leaving when he magically had another $10 appear.

Someone tried that on me, and when they pulled out the full amount I asked for $10 more or else I was leaving. #######s.

[Tron_fdc]

Kijiji is one of the most annoying platforms for selling stuff. You can do it, but you have to wade through all the garbage emails to move stuff.

I sold a minivan on there a few weeks ago. 2014 Sienna limited, fully loaded AWD. Super hard to find, and the ones I DID find were $45k and up.

Listed for $40 (my buyout was $39), and within an hour I start getting

"I'll give you $35k CASH"
"what's your bottom dollar"
"can you please help me I'm a single mother and I can't afford over $35k"

Sold it 8 hours later for $40k to a guy who couldn't get me the money fast enough. I had quite the dialogue with the "give you CASH" guy on IM though. A) cash means nothing to me B) because you're an idiot I wouldn't sell it to you for $45k now C) when I text back hahahahahahah NO you're an even bigger idiot when you send back "hahahahaha good luck you'll never get that" and I sell it moments later for full price.

Have fun driving your dodge caravan you bought from a taxi company "on a deal" you a-hole.

/rant

I sold a pair of discontinued yoga pants on there for my wife a while back and hayzeuss I will NEVER do that again.

[btimbit]

Meh, it's easy. Just list your price as firm and completely ignore anyone that offers you less than that, and especially the people that try and negotiate a price before even seeing the item

[V]

Just this week I've sold:

Queen size bed for $100
120' of 5' chain link fence for $700
Tent trailer for $2500
Toy car for $35

I sold all of it for the amount it was listed, and didn't have to go through too much nonsense. One guy emailed me "$1000" for the tent trailer about 20 minutes after I listed it, to which I replied "haha", but other than that, I couldn't have asked for it to go much better.

[V]

Originally Posted by btimbit

completely ignore ... especially the people that try and negotiate a price before even seeing the item

Huh, I'm different. If you're going to negotiate, do so before you show up. I'm honest about what I'm selling, so if you want to lowball me, do me a favour and do it before you show up, when I'm entertaining other offers. If you try to talk down the price when you get here you're out of luck.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by V

Huh, I'm different. If you're going to negotiate, do so before you show up. I'm honest about what I'm selling, so if you want to lowball me, do me a favour and do it before you show up, when I'm entertaining other offers. If you try to talk down the price when you get here you're out of luck.

That just seems odd to me, how can you negotiate on something if you haven't seen it with your own eyes and don't know the condition it's in for yourself. Especially something like a vehicle, or your tent trailer

[V]

If the ad is honest, and mine always are, there shouldn't be any surprises when you get here.

[EVERLAST]

I know this should be obvious but if someone doesnt understand selling for $ 100.00 firm and shows up with $ 80.00 and starts haggling well I guess they are S O L

Kijiji can be bad yes but for the most part itll never be like Craigslist back in the day.

you put it on Kijiji ...you should expect all walks of people to respond and lowball

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

"I'll give you $35k CASH"
"what's your bottom dollar"
"can you please help me I'm a single mother and I can't afford over $35k"

Sold it 8 hours later for $40k to a guy who couldn't get me the money fast enough. I had quite the dialogue with the "give you CASH" guy on IM though. A) cash means nothing to me B) because you're an idiot I wouldn't sell it to you for $45k now C) when I text back hahahahahahah NO you're an even bigger idiot when you send back "hahahahaha good luck you'll never get that" and I sell it moments later for full price.

Have fun driving your dodge caravan you bought from a taxi company "on a deal" you a-hole.

Your 35k CASH guy is more then likely a sidewalk dealer looking to make a quick buck by flipping it.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Dan02

Your 35k CASH guy is more then likely a sidewalk dealer looking to make a quick buck by flipping it.

I sold a car a few weeks ago on kijiji and honestly I was vaguely suspicious that the person I was selling it to was gonna do that. Except you wouldn't make much. I had it listed for a grand. At the end of the day I wouldn't really care, as I was just happy to get rid of it, but it makes me wonder how profitable it could be for someone who can fix cars cheaply to scour kijiji for budget deals, fix em up a bit and then sell them for market value.

[WCan_Kid]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I sold a car a few weeks ago on kijiji and honestly I was vaguely suspicious that the person I was selling it to was gonna do that. Except you wouldn't make much. I had it listed for a grand. At the end of the day I wouldn't really care, as I was just happy to get rid of it, but it makes me wonder how profitable it could be for someone who can fix cars cheaply to scour kijiji for budget deals, fix em up a bit and then sell them for market value.

I've done it a few times. Not going to get rich, but you can pick up a little extra cash pretty easily if you've got some mechanical skills and a bit of free time. A lot of repairs are 90% labor/10% parts and if you like working on cars the time investment is more of a hobby than a cost.