kijiji ettiquette

suzuki2000

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Is kijiji ettiquette simply to offer 1/2 or less of a sellers asking price and go from there?

My wife has had a few things go up on kijiji over time and typically if she were to put $500.00 then she wil get messages back asking if she would take $250, Really?...???.... you haven't even seen it.

She had a camera up and a lady messaged her that she was obviously too high and would give her 1/2 of what she was asking becasue she could get a new whatever for the same price.. (she was comparing apples to oranges)
1. if the new one is the same price, go buy the new one
2. it was sold the day she posted, at full price, but the lady continued to try and tell her her price was wrong :rolleyes:

She recently sold her bike on kijiji, was receiving emails asking if she would take some other price then what she posted for. Sure almost anything is negotiable, but really come look at it and we can talk, otherwise it would have been posted at a different price. She ended up selling in under 4 days from when she posted, cash money and only a few hundred off asking price

Kijiji is a great tool to buy/sell on but so many garage sale buyers on it.
 
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I gave up listing stuff with a firm price. I always add 10-20% to what I want to get for it just so that when they try to bargain (and they ALL try to bargain) and offer me what I really expect to get for it I can pretend to think about it for a minute and than say "OK" so that these idiots think they are getting a great deal. People are retarded.
 
i just yank peoples chain when they ask...hey, no harm in trying...or i offer to cut in half whatever it is that i'm selling...meh, comes with the territory...i've sold stuff on there and once you get a swing for things as to how to deal with kijiji it gets pretty easy to spot what will work and what will not...
 
Roasted said:
I gave up listing stuff with a firm price. I always add 10-20% to what I want to get for it just so that when they try to bargain (and they ALL try to bargain) and offer me what I really expect to get for it I can pretend to think about it for a minute and than say "OK" so that these idiots think they are getting a great deal. People are retarded.
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Exactly. When people say price is firm in their ad I have to laugh, they're just setting themselves up for frustration. I know what I'm selling is worth, add more like 30%, and have a set amount in my head I will take no less than. Amazing how many people give you 15% more than that amount, and then it's a windfall. I sold a boat that I had for over 10 years for $1000 more than I paid for it one time. Most people expect to knock off about 10% to 15% so when they do, they're happy.
 
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Exactly. When people say price is firm in their ad I have to laugh, they're just setting themselves up for frustration. I know what I'm selling is worth, add more like 30%, and have a set amount in my head I will take no less than. Amazing how many people give you 15% more than that amount, and then it's a windfall. I sold a boat that I had for over 10 years for $1000 more than I paid for it one time. Most people expect to knock off about 10% to 15% so when they do, they're happy.
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When I bought my current bike I straight up told the seller "I want to see the bike, but I am only willing to pay X amount for it..." (which was $1000 less than they were asking). "...do you still want me to come take a look at it?". He said "Yes". I came, took a look and I paid him EXACTLY the amount I said earlier. We shook hands and the deal was done.

I know he jacked up the price a bit to give a buffer for bargaining like eveyones does but he knew how much the bike was really worth, just like I knew what it was worth and that's how much I paid. I didn't insult him with some lowball offer. This is how a sale goes down when you have two intelligent, respectful individuals conducting business.

I was selling a guitar amplifier once and the chick tried pulling one of those last minute "I only brought x amount of money" stunts....I laughed at her face and told her that she knows my price. Somehow the extra money suddenly appeared in her pocket! LOL She acted embarrassed but I knew she was lying to my face the whole time.
 
People offer half price because people list their crap for twice the value of it most of the time.

Plus its how haggling works. Sellers start much higher than they will take as a lowest price, and buyers shoot out a number much lower than the highest price they'll pay.
If their points overlap, a sale is made. If not, both walk away.
 
My experience has been good so far. The guy posted the bike for 3000$, GS500f 2008 with 23,000Km decent condition. I called him, he came the same day, called a friend from GTAM to check it out. We met in a parking lot, he checked the bike, the deal was complete. Though he told me later that buying a bike was a pain in the butt for him after he sold his bike to me. I always put up stuff for decent prices and it gets sold, never low ball anyone, too shy to do that.
 
kijiji isn't much different than visiting the islands and going in jewellery shops.. I have toured with large groups, we all heard that the asking priice X 0.7 is what they will accept.. and everyone who found something was successful with that bargaining,,so, if your wife loves that $10,000 ring, and your can get it for $3000.... if pays for the travel ... My daughter just took my advice, and travelled to Philipsburg, she bought a camera lens, they thru in a bunch of goodies.. and the trip and the merchandise was $1000 less than just the lens in Ontario.
When i first started haggling with diamond people,, i just couldn't bring myself to offer 30 cents on the dollar. but kijiji people do!
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I think everyone just takes kijiji offers too personally. If someone wants what I'm selling they'll pay for it. If I'm desperate to sell they know they can buy it off me cheap and turn a profit themselves. It's the way the world works.

Selling cell phones or electronics you get TONS of BS offers. Selling anything cool or unique will get you proper offers.
 
funny this thread shows up now.
i posted on kijiji and some guy just told me he will offer me 30 bucks less and i have to travel to him to sell it.
gotta love cheap idiots.
 
I agree with all that that haggling is part of the process. Buyers and sellers need to be educated on what they are after. what is fair market value?, what is top/bottom price.

I recently purchased a bike for my wife, when talking to the guy, seller brought up price. I knew he wanted to flush out low ballers, told him the price is in line with realisitic expectations but actually condition would determine the price I would pay. We met, I checked out the bike, took a ride, made a reasonable offer (lower then the asking, but not insulting) we agreed, purchase done.

Wife sold her bike after, listed with a reasonable price, knew the bottom price, didn't get full price as expected. Buyer brought up a slightly lowball number, the wife told him to get real or take a walk, offered realistic numbers, transaction complete.

We bought and sold 2 bikes over 3 days with little fuss given realistic prices and no BS

offering .50 cents or less on the dollar is a waste of everyones time if the item is priced appropriately
 
mrkyo said:
funny this thread shows up now.
i posted on kijiji and some guy just told me he will offer me 30 bucks less and i have to travel to him to sell it.
gotta love cheap idiots.
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LOL

I dont mind travelling to sell, if its an expensive item (although I dont have a vehicle now, so any buyers need to come to me; unless they live in oakville.) But if you have to spend more than 20% of the items price in gas to deliver it, it's just not worth it.
 
I really hate to overprice my items, but it's the standard. I don't really go through the whole haggle. I give my lowest price and that's that. I don't try to screw anyone either.

A lot of sells probably get lowbals due to poor ads. Give a lot of info. Dont just list flush mount signals, tell people what items you replaced, list what you did from the service manual... etc.
 
Kijiji is flawed from both ends. Tons of people put **** on it with ridiculous asking prices (look at old R6s). Then they get ****** when people lowball them to what the price SHOULD be. I personally dont care. If somebody wants what I have for sale, they will end up paying a good price for it. People take it way too personally.

If you don't like the offer, don't respond.

I have had good success selling all manner of things on Kijiji purely because I put a good price on **** and wait for someone willing to pay it.
 
Meh, you get used to it. People just need to learn how to deal with it and not take it personal. Kijiji is meant to save people money but some people want things pretty much next to free.

One time, I had a low ball offer on a phone I was selling. I was polite and said, "sorry, its a good offer but not what I was looking for. I was 'realistically' hoping for $X.xx." I actually made the sale to that same person.
 
If I want to buy something and find it at a good price, I don't haggle at all, but pay asking. It's a cultural thing, whether one is more inclined to haggle or not. And in Toronto you have more representation from cultures that haggle or low-ball.

If I'm selling, I just ignore low-ball offers. Delete the email.
 
What are your thoughts on car ads listed through kijiji? Similar expectation on negotiation? I am looking at a car listed at $43.5... fair to assume that $40k flat is within reason or is that too aggressive?
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