Many dumb people out there!!
I placed an add on Kijiji to sell a used vehicle "as is" last week. I received probably 80 inquires and on top of that lots of double emails etc.
To highlight a a few of the best:
- trade for a gun
- trade for a set of tires to a truck that was later followed up with possibly throwing in a toolbox
- trade for a snowmobile on the other side of the province that I would have to drive to
- trade for a snowmobile with no ownership papers - that was a dandy
- to drive it to a persons place of employment so they could have a look at it
- numerous trades for vehicles that were older and worse sounding than mine
- payment plan installments
- after editing to say I am not looking for trades for household items I had 10 people ask what type of household items I was looking for
I had quite a few serious inquiries and offers and ended making a deal to sell it. It sure was an experience to say the least.
Many dumb people out there!!
Oooohhhh yes. We have a name for some of them, you know, the ones who set up a time to view the item for sale and then never show up, "kijiji A**holes" I've successfully sold 2 vehicles that were well past their prime and sold as is, but you really need to be in the right Frame of mind to deal with a lot of the replies. And I never put my tel# in the ad, that would be torture.
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Asking you to drive it over to where they work so they can check it out? And while you're at that, can you run by a Tim Horton's and bring them some coffee and a turkey bacon club sandwich, they didn't have time in their busy life to put together a lunch for today.
We've sold a few cars, back in the dark ages before kijiji or craigslist, and that was so painful I never want to sell another car or pretty much anything else on a site like those.
Tim Bosma.
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For those who don't understand the reference:Tim Bosma case | TheSpec.comAncaster's Tim Bosma took a ride with two strangers in a truck he was trying to sell and never came back. Dellen Millard and Mark Smich were found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Bosma.
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I definitely had Tim Bosma in the back of my head. I asked for a name and phone number so I could see if I could find anything on them. The person I sold it to had an online persona and I knew many people he did.
I got another reply today from a person sounding angry that I hadn't taken them up on their trade for a bucket of widgets.
One thing I found out was that in Ontario they have 6 days to register the car and if they don't there is no real repercussion but your name stays with the VIN until they do, legally. I have to check back in a month and declare that I have sold the vehicle although I already have notified them. It's a real gov't operation at Service Ontario.
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