Kijiji

James Chinese cell *******679 claimed can fix washer. Took some money to buy new part instead ruined our washer more.at least it was washing before.

I've just had kijiji delete my account of 11 years. I used to buy and sell a fair bit on kijiji but in the past few years not much has come to a final transaction either way. It's full of ads and commercial listings that are not of interest and clog up my search results and selling has become way too long and arduous with everyone trying to haggle and not even show up when an agreement is reached. Their new ill-thought out review system is the last straw. It's so obviously subject to abuse. All you need is 7 back and forth messages and bang, both sides have the ability to leave a review. As with all online communication, a great number of people revert into immature bullies and will lie or say things that they would never have the nerve to in a face-to-face conversation. Kijiji provides the perfect forum for that in a review system that does not require a transaction actually happened, just 7 messages, and they wash their hands of any monitoring or correction of unfair or untrue reviews. This means everyone will eventually run into someone that will rate them unfairly, whether they are a buyer or seller. It's a shame. It was once a great way to buy and sell in Canada but they seem determined to kill it here like they did in the US.

Response to concerns is 1 out of 5 times. I cancelled my account dont know if they will respond to that. It might be that its being sabotaged from the inside.
They put a rechapta thing on where I have to go through about 7 piuctures, very anoying and time consuming.
Really I get a lot of views but only lookers, it is when things are dirt cheap anyone response and then they send messages about lowering my price, well how would thye like their paycheck lowered.
Really a wast of time

Website is a scam. I run a business and paid thousands in ad revenu only to have my number removed from my postings. People could not contact me and kept trying to send me messages. Huge pain in the butt. They even reimbursed me for some of the ads when i then reposted and had the same issue. Kijiji got too big just like facebook and they control wich businesses get visibility. Plus if you pay for ads people send bots to your ads and waste all your advertising views... total scam stay away! We are fooked. Facebook and kijiji even lespac. All crap. I guess these companies got too big and sold out. So sad.

The search grid is so outdated, takes years to scroll down a single line of horsemanure ads to find anything decent. Scammers everywhere, they are not even good at it. Then the reply "Kijijidiots" that troll, lowball and generally waste your time. The vintage car WANTED ADS that are just scammers trying to ripoff a old person of their car. The site needs a complete redesign for the last 10 years. You should be able to search "2 by 2" or more ads per space instead of the tiresome "single line scrolldown"

Kijiji is possibly the worst place for a business or professional to advertise their services or products. While the average Joe selling his couch without paying a dime to Kijiji has it easy, the advertiser, the one with the real money is left in the gutter.

I spent $300 in one sitting on promoting multiple ads on Kijiji. First of all, their category systems is a complete fiasco. Who doesn't have a Computer or Web category under Services in this day and age?! Second, I asked for help from their support. They deleted my ads and told me to post a banner.

Here's where the fun starts. Their banners on paper look very nice and promising, although they are "managed" by a second company, Shiny Ads. I never had a worse experience with an advertiser before! I am now waiting for the weekend to be over (apparently they don't work weekends...) and asking for a full refund; at the rate my banner is going now it comes down to about $11/click (!).

In other words, stay back if you are a business. They will squeeze every penny from you and give you close to nothing in return. If you are simply a consumer, then by all means, go and sell your couch!

I have learned a few things to watch out for. Don't meet after hours (dark) never ever send cash or a chech without receiving ur goods. If the Deal Sounds to go to be true it's more than likely a Scam, just B careful and aware Not everyone is as honest as U are! Now on a positive Note I have bought some VERY Cool unique stuff, and sola items as well on Kijiji they have everything from diamonds to baby-sitters awesome variety. It's also buyer beware as Kijiji usi NOT in anyway responsible for anything from stuff bought, sold to theft should it occur. Just be SMART, safe with UR purchasing.

Beware of two listings on Kijiji, in the Moving and Storage category. Ad ID *******298 and ad ID *******578. Both run by the same scammers. They charged me twice what the so-called contract said. Held my furniture in their truck until I paid them in cash. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE. Here are the names and numbers to avoid: Monoj *******484. Jason *******180. Desh *******266.

Recent changes to Kijiji.ca such as the repeated "feature" ads at the tops of pages (if I visit 5 consecutive pages, I don't need to see the same item at the top of each page again and again) and the volume of "featured" ad now being displayed (I have counted as many as 10 on each page at times) means scrolling halfway to the bottom of the page to see the items I have searched for is absurd.

Today, it appears it is now a requirement to log-in/register to see a sellers username and phone number- I did not go to Kijiji looking for things to purchase so Kijiji can farm my data.

It would appear Kijiji.ca has forgotten that its actual audience is the buyers- if no one is going there looking for products, sellers won't be selling anything and anyone paying for a "feature" ad will be throwing their money away (more so than they are already).

I hope another competitor shows up in Canada, soon- perhaps a return of the old paper sources such as "Bargain Hunter" and "Tri-Ad" in digital format.