As most of you are aware, Kijiji.ca is one of the best places to post things you want to sell or maybe a specific thing that you may be looking for. The site is free, the posts are free, you don’t even have to register with Kijiji to actually make a post. That’s great news for the people that just want to make a quick post hoping someone locally will quickly inquire in buying what they don’t want anymore. This is much easier than the sometimes tedious process of posting on something like e-bay. But with the ease of use comes a number of problems. These problems revolve around the ever-expanding amount of stupidity that is taking over the world like a new Harry Potter book.
Well, what are some of the problems with Kijiji? Well first of all, people don’t seem to want to even search for what they are looking to buy or acquire. I know internet shopping is easy and can be done in the comfort of your home or Starbucks, but this is taking laziness to another level. Instead of even browsing a section for something like for example a dog or something, they just post exactly what they want in a dog. Why don’t you get your lazy ass finger up off the little finger couch and do some finger browsing.
“Hi me and my parents are looking for a teacup chihuahua or a teacup yorkie somewhere thats sort of near cape breton will go no further than P.E.I we've been wanting one for a long time now but the prices are so much and they are so far away if you have any info please.”
Like someone actually has that exact teacup Chihuahua and they live in Cape Breton. They are sitting around thinking, "What am I going to do with this extra canine I have here? I got it, there has to be someone who wants this exact dog...let me look on the internet."
I just think it’s hilarious when people post something like “Looking for free kitten” and like an entry two spots down is like, “Free kittens”. Do people have any idea how this sh*t works? It’s a classified website; you are supposed to “browse” through it. Imagine you could just do that on e-bay. Like you post precisely what you are looking for and it somehow knows which e-bay users have that exact thing and automatically telepathically tells them to log into their e-bay account, find your number and contact you.
You know what another great thing is about Kijiji are the brief rundowns of some of the items for sale:
Explanation
“Brand new Sony 4GB Pro Duo Memory Stick - discovered after it was purchased it was not compatible with my camera. These are 99.95 plus tax at Staples Online. Selling for $65.00 - only in the camera long enough to discover it was the wrong one!”
True explanation
“Brand new Sony 4GB Pro Duo Memory Stick. I know it’s a Pro Duo Memory Stick because it says it on the package. I really don’t own a camera that this would actually go in, this is actually stolen directly from the store that I will not name. It was only in the camera long enough to discover it was the wrong one. Well, what I really mean by that is nothing. If you believe that then you are indeed stupid like me. Because in actuality, there is a thing called a return policy. They have these for exact instances like I listed above. So instead of getting all $100 of my money back, I’ll settle for $65. Do you believe me….good. Please pick up the phone you stupid bastard and call me for this great deal.”
Explanation
Amazing Sony Hard Disk Drive Camcorder, 30 GB, Touch Screen, Night Vision, Takes Still Pictures, Bought for $899 Brand New. Its only 2 Months old, used about 8 times, I have everything with it CD, USB, Box, Manual and everything else that came in the box. AMAZING DEAL
True Explanation
“I bought this camera on my Future Shop credit card but now I want to trade it for weed money. I had it for two months, but unsuccessfully tried to get my girlfriend to let me record her during sex. When I hid it in the closet and tried the voyeur approach, she got extremely mad at me. So I pretty much can’t use this anymore. I also don’t have a computer and I thought the footage on the hard drive would automatically jump off the camera into some sort of digital media like a CD or DVD. I’m sorry for listening to the Future Shop guy.”
Also what does he mean he used it about eight times? How can you have about eight? So is it seven times…nine times….or 300 times. It could be any of those. Its funny seeing things listed like this. It just makes we wonder what kind of people this influences in a buying decision. They see listed points like, “Amazing Deal”, or “Like New” and something in their brain registers this as the tipping point in the buying decision. For the record there is no f*ckin “Like New”. Nothing can be like new…that is used. It’s either “new”, or “used”. That’s f*ckin it. You never see anything that’s listed as “Like Used”, because people would be like what the f*ck. Why do people continually let the “like new” slip by and be accepted in this classified society.
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