I've moved!
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Hey guys! I've moved! Just popping on here in case anyone I've interacted with before has been trying to reconnect with me.
For simplicity and time efficiency, I am currently only posting furniture items on kijiji. I've been downsizing my belongings, and clearing out four estates for deceased relatives. The volume of items is not something I am able to manage here. There are strict limitations on how many items are permitted to be posted at any given time. Also, listings have expiry dates, and are subject to being outranked by other users when high volumes of similar items are posted. Manually intervening these things is far too much "babysitting" for anyone to cope with, let's be real here!
For my non-furniture items, I am now using VarageSale. I'm posting daily and absolutely LOVE it. I'm blown away by how fast and easy it is to use, as well as the proficiency and safety factors. Here's why:
- the listing process is very simple and fast to complete
- buy, sell, and trade your items
- your listings don't have expiry dates
- you can "bump" your items at the touch of a finger, and you are permitted 10 bumps every two hours... for FREE by the way
- it's entirely free to use
- the platform is clean, aesthetic, and easy to navigate
- search functions are incredible, and optional filters can be applied for a more customized experience based on your needs or interests
- it's the only platform based on 100% identity where everyone goes through a manual review process when joining
- clear code of conduct for all users
- guidelines regarding what is permitted and not permitted for listing
- safe, family friendly, and community oriented
- you can request to join other communities to meet and transact within, which is particularly useful for those who travel regularly, or commute to other communities for work or school.
- access to a community administrator for additional support
- fast and efficient push notifications and chat
- the in-app scheduler is absolutely brilliant... a date, time, and location is selected for a meet up, which is communicated to both parties. Each party also receives an automatic reminder one hour prior to the meet up! This is great for preventing no-shows and/or a chance to reschedule.
As always, I encourage meet ups in a public place for mutual safety between both parties. If you are in need of a meet up location option, I recommend the North Bay Police Station at 135 Princess St W. There is a monitored "Buy & Sell Exchange Zone" shared with the visitor parking lot at the front of the station. This meet up location is available to all, and for any buy and sell platform.
Thanks for stopping by, and maybe I'll catch some of you on VarageSale sometime. Take care!
Fawn
community | other
2023-07-02