I guess buying and selling on Kijiji is a bit of a hit-or-miss kinda thang.  The mattress and box spring that we gave away went really well, considering I wasn't even home for it.  But then we get the other side of the coin…

I've had this treadmill up for sale since mid-November.  I had two email inquiries, and of that, only one serious interest.

She offers me $150 less than what I was asking, which is OK, I suppose - I'd rather have some cash for the holidays instead of none at all, so I say "Sure" and agree to sell it.

Email's go back and forth, including a series that reads like this:

Friday rolls around, and I bust my butt to be home by 4 PM.  5 PM rolls around, still no one shows up.  6 PM rolls by, and Holly and I decide to go get some errands done.  To heck with you, I say.

Another email rolls in, asking if Saturday would work..  it won't, so I suggest Sunday.  We agree, and we're good.

Then the phone calls start.  First, she wants to know if it's OK to come over now.  Sure.  Give her my address 6 times.  Completely ignoring the fact that I had emailed a Google Map, identifying my house, and directions from the general neighbourhood she was in.  She phones me again, 3 times en route, because she got lost.  I mean, I know the house is up in some residential area, but really - you had to drive down one street, and make 2 turns.  That's IT.  I don't know how you wound up in the wrong subdivision, especially since you were apparently writing down my directions.

Oh, did I mention the bit about her trying to drop the price to $200?  Because her budget changed?  What sold it was "I just had a baby, I need to loose the weight".  Right - you've just asked me to sell the treadmill for half of what I was originally asking.  And I was already cheaper than other people listing the same treadmill on Kijiji.

So she finally gets here, almost a full hour after she first called, and I go to show her the treadmill.

"Does it incline?" 

No.

"Why not?"

This model doesn't have that feature.

"Well I really wanted one that inclined.  Sorry for all this!"

…  And away-she-goes.

Now, tell me: Where are you supposed to find a treadmill that inclines for $200?  I had a look around Kijiji and I see treadmills that incline for over $1000.  I do see "normal" treadmills for less than what I'm asking, but I know mine works.

So, Sarah, good luck finding a treadmill that inclines and does all the other stuff you want for $200.  When you find one, lemme know how it works out.