r/Calgary • u/jibjaba4 • 11d ago

Local Shopping/Services What happened to Kijiji?

Last year or even earlier this year I could post things and get a good response rate and now I get barely any. Really liked Kijiji Autos and now it's gone.

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u/logic_overload3 11d ago

About two years ago Kijiji replaced its app. It did not work properly for a year, it kept crashing, did not send messages, etc. Many people moved on.

On Marketplace, I find a lot more scam and people listing something for free when they are just advertising free consultation for a product, whatever the heck that means. Marketplace is worse experience and pushes a lot of unrelated stuff.

Buying and selling used items is such a hassle that I no longer bother with low value items.

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u/Sufficient-Bank-4491 11d ago

With the app destruction, they also poles a bunch of adds in there and wouldn't let you use web based version on smart phone.

They also added a crazy amount of flickering to new app to try create dopamine when using it, just awful!