Maross: thanks. @ expressbooking, i will give u a call to clarify some things.

ExpressBooking: Auction Export is over reliable. They are based in Canada but operate mainly in the United States and Canada. I have bought six cars from them since march 2013 that I registered with them. My AuctionExport dealer number is 243978. There are lots of things you need to know before you click buy. I will be willing to put you through if you eventually make up your mind to buy from them. You can call me on 07069699686 or email me on travelshq@gmail.com . Below are the reasons why you may opt for AuctionExport;
1. Registration as dealer is free
2. Access to public online auctions
3. Live-on-the phone bidding for both public and private auctions
4. Access to vehicles from other auctions like copart,IAA, insurance companies etc
5. Ground and Ocean transportation to Nigeria for you (ground compulsory, ocean optional)
6. Paperwork and logistics
7. Clearing of the vehicle at Lagos (Compulsory if vehicle is containerized due to consolidation)
8. Dedicated customer friendly and support staff
9. No shabby deals or tricks,what you see and buy is what you get.
10. 5 free auto check reports on your first deposit.
11. $50 discount for every purchase made on Fridays
12. Access to salvage, dealers, repossesed and clean cars

Just get the basics and understand how it works then you are good. Call me if you need any help and I will put you through

NB: Always be mindful of ground transportation cost before you buy as that will affect your cost greatly.

chelseabmw:

we dont need any advise from you cos you work with them

chelseabmw:
we dont need any advise from you cos you work with them

Maross: @ expressbooking, i got the email. thanks for everything.
oga chelseabmw,
please do you have any 'nasty' experience with auctionexport? kindly share it with us.

ExpressBooking:

Chelsea BMW you are a moderator and ought have checked out AuctionExport before now. You advertise for them on Nairaland,does that mean you didn't check them out before approval of their ads?.i don't work with them, I am just a good customer. All I know is that they are reliable and their cars are cheaper. If you are in Lagos call me from the 9th January 2014 and you will be there while I receive my two units of 2001 Toyota Avalon XL from them. They are simply 100% trustworthy. I would not join foreigners to defraud fellow Nigerians if it was a fraud. They also have a shipping office Perfect Touch shipping at 54 Ibafo street,Coconut bus stop Olodi,Apapa Lagos

chelseabmw:

Lets not derail this thread then...How much did you get the toyota avalon for? I'm not in nigeria @the moment

chelseabmw:

Lets not derail this thread then...How much did you get the toyota avalon for? I'm not in nigeria @the moment

chelseabmw:

i have not had any experiences with them just that i dont understand how i will get a 2010 Acura MDX for just 350k......I just need an explanation on how the process works

chelseabmw:

i have not had any experiences with them just that i dont understand how i will get a 2010 Acura MDX for just 350k......I just need an explanation on how the process works

chelseabmw:

i have not had any experiences with them just that i dont understand how i will get a 2010 Acura MDX for just 350k......I just need an explanation on how the process works

chelseabmw: Lovely .................. how much to clear this ride ?

thegame: No disrespect but Mr ExpressBooking, how can you bring such accidented cars to Nigeria for sale na because I'm pretty sure they're not here for your private use. This is just pure "Money over Life" mentality. do you even think these avalons are safe at all

chelseabmw: Lovely .................. how much to clear this ride ?

You will be completely at the mercy of people who will provide very short and curt responses to reasonable queries and in the end, will ask you to send an email to their generic shipping/info/ sales email addresses. There, it will likely be picked up by someone else and you will have to go through the explanation, default reply and counter-argument process again and again and again.

Once you've paid a deposit (or actually bought a vehicle), you will continually have to ask them to check their payment system for receipt of your funds and have to prove that you've sent payment before they act on anything.

From their site, you can pay a deposit, get their bank wire details and 'Do other payments'. Be aware that Bank transfers to auctionexport must cater for deductions by their intermediary. The exact amount is not clear but it should be. It is auctionexports bank of choice and they should either have a fixed deduction or bear the cost (or more likely, included it in the amount indicated to the customer)

The unclear deduction meant that to make up the shortfall, I had to use the 'do other payment' method to make up the shortfall as a result of deductions from my wire transfer by their intermediary bank. such payments are handled by SKRILL on behalf of auctionexport.

For me, a payment made on the 29th of October with the 'Do other payment' method was only recognised on the 2nd of December after much time asking them to verify it and having had to ask SKRILL to intervene because auctionexport denied receiving it. Can you believe that from a supposedly professional, customer-focused company?.

oliverjiad: to clear it will cost u #750,000k

La mexx: I did not want to comment before but before "ile naira" pass a wrong conception, I think I find some errors in his case. It is either he is a novice when it comes to FX transfer or he probably don't know how to go about it.


This is expected because you are just one of their numerous customers. You just have to be patient. You are right on this one.


This is expected. They have to see that the money have gotten to them before they can credit your account. One way to go around this is to also scan the evidence of payment (advisable a scanned copy of FX transfer form you filled at the bank).


This is where I think you either don't knw how to do an FX transfer or you are lying. Firstly, JP Morgan (Auction Export) intermediary charges $10. This will be deducted from the fund you send. I made a similar transfer of $8200 but what I saw in my account was $8190. JP Morgan deducts $10 (offshore charges). I would advise you to make a direct transfer from a dollar dormiciliary account. Fill the form in the bank and send. It will take only 3-5 days before the money gets to them. GTbank usually collects close to $70 to process such transfer so you have to have additional fund of $100 in your dorm account if not GTbank will take FX charges, commission and VAT from the fund you are sending. If you follow this process, you should not have any problem.

Try and use our naija brothers in the US to do the transaction and u will understand that Auction Export is a lot better. I have carried out a transaction through one of these numerous pre-orders and after coughing up $1000 for commission to the guys alone, I still faced a lot of problems and uncertainty. With Auction Export, the word is patience but also fire them mails when you don't feel OK with the transcation and trust me they will respond. My own two cent.

mexxy1: I'm already registered with Auction Export and intend doing business anytime soon but, I sometimes get skeptical when I read most comments.
More people should state their experiences please.
@Lamexx, I may need your guidance on FX when I'm eventually set.

@La mexx, you make a lot of assumptions don't you?. Where I am, we don't have to trudge to a bank to make foreign payments, you can log on and carry out a FX transfer from your account via the internet. What's more, you don't need to have a special dollar dom. account or anything like that, you simply state the amount in the desired currency and the exchange rate is shown so you know how much it is in your home currency. Simple, no?

Also, no explanation has been given to me has to why $45 was deducted in my case as opposed to the $10 you mentioned. As for your comment about naija brothers, sure there are good and bad and you cannot generalise. Fhemmy and Inspired on this forum are examples of good Naija brothers in this business. Besides, I don't care about what others do, I want to get a better service from whoever it is that I have paid to do it and should be able to highlight where they can do better and tell others about what to watch out for. I have nothing to gain by 'lying'.

So, humour me for a second, how did you go about paying for the $10. shortfall in your case? Did you use the 'Do Other Payment' method or not? If you did not, you should not be casting aspersions on anyone else's knowledge of FX transfers or their experiences with what is normally a simple credit-card payment. That's just basic good manners.

ExpressBooking:

I don't know how they allowed scammers to take control over carxus.com. it is just like checki.com.ng but our people have abused it. They actually designed that site to enable is Africans who buy cars from them and are reselling to be able to resale their car through that platform but scammers hijacked it. Be rest assured www.auctionexport.com is reliable but they lost control of carxus.com