kongoman:

I think this Xpedited Shipping www.xpeditedshipping.com are very UNRELIABLE. A friend of mine is using them for hishipping and believe you me, they have never shipped the item for almost a week now since the items arrived. They gave their address as :

He's even threatening to even get the United States police to get involved in this issue if his goods are not shipped to Nigeria latest by Tuesday next week. Interestingly, my friend's uncle is a top shot with the EFCC and they have a very strong relationship with the US security agencies.

Who knows - they might actually be very fraudulent because I understand all the email addresses they put on their website bounces back. This is soooooo bad for all these Nigerians in the US.

kongoman:

I am not sure what exactly their excuse is - they give conflicting information everytime. It doesn't make any sense to give an excuse that's not coherent. One cant even put a face to the company. Let them even supply their true identity and lets know who they really are.

Delta007:
Well, your note says alot. For someone that resides in Atlanta and ships between 500-1000 lbs of goods every month, one would think you'd have a relatively solid structure in place, instead of relying on a "Nigerian brother". That's why I wanted to clarify.

Anyway, you are better off going thru an airfreight agent in Atlanta. Check your yellowpages and call up a few of them and compare their quotes. As far as your business is registered, you should have a fair quote from them. Forget UPS, DHL, etc. They are all glorified airfrieght companies and it's not cost effective when you have to ship in bulk internationally. All of them probably use same airlines. It will also save you shipping to other states and help you with close control of your goods instead of having to pass from hand to hand. Otherwise I can recommend my airfreight agent in NY and you'd always have to ship your goods to NY to airfreight to Lagos. One word of advice tho, no matter how cheap, do not use any African airline and always include insurance or better still, insure your company. It's Nigeria where the impossible is possible; just my 2 cents.

You'd also need a clearing agent in Lagos to clear your goods, if you have not gotten one by now.

Delta007:
Well, your note says alot. For someone that resides in Atlanta and ships between 500-1000 lbs of goods every month, one would think you'd have a relatively solid structure in place, instead of relying on a "Nigerian brother". That's why I wanted to clarify.

Anyway, you are better off going thru an airfreight agent in Atlanta. Check your yellowpages and call up a few of them and compare their quotes. As far as your business is registered, you should have a fair quote from them. Forget UPS, DHL, etc. They are all glorified airfrieght companies and it's not cost effective when you have to ship in bulk internationally. All of them probably use same airlines. It will also save you shipping to other states and help you with close control of your goods instead of having to pass from hand to hand. Otherwise I can recommend my airfreight agent in NY and you'd always have to ship your goods to NY to airfreight to Lagos. One word of advice tho, no matter how cheap, do not use any African airline and always include insurance or better still, insure your company. It's Nigeria where the impossible is possible; just my 2 cents.

You'd also need a clearing agent in Lagos to clear your goods, if you have not gotten one by now.

DAKT: Brandon & co,

Kindly allow me to introduce DAKT Logistics in Houston, Tx. (www.daktlogistics.com)

We have numerous clients that trade just like you and also deal in exporting from the US.

How its works at DAKT Logistics is that you can place you order on any website and have the item shipped directly to our warehouse.

Photos of your items are sent to you once the item is received. It is then weighed (if for air freight) and a quote is emailed to you.

We are proud to say we currently offer the lowest rates amongst approved air cargo forwarders for all air cargo (general and hazardous)going to Nigeria.

Our head Office is in Houston, Texas.
+1-832-443-2989 OR +1-713-645-3258.
Air cargo contact: ALALI.
Email: alali@daktlogistics.com


Our Nigerian Headquarters is in Port Harcourt.

To know more about our services which range from sea cargo, clearing and forwarding, air cargo, land freight and procurement, please visit www.daktlogistics.com

gamemaster007: this people are looking like fraud this day,,http://aascargo.com,,,when you talk with three of their representative,,,you will surely get three different answers to the same question,,,,they are confuse now

MrMexs007:

Stay away from aascargo.com to start with their site is not secure for online payment and they do not have a bbb+ rating like everyother legit American business. I use myus.com and they are reliable.Nigerian customs and duty charge is the only problem.I came here looking for a reliable clearing agent who can handle my clearing all to avoid customs delay.pls honest nairalanders suggest.

jerlady: their website dosnt work....r de real? any other means of contacting them?

Emilee: Please stay away from this company: AMERICAN EXPORT SERVICE INTERNATIONAL - based in down town Los Angeles. I shipped some items from california and I didn't get the package until after a month. Tried them again and this time, the package arrived lagos after 7 days and its over a week, clearance is still in progress. Been calling them for an update at least but they don't answer call or reply emails.
But I have used sgk global shipping service based in houston. They give tracking number once items are dispatched. They are effective and reliable. Takes 5 days for packages to reach lagos.