I've been struggling to make ends meet since I graduated over 3 years ago, it's been from one poor paying job to the other. Early this year I managed to convince my father to sell his land and give me a million naira from the money. He wanted me to travel out but I had to inform him that travelling even to an African country is now very expensive which 1 or even 2 million won't be able to process.

I decided to invest the money into mini importation from a Chinese site 1688 which I learnt here on Nairaland. I tasted the waters by importing cheap necklaces but they weren't of good quality so I decided to try again. I imported wigs and they were better because I was able to realize at least 6k profit on each of them but then sales was a bit slow since I didn't really have the customer base for wigs.

After the wigs I imported boyfriend jeans since I was already into jeans business before and it is a trendy stuff that I won't have much problem selling. Before I ordered I checked reviews, longevity of the seller on the site and other checks. After due diligence I ordered 200 pairs of jeans from 3 different vendors. An agent that I met on Nairaland helped me to make payments while I took care of the shipping myself.

I waited apprehensively for about two months for the goods to arrive because unlike the first two orders which I used air freight I used sea cargo due to the weight of the shipment. During the wait I reached out to prospective buyers with the samples and videos that I got from the vendors. The goods finally arrived Nigeria early this month and spent over a week under customs clearance. Within this period my parents had been checking in occasionally to know the progress of the business.

The goods arrived the shipping company's warehouse on Friday and I had plead with my dad to borrow me a refundable 235,0000 to clear the goods which will be paid immediately I start making sales. I sent my brother who's a dispatcher in Lagos to help me pick up the stuff. He called me on video call when he got home and what I saw shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. My phone fell off my hand while I gasped for breath with my heart racing.

The 3 vendors sent identical goods which were as good as rags, in fact it was below okirika 3rd grade standard. Even skirts, bum shorts and plain trousers were found among the rubbish they sent, some were torn. Without mincing words, they sent damaged, old and worn out goods to me. They weren't even packaged in nylons. It was as if there was a conspiracy between the vendors.

I just watched the great hope and expectations that I had fizzle out with tears rolling down my cheeks, I wished I was dreaming but it was reality. I broke the news to my dad who was beyond disappointed in me, he regretted giving me the money and wished he had invested the money in his building project like my mom advised him when he wanted to give me the money.

On my part I'm just downcast, confused and depressed with no idea on what to do with my life. At 32 I thought I was finally up to something that will lift me out of poverty but just like several times that I've tried, I come crashing down to the ground. I feel like I'm cursed to die in suffering but anyhow it is giving up is not an option. I will still stand up and continue the struggle till I make it legitimately one way or the other.

I had to put this up here so that others can learn from my mistakes and bear in mind that those Chinese are dubious and should tread carefully when dealing with them.

What I ordered

Such is life bro

What I got

Supreme145:
What I ordered

Sorry ooh... Seriously business people dey try...

Sorry dear

Damn!!!!!

This is just too painful and sad to read. Abeg take heart op, if there's a way you can get back at those vendors maybe by reporting or flagging them as scammers please do.

Funny thing is these people are always fast to term all Nigerians scammers but in actual reality they are worse than the average yahoo boys we have here or who do you think produces all the "tools" yahoo boys uses from time to time

Leave am for God

Tokskob2008:
Damn!!!!!

This is just too painful and sad to read. Abeg take heart op, if there's a way you can get back at those vendors maybe by reporting or flagging them as scammers please do.

Funny thing is these people are always fast to term all Nigerians scammers but in actual reality they are worse than the average yahoo boys we have here or who do you think produces all the "tools" yahoo boys uses from time to time

I've chatted up the agent to drop negative reviews on their respective stores since the appeal period has elapsed.

Damn!!!
I f33l your pain bro

Supreme145:

I've chatted up the agent to drop negative reviews on their respective stores since the appeal period has elapsed.

They know you won't be able to appeal that's why they did that rubbish...

Sell them and get whatever you can get from their sales and move on,never stop moving and striving, don't allow one disappointment to kill your drive,your determination to succeed will make this disappointment become a testimony to others in the future when you tell them the stories of your "struggling beginnings".

U got clearance sales.all those jeans are meant for summer...any alight movement like this,dem go tear. When aliexpress is there. U sef wan buga boys with price.eyes don clear na.heya kpele

I miss when dollar was 500,550.see stuffs for aliexpress,then the lowest snapback I got then was 2k,that is better quality. I still have 3 Jack and Jill jeans I got,wey I never wear,the remain 3 jeans don turn to akube for my body..incan never buy akube. Brand new in pack,sealed,with tag na him win am.

Supreme145:
I've been struggling to make ends meet since I graduated over 3 years ago, it's been from one poor paying job to the other. Early this year I managed to convince my father to sell his land and give me a million naira from the money. He wanted me to travel out but I had to inform him that travelling even to an African country is now very expensive which 1 or even 2 million won't be able to process.

I decided to invest the money into mini importation from a Chinese site 1688 which I learnt here on Nairaland. I tasted the waters by importing cheap necklaces but they weren't of good quality so I decided to try again. I imported wigs and they were better because I was able to realize at least 6k profit on each of them but then sales was a bit slow since I didn't really have the customer base for wigs.

After the wigs I imported boyfriend jeans since I was already into jeans business before and it is a trendy stuff that I won't have much problem selling. Before I ordered I checked reviews, longevity of the seller on the site and other checks. After due diligence I ordered 200 pairs of jeans from 3 different vendors. An agent that I met on Nairaland helped me to make payments while I took care of the shipping myself.

I waited apprehensively for about two months for the goods to arrive because unlike the first two orders which I used air freight I used sea cargo due to the weight of the shipment. During the wait I reached out to prospective buyers with the samples and videos that I got from the vendors. The goods finally arrived Nigeria early this month and spent over a week under customs clearance. Within this period my parents had been checking in occasionally to know the progress of the business.

The goods arrived the shipping company's warehouse on Friday and I had plead with my dad to borrow me a refundable 235,0000 to clear the goods which will be paid immediately I start making sales. I sent my brother who's a dispatcher in Lagos to help me pick up the stuff. He called me on video call when he got home and what I saw shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. My phone fell off my hand while I gasped for breath with my heart racing.

The 3 vendors sent identical goods which were as good as rags, in fact it was below okirika 3rd grade standard. Even skirts, bum shorts and plain trousers were found among the rubbish they sent, some were torn. Without mincing words, they sent damaged, old and worn out goods to me. They weren't even packaged in nylons. It was as if there was a conspiracy between the vendors.

I just watched the great hope and expectations that I had fizzle out, I wished I was dreaming but it was reality. I broke the news to my dad who was beyond disappointed in me, he regretted giving me the money and wished he had invested the money in his building project like my mom advised him when he wanted to give me the money.

On my part I'm just downcast, confused and depressed with no idea on what to do with my life. At 32 I thought I was finally up to something that will lift me out of poverty but just like several times that I've tried, I come crashing down to the ground. I feel like I'm cursed to die in suffering but anyhow it is giving up is not an option. I will still stand up and continue the struggle till I make it legitimately one way or the other.

I had to put this up here so that others can learn from my mistakes and bear in mind that those Chinese are dubious and should tread carefully when dealing with them.

Sorry about this, you will bounce back better and stronger.

Sorry for your loss. No be today dey begin scamming us.

Bazztadewu:
U got clearance sales.all those jeans are meant for summer...any alight movement like this,dem go tear. When aliexpress is there. U sef wan buga boys with price.eyes don clear na.heya kpele

They are not clearance sale bro, I saw clearance sales and the price is around 1 to 8 RMB which I avoided. Moreover for clearance sales you can't purchase more than 1 or 2 pieces per account, I've studied that site for years baba, as for AliExpress I've been shopping there since 2012 you can't get any reasonable jeans for resale now the exchange rate has made it too expensive

Omo, this is an uppercut, sorry bro, it's well, its a disappointment alright, but dont let it keep you on the group, keep thriving

Have you tried to contact the Chinese vendors? How are we SURE that your goods were not changed during the time it was with the customs or shipping agents? My instincts tells me that the customs guys have a hand in this situation. Knowing the level of criminality in all areas of life in Nigeria, i can tell you there are good chances that your goods were changed at the customs.
Sorry bro!

Blazebond:
Sell them and get whatever you can get from their sales and move on,never stop moving and striving, don't allow one disappointment to kill your drive,your determination to succeed will make this disappointment become a testimony to others in the future when you tell them the stories of your "struggling beginnings".

Omo stories of struggling beginnings don reach to write 10 books but regardless we move. Thanks sir.

Bro pick ur pieces and keep racing.its possible you can package well and sell off asap to pay your father.if na me I will tell the man say the goods arrived but the once they sent will take ti.e to sell.make some sells and balance him first then anything remain manage and continue but be more wise.

Its a scam story just like the ones Europeans are facing too. Scam has no tribe. Its everywhere. We do dem, dem do us. Take a L and move on. Ur reviews may not be considered. Dangerous people everywhere.

Supreme145:
I've been struggling to make ends meet since I graduated over 3 years ago, it's been from one poor paying job to the other. Early this year I managed to convince my father to sell his land and give me a million naira from the money. He wanted me to travel out but I had to inform him that travelling even to an African country is now very expensive which 1 or even 2 million won't be able to process.

I decided to invest the money into mini importation from a Chinese site 1688 which I learnt here on

Nairaland. I tasted the waters by importing cheap necklaces but they weren't of good quality so I decided to try again. I imported wigs and they were better because I was able to realize at least 6k profit on each of them but then sales was a bit slow since I didn't really have the customer base for wigs.


After the wigs I imported boyfriend jeans since I was already into jeans business before and it is a trendy stuff that I won't have much problem selling. Before I ordered I checked reviews, longevity of the seller on the site and other checks. After due diligence I ordered 200 pairs of jeans from 3 different vendors. An agent that I met on Nairaland helped me to make payments while I took care of the shipping myself.

I waited apprehensively for about two months for the goods to arrive because unlike the first two orders which I used air freight I used sea cargo due to the weight of the shipment. During the wait I reached out to prospective buyers with the samples and videos that I got from the vendors. The goods finally arrived Nigeria early this month and spent over a week under customs clearance. Within this period my parents had been checking in occasionally to know the progress of the business.

The goods arrived the shipping company's warehouse on Friday and I had plead with my dad to borrow me a refundable 235,0000 to clear the goods which will be paid immediately I start making sales. I sent my brother who's a dispatcher in Lagos to help me pick up the stuff. He called me on video call when he got home and what I saw shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. My phone fell off my hand while I gasped for breath with my heart racing.

The 3 vendors sent identical goods which were as good as rags, in fact it was below okirika 3rd grade standard. Even skirts, bum shorts and plain trousers were found among the rubbish they sent, some were torn. Without mincing words, they sent damaged, old and worn out goods to me. They weren't even packaged in nylons. It was as if there was a conspiracy between the vendors.

I just watched the great hope and expectations that I had fizzle out with tears rolling down my cheeks, I wished I was dreaming but it was reality. I broke the news to my dad who was beyond disappointed in me, he regretted giving me the money and wished he had invested the money in his building project like my mom advised him when he wanted to give me the money.

On my part I'm just downcast, confused and depressed with no idea on what to do with my life. At 32 I thought I was finally up to something that will lift me out of poverty but just like several times that I've tried, I come crashing down to the ground. I feel like I'm cursed to die in suffering but anyhow it is giving up is not an option. I will still stand up and continue the struggle till I make it legitimately one way or the other.

I had to put this up here so that others can learn from my mistakes and bear in mind that those Chinese are dubious and should tread carefully when dealing with them.

Sorry for your loss, why can’t you be buying from Chinese that are already in Nigeria? The sell at China price. They are many in Lagos.

Supreme145:
I've been struggling to make ends meet since I graduated over 3 years ago, it's been from one poor paying job to the other. Early this year I managed to convince my father to sell his land and give me a million naira from the money. He wanted me to travel out but I had to inform him that travelling even to an African country is now very expensive which 1 or even 2 million won't be able to process.

I decided to invest the money into mini importation from a Chinese site 1688 which I learnt here on
Nairaland. I tasted the waters by importing cheap necklaces but they weren't of good quality so I decided to try again. I imported wigs and they were better because I was able to realize at least 6k profit on each of them but then sales was a bit slow since I didn't really have the customer base for wigs.

After the wigs I imported boyfriend jeans since I was already into jeans business before and it is a trendy stuff that I won't have much problem selling. Before I ordered I checked reviews, longevity of the seller on the site and other checks. After due diligence I ordered 200 pairs of jeans from 3 different vendors. An agent that I met on Nairaland helped me to make payments while I took care of the shipping myself.

I waited apprehensively for about two months for the goods to arrive because unlike the first two orders which I used air freight I used sea cargo due to the weight of the shipment. During the wait I reached out to prospective buyers with the samples and videos that I got from the vendors. The goods finally arrived Nigeria early this month and spent over a week under customs clearance. Within this period my parents had been checking in occasionally to know the progress of the business.

The goods arrived the shipping company's warehouse on Friday and I had plead with my dad to borrow me a refundable 235,0000 to clear the goods which will be paid immediately I start making sales. I sent my brother who's a dispatcher in Lagos to help me pick up the stuff. He called me on video call when he got home and what I saw shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. My phone fell off my hand while I gasped for breath with my heart racing.

The 3 vendors sent identical goods which were as good as rags, in fact it was below okirika 3rd grade standard. Even skirts, bum shorts and plain trousers were found among the rubbish they sent, some were torn. Without mincing words, they sent damaged, old and worn out goods to me. They weren't even packaged in nylons. It was as if there was a conspiracy between the vendors.

I just watched the great hope and expectations that I had fizzle out with tears rolling down my cheeks, I wished I was dreaming but it was reality. I broke the news to my dad who was beyond disappointed in me, he regretted giving me the money and wished he had invested the money in his building project like my mom advised him when he wanted to give me the money.

On my part I'm just downcast, confused and depressed with no idea on what to do with my life. At 32 I thought I was finally up to something that will lift me out of poverty but just like several times that I've tried, I come crashing down to the ground. I feel like I'm cursed to die in suffering but anyhow it is giving up is not an option. I will still stand up and continue the struggle till I make it legitimately one way or the other.

I had to put this up here so that others can learn from my mistakes and bear in mind that those Chinese are dubious and should tread carefully when dealing with them.

I don’t know if I can meet you, their are some goods am observing that are demanding here in Nigeria. These aren’t something like wig, jewelry that most people don’t use. But good that might be as cheap as #500 and those goods are not weighty, those are the disadvantages of buying using aircargo. Me, I buy from Chinese people here in Nigeria and not from online because stuffs like this can be fraudulent.

Something of this features
Very less in weight
Very cheap there
A bit expensive here
Affordable for even commoner
Something that almost everyone use
Something that deplete, worn out, slack, finishes or
expires.

I am moved with your plight, dont allow this to get into you, Dont give up, Better opportunities will come your way. Dont ascribe it to any Human, it is all from god. God will surely see you through this trying time. Dont be dispair, the tougher it is, the stronger you become.

Na why I dey fear to buy things from alibaba and 1688

Tohsynetita1:



I don’t know if I can meet you, their are some goods am observing that are demanding here in Nigeria. These aren’t something like wig, jewelry that most people don’t use. But good that might be as cheap as #500 and those goods are not weighty, those are the disadvantages of buying using aircargo. Me, I buy from Chinese people here in Nigeria and not from online because stuffs like this can be fraudulent.

Something of this features
Very less in weight
Very cheap there
A bit expensive here
Affordable for even commoner
Something that almost everyone use
Something that deplete, worn out, slack, finishes or
expires.

I'm game bro, you can DM me

You will learn, and it will pass.

I think you should open a dispute with the seller,give them substantial evidences with pictures and videos,you might be lucky to win your case.

I have been shopping on chinese websites for years now without any issues,I import mobile phones and sell them on konga.

Ksi

Sorry for this bro but next time, get your stuffs from Chinese vendors in Lagos. They sell at their normal rate and you will see everything you are buying. I really don’t fancy online purchase. Let me see what I’m buying with my clear eyes please.

Supreme145:

I'm game bro, you can DM me

Drop your number