voltron:
Some may complain about the shipping cost and import deposit fees. but for me it is the confidence of buying original (heavily-discounted) stuff. I made at least 89% cost savings buying a watch sold by two popular jewellers on Lagos Island priced between N562k to N600k..

voltron:
Some may complain about the shipping cost and import deposit fees. but for me it is the confidence of buying original (heavily-discounted) stuff. I made at least 89% cost savings buying a watch sold by two popular jewellers on Lagos Island priced between N562k to N600k..

voltron:
Well .. just to update the house.. my goods arrived yesterday - UPS delivered straight into my hands and i signed for it.

@2scorehigh
@adesegun121
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justi4jesu:



Imagine you paid more than 10k to have your watch delivered while other local freighters can send same watch as low as #4,300 or Less to lagos.

voltron:


yes I did. if I were to buy it using local freighters and reshippers I would pay at N270+ to a dollar plus nearly N10k shipping. it pays me to do it this way.

voltron:
Well .. just to update the house.. my goods arrived yesterday - UPS delivered straight into my hands and i signed for it.

@2scorehigh
@adesegun121
@afanide
@amguud
@ammyluv2002
@Anaebi
@Arogba
@bankot123
@Bawsse
@benzion72
@bimbor
@BlackBaron
@bright007
@BuddhaPalm
@Canme4u
@cecegorz
@Chiaka
@ChukwuCantDie
@d33types
@deadie
@dicapino
@django1
@DualCore1
@duwdu
@ecel
@Equalizer
@FitnessNigeria
@FMary
@gmyguy
@GodMode
@goofyone
@hammedkola
@ibietela2
@infogenius
@Ishaka440
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@jcmaiah
@JideTheBlogger
@justi4jesu
@Kizeeto
@kolomax
@Lastdon02
@Lilshorecords
@LordReed
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@mikron
@mintyx
@mulattoclaro
@n3rve
@naijacutee
@nairalandist
@niceguy7
@ocheejemb
@ojnnaco
@omanifrank
@Ontarget
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@podosci
@Prodeegee
@rexbuton
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@tartar9
@Tejflow
@TheRealAdonye
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@Tobiustobius
@traware
@ureach
@Viciyus
@worldgee101
@Youssouff10
@zed7
@ZINSOU

ibietela2:


The shipping is too costly

Viciyus:


Brother. Dem measure the goods kilo by?

Na this increase of dollar cos am ohh.

Me no order anything again. Until dollar don come down

ibietela2:


Yeah, i wanted to purchase a tablet of less than 15 but after transportation fee the total cost is 26k+

Viciyus:


Haaaa.

Mennn. Na big lost ohh.

I go advice just hold on ohhh. Make we see how this dollars thin dey go. Cos now I dey hear say he increase to 220 to 1 dollar

ibietela2:


They have only one shipping option....... 3 to 7 days.

197/$

Viciyus:


Haaaa thank God dollars don reduce.

justi4jesu:



lol @ N270 to a dollar, the highest charged was N220 to a dollar so where did you get N270 from, $20 is charged for shipping a wristwatch from US to Nigeria. Even shipping a tablet isn't up to #10,000.

voltron:
Since 2012 I used a couple of expensive methods to purchase goods off Amazon not limited to the following
1: Buy and Ship to American Address of a Friend arriving Nigeria in a week or two
2: Use Nigerian Shops who buy on your behalf and ship at exorbitant prices and +5% Black Market USD$
3: Use American re-shipping and forwarding agents such as MyUs.com

all the above did not exactly satisfy my hunger for original/premium quality goods. Rather than fight with Nigerian shops selling knock-offs or out-dated and on-sale goods for more than 5 times the price on Amazon. I decided to try Amazon today and viola!! they do ship to Nigeria using my GTBank MasterCard. I quickly placed an order for some items and checked-out my cart. goods should arrive this April 17 at most.

My Question is.. How are Nigerian Entrepreneurs going to match Amazon in pricing and quality. Jumia and Konga have only raised the hunger for online shopping without the capacity to meet it appropriately. but with Amazon in the picture.. won't Nigerians move their purchases elsewhere.. what happens to the affiliate marketing schemes and other online retailers like SLOT etc.

voltron:
Well .. just to update the house.. my goods arrived yesterday - UPS delivered straight into my hands and i signed for it.

@2scorehigh
@adesegun121
@afanide
@amguud
@ammyluv2002
@Anaebi
@Arogba
@bankot123
@Bawsse
@benzion72
@bimbor
@BlackBaron
@bright007
@BuddhaPalm
@Canme4u
@cecegorz
@Chiaka
@ChukwuCantDie
@d33types
@deadie
@dicapino
@django1
@DualCore1
@duwdu
@ecel
@Equalizer
@FitnessNigeria
@FMary
@gmyguy
@GodMode
@goofyone
@hammedkola
@ibietela2
@infogenius
@Ishaka440
@iwriterng
@jcmaiah
@JideTheBlogger
@justi4jesu
@Kizeeto
@kolomax
@Lastdon02
@Lilshorecords
@LordReed
@MightyFortress
@mikron
@mintyx
@mulattoclaro
@n3rve
@naijacutee
@nairalandist
@niceguy7
@ocheejemb
@ojnnaco
@omanifrank
@Ontarget
@OrderBay
@podosci
@Prodeegee
@rexbuton
@richidinho
@sharpboyus
@sosanova
@stiles009
@sunnshyn
@tartar9
@Tejflow
@TheRealAdonye
@tmcleo2k2
@Tobiustobius
@traware
@ureach
@Viciyus
@worldgee101
@Youssouff10
@zed7
@ZINSOU

LordReed:


Not bad as percentages go. Was it only one item?

voltron:
Some may complain about the shipping cost and import deposit fees. but for me it is the confidence of buying original (heavily-discounted) stuff. I made at least 89% cost savings buying a watch sold by two popular jewellers on Lagos Island priced between N562k to N600k..

voltron:
Well .. just to update the house.. my goods arrived yesterday - UPS delivered straight into my hands and i signed for it.

@2scorehigh
@adesegun121
@afanide
@amguud
@ammyluv2002
@Anaebi
@Arogba
@bankot123
@Bawsse
@benzion72
@bimbor
@BlackBaron
@bright007
@BuddhaPalm
@Canme4u
@cecegorz
@Chiaka
@ChukwuCantDie
@d33types
@deadie
@dicapino
@django1
@DualCore1
@duwdu
@ecel
@Equalizer
@FitnessNigeria
@FMary
@gmyguy
@GodMode
@goofyone
@hammedkola
@ibietela2
@infogenius
@Ishaka440
@iwriterng
@jcmaiah
@JideTheBlogger
@justi4jesu
@Kizeeto
@kolomax
@Lastdon02
@Lilshorecords
@LordReed
@MightyFortress
@mikron
@mintyx
@mulattoclaro
@n3rve
@naijacutee
@nairalandist
@niceguy7
@ocheejemb
@ojnnaco
@omanifrank
@Ontarget
@OrderBay
@podosci
@Prodeegee
@rexbuton
@richidinho
@sharpboyus
@sosanova
@stiles009
@sunnshyn
@tartar9
@Tejflow
@TheRealAdonye
@tmcleo2k2
@Tobiustobius
@traware
@ureach
@Viciyus
@worldgee101
@Youssouff10
@zed7
@ZINSOU

mikron:
happy for u, i hope to order for some stuffs too

voltron:


I am hooked already, shipping costs are high for single items, however my formula is to buy heavily discounted goods (at least 70% discount) to console me when the shipping costs hit me. still, this is far cheaper than buying here

mikron:
exactly, are you buying from aliexpress, Amazon or eBay?

voltron:


Amazon and HawesAndCurtis are the only online shops i deal with - shipping times scare me away from Aliexpress. i have not used ebay before

mikron:
ok, i think ebay will be better for me, dont know why i like them though. besides whats ur method of payment? mastercard, paypal or u use third party mode of payment?

voltron:


GTBank MasterCard (Naira)

Gunbiz:
Voltron pls when next u are shipping, pls holla me, wud luv to get a belt frm Amazon

voltron:


OK. . I am in the US now so I guess shipping is a non issue

Gunbiz:

Checking


So when are u coming back, wud pm u also

Gunbiz:



Hw far

voltron:


Post the link here. Yahoo is asking for my MTN line to confirm where I am logging in from.