Why You Shouldn't Patronise SecondHand Devices

1. Theft: A rainy night in delta state, theives gained entrance into this guy's house - took his money & phones! Once they unlock the phones, what next? Sell it. You might be using a stolen phone and you don't know, you might be arrested and you won't know.

2. No Guarantee, No Warranty: Secondhand phone buyers don't have any guarantee that what they want to buy is in good condition. Neither do they have warranty incase of damages! Once you buy, you bye !

3. You May Spend More on Repairs: After discovering numbers of faults, or you decide to repackage the phone (buy earphone, change casing, screen guard etc) the money you'll spend on repairs & repackaging may be more than the amount you bought the phone. But when you buy new and unused phones, warranty will speak for you!

4. No Receipt: Nowadays, highway search police asks for receipt of ordinary earphones, talkless of phones. Since secondhand sellers don't issue receipts, it might be a problem if you're called upon to provide evidence of ownership of the phone.

5. No Freebies/ Gifts: Unlike some new phones which may come with free memory cards, powerbanks, selfie stick etc. Secondhand items has no provision for that. The highest they can offer is free earphone!

6. Waste of Money: For the extremely unlucky secondhand phone buyers who buys phones which has been certified dead - infact buried, - you get this depression & pain inside of you, telling you everyday that "bros, you just waisted your money o"

Source: http://www.techpaded.com.ng/2017/06/you-may-not-buy-secondhand-phones-again.html

You try. But how can I spend 250k on an high end smartphone when I can get a UK used for 50-100k ? Makes absolutely no sense to me.
Even the new phone you bought today will one day become used. Regardless of the flaws which you said is peculiar to used phones, the used phones market in Nigeria will still represent a larger proportion of the market more than new.

Anyways everyones buying decision is guided by a few important factors outside just being bothered about warranty and free gifts.

UK used phones comes with receipt
Some UK used phones comes with warranty if you buy from a reliable seller at Ikeja
90% of used phones rarely develop faults.

I have never bought a brand new phone and I have never spent a huge chunk of money to fix a used phone. I am very meticulous when buying on that regard it is rare for me make mistakes.

Cased Closed.

You can buy secondhand phone but you should know the person who is selling the phone. If you don't know the persone selling the phone don't buy the phone you don't where it came from. But thanks for the information.

thank you...same to second car and bend down select cloths ( okrika )

baba4thegehs:
You try. But how can I spend 250k on an high end smartphone when I can get a UK used for 50-100k ? Makes absolutely no sense to me.
Even the new phone you bought today will one day become used. Regardless of the flaws which you said is peculiar to used phones, the used phones market in Nigeria will still represent a larger proportion of the market more than new.

Anyways everyones buying decision is guided by a few important factors outside just being bothered about warranty and free gifts.

UK used phones comes with receipt
Some UK used phones comes with warranty if you buy from a reliable seller at Ikeja
90% of used phones rarely develop faults.

I have never bought a brand new phone and I have never spent a huge chunk of money to fix a used phone. I am very meticulous when buying on that regard it is rare for me make mistakes.

Cased Closed.

If the price difference is more than x2 of the brand new one then its either stolen or has some severe, I mean SEVERE hidden faults. I bought an iPod 5th generation about a year ago for 40k when a brand new one is 155k. Turns out it was iCloud locked, and stolen. I eventually had to return it to the original owner without any compensation from them. I naively contacted the owner of the email to remove the ipod from her apple account and they were already accusing me of stealing it

If the price difference is less than 2x e.g used = 10k, brand new= 17k, then its best to just earn the same money you wanted to use to buy a used one to buy a brand new one. It could mean waiting for a little bit of time but its better to avoid 'stories that touch'.

There are exceptions though. You could 'hit the jackpot' and actually get a good deal. But that's rare.

baba4thegehs:
You try. But how can I spend 250k on an high end smartphone when I can get a UK used fo
when buying on that regard it is rare for me make mistakes.

Cased Closed.

Xup Bro, do you have any contact in Ikeja for cheap UK used phones one can resell ?

Thanks

The very moment I noticed your spelling for thieves was wrong,I knew you had nothing meaningful to say

who know the current price of UK used phone as at now Techno tabs and infinix phones.... thanks in anticipation

thompson1510:


Xup Bro, do you have any contact in Ikeja for cheap UK used phones one can resell ?

Thanks

seconded

ruggedtimi:
thank you...same to second car and bend down select cloths ( okrika )

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Thanks good one

Okay.

So I just read that you wrote and I will still log on to Olx or to buy Second hand phone today.


You not happy about that??



Am in my House, Coman beat me!!

Ok

I told my neighbor already

Depends on where you bought it, if you buy it from a friend you can be sure that its in good condition.

baba4thegehs:
You try. But how can I spend 250k on an high end smartphone when I can get a UK used for 50-100k ? Makes absolutely no sense to me.
Even the new phone you bought today will one day become used. Regardless of the flaws which you said is peculiar to used phones, the used phones market in Nigeria will still represent a larger proportion of the market more than new.

Anyways everyones buying decision is guided by a few important factors outside just being bothered about warranty and free gifts.

UK used phones comes with receipt
Some UK used phones comes with warranty if you buy from a reliable seller at Ikeja
90% of used phones rarely develop faults.

I have never bought a brand new phone and I have never spent a huge chunk of money to fix a used phone. I am very meticulous when buying on that regard it is rare for me make mistakes.

Cased Closed.

somebody can hardly sell his phone that has no issue at all. Battery is the reason why many people sell theirs. Believe me, there is no such thing as original battery in the market for replacement.

speaking from experience, fairly used phones are more costly than new ones in the long run.

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In addition, all the UK used bla bla bla na wash! 85% are stolen phones. 85%of the stolen phones are Nigerian stolen while 15% are UK stolen.

Is there anyone here whose phone has never been stolen before? Did the thieves eat them? They are the UK used you buy

Rubbish

stop spoiling our business op

Infinix note 2_LTE for sale

Infact...people shld say no to second hand things...

OK now


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i font want to believe all you have just stated. Though i dont advise people to go for second hand phones. Just go for direct UK used. In fact i have been making so much money buying and selling UK used. I buy at a very cheap price from wholesalers in Lagos and sell at my state. It is a means of earning extra income.

Check my signature for the report

mkpo aseh bah ooo, wot if na me and my friend waka go buy am, and as money hook am for neck him gv am out, and as sharp guy wey I be I buy am from him hand nkor ?

mbok forgerrebourit... so afta I use fone of 100k, and I just tire na to go put am for phone museum or what ?... not all cases are theft related.

Am a street guy I hardly buy new phone

When last did I buy new phone

Only my Nokia torch I bought new



The only thing I can't buy second is power bank

Was-Were

propanet:
The very moment I noticed your spelling for thieves was wrong,I knew you had nothing meaningful to say

Walahi, no be reasons b dis na..we knw all dis ones b4 na..mtcheeew..i dey even find one like dis sef,abi op u get any 2 sell?

ARE YOU A DEALER ON NEW PHONES AND JUST TRYING TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS ? THOSE POINTS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME .

this post is completely one sided... Break down to be post soon.

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You try...

Catalyst001:
who know the current price of UK used phone as at now
Techno tabs and infinix phones.... thanks in anticipation

UK used Tecno and Infinix phones??



I wonder why we actually love that line "UK used" when, in fact, we all know that majority of the so called UK used phones have had at least 2 to 3 Nigerian owners.

To answer your questions though, there are no UK used Tecno and Infinix phones.