thebigkendo:
Just look at a car I inspected last week.. The car has been fixed in Nigeria.. Looking all clean, decided to search the auction lot number... Boom!!! I just hissed and walked away. Nigerian car dealers cannot make heaven & yes I am generalizing

Banky3w, chukel, computerglobal, Diportivo, erico2k2, Gazzuzz, honmusa, Kingreign, LeJeun3, Mayor2013, nurey, Obekediamondfuto, Princetom1, timifakay, Ipfreely and finally the newest demeanor cosplay

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urvillagepeoplee:
These same set of guys also import accidented/flooded laptops,salvaged iPhones,flooded plasma TVs,abandoned fridges/washing machines,flooded/salvaged rugs and sell them in technology section to unsuspecting buyers in the name of no tested. even shoes that were flooded in Texas,dey import them all to 9ja aka dumping ground/junk yard.

urvillagepeoplee:
These same set of guys also import accidented/flooded laptops,salvaged iPhones,flooded plasma TVs,abandoned fridges/washing machines,flooded/salvaged rugs and sell them in technology section to unsuspecting buyers in the name of no tested. even shoes that were flooded in Texas,dey import them all to 9ja aka dumping ground/junk yard.

thebigkendo:
Just look at a car I inspected last week.. The car has been fixed in Nigeria.. Looking all clean, decided to search the auction lot number... Boom!!! I just hissed and walked away. Nigerian car dealers cannot make heaven & yes I am generalizing

Banky3w, chukel, computerglobal, Diportivo, erico2k2, Gazzuzz, honmusa, Kingreign, LeJeun3, Mayor2013, nurey, Obekediamondfuto, Princetom1, timifakay, Ipfreely and finally the newest demeanor cosplay

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LeJeun3:


A 2013 range Rover Sport, was brought in over the weekend... major complaint was that the car drove crooked, I found out car was in major accident, Chassis was badly damaged so badly it was cut and rejoined together....

Only that they forgot to weld the other side....

LeJeun3:


A 2013 range Rover Sport, was brought in over the weekend... major complaint was that the car drove crooked, I found out car was in major accident, Chassis was badly damaged so badly it was cut and rejoined together....

Only that they forgot to weld the other side....

obekediamondfuto:


lots of sense broda! this is another aspect we will tackle but not now! we will get to that

EkeneElectrons:


No matter what you do, Nigerians will still price the car anyhow and beside a car was once a skeleton before it became real, weda you buy clean title or savage, it's just a mechanism. So anyone ye like buy, na human like us make am, so if you like buy, no be God create car

thebigkendo:
Just look at a car I inspected last week.. The car has been fixed in Nigeria.. Looking all clean, decided to search the auction lot number... Boom!!! I just hissed and walked away. Nigerian car dealers cannot make heaven & yes I am generalizing

Banky3w, chukel, computerglobal, Diportivo, erico2k2, Gazzuzz, honmusa, Kingreign, LeJeun3, Mayor2013, nurey, Obekediamondfuto, Princetom1, timifakay, Ipfreely and finally the newest demeanor cosplay

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LeJeun3:


A 2013 range Rover Sport, was brought in over the weekend... major complaint was that the car drove crooked, I found out car was in major accident, Chassis was badly damaged so badly it was cut and rejoined together....

Only that they forgot to weld the other side....

thebigkendo:
Just look at a car I inspected last week.. The car has been fixed in Nigeria.. Looking all clean, decided to search the auction lot number... Boom!!! I just hissed and walked away. Nigerian car dealers cannot make heaven & yes I am generalizing

Banky3w, chukel, computerglobal, Diportivo, erico2k2, Gazzuzz, honmusa, Kingreign, LeJeun3, Mayor2013, nurey, Obekediamondfuto, Princetom1, timifakay, Ipfreely and finally the newest demeanor cosplay

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LeJeun3:


A 2013 range Rover Sport, was brought in over the weekend... major complaint was that the car drove crooked, I found out car was in major accident, Chassis was badly damaged so badly it was cut and rejoined together....

Only that they forgot to weld the other side....

ogtavia:
yeah i agree but a used car and a repaired car are two separate items which most likely will have separate values....

EkeneElectrons:


yes that's why de prices are like that, if you start spending money to be checking Vin history of cars to buy, you'll end up spending almost 600k because honestly you can never be satisfied, best thing to do is go with a scanner, scan de car if car is ok, buy it. That's most important.

Cosplay:


Noted

Always insist on the vin being provided, always run VIN checks

EkeneElectrons:


That's for you, I prefer using scanner to scan de car because Vin checks will always break your hearts and eat your money 77×7 times because you can never be satisfied

Kjnwancaro:


What code will the scanner give for a broken chassis?

pinnket:
maybe P419CH

pinnket:
maybe P419CH

pinnket:
maybe P419CH

Kjnwancaro:


What code will the scanner give for a broken chassis?

Explorers:
Please note, this thread is not to pull down anyone or anybody's business.


'Some' cars on Nairaland, not 'all' cars on Nairaland.

How do we go about doing this? Is there a website for carrying out this check? Am shocked with this revelation.


For many years, we blame our leaders, our government, politicians that they are thieves, corrupt, they are liars and so on.

But have we checked ourselves?

Are we in any way better?

If given the chance to hold their offices, are we not going to do worse?

Where we are now, our homes, streets, offices, little businesses we doing, how do we deal with our clients, our partners, colleagues, neighbors, friends, relatives and so on

Have we been fair enough, have been transparent or honest enough



As a car dealer, i think your clients have the right to know about everything you know about the car you're selling to them.


Some of these cars were posted here on Nairaland accident free untill some guys started running the lot number/VIN


Most time, some dealers claim clean title cars are too expensive, that's why they go for cars with minor crashes.


I agree, clean title cars are expensive, but some of these dealers will still brand the accidented cars to be accident free cars, selling it thesame price with clean title.


Imagine a seriouly wrecked 2007 camry SE going for 3.4m, maybe asking price.



Sometimes is not about the money or price, but the disclosure, the transparency, let your customers no what they're buying.


If you tell them and don't buy, others will buy.


Minor accidents or major accidents, tell your clients.


Then, some of these dealers on Nairaland are middle men/salesmen, they advertise and sell cars for people without knowing much about the history of what they're posting or selling.


You have a name to protect.



Three years ago my brother was a victim, bought a Toks 2009 camry XLE from a dealership in Akure, 3.1m


3months later car started showing itself, today not engine starting, tomorrow A.C. not working, next tomorrow power steering, next oil leakage, overheating, fuel pump, next braking system, or wiring problems, just within 10months of purchase.

They were working on the electronics one day when one of the tech guys run the VIN, you wont believe the history.

The accident must have claimed lives, it was non-repairable.

But maybe with magic they repaired and my brother bought it.

We went back to the dealer to ask him about the history.

He was still claiming accident free until we show him the pictures, he started giving excuses that it was a mistake.


But thank God today, he has nothing on his stand.


My bro used the car for 1 year and about 3months, sold it to his mechanic for 900k




The present condition of a car is important, as long as it's working fine, but the history is important as well.


Please disclose history of your cars to your buyers, customers right from Nairaland.




Not until they come for physical inspection, like one of the posters of these cars said yesterday.


You didn't disclose the history here, but you will disclose the accident the car involved when buyers come for physical inspection, when you're smelling money, that's when you will now tell them that the cars had accidents and show them the pictures.









This is a 2014 Honda Accord going for over 5m here on Nairaland.


Imagine you're buying this honda and the dealer is just showing you the picture of the accident at point of payment






These cars are still up for sale



I advice buyers to always ask for VIN and run it before any negotiation, if they're ok with the history, go for it.

And if the damage on the history check is too extreme, you walk away.

EkeneElectrons:


All this many talk, I just realized am wasting time, people wey dey buy car know what to do. Good luck with your vin checks, newbies.

EkeneElectrons:


That's for you, I prefer using scanner to scan de car because Vin checks will always break your hearts and eat your money 77×7 times because you can never be satisfied

Cosplay:


What a disastrous finding.

EkeneElectrons:


There is nothing you will say that will stop sales of salvage vehicles in the country until you can fix your country problem. Good morning.

dbelovd:


Nobody is contesting the fact that salvage vehicles are here to stay Nigeria at least until we do something drastic to redeem our economy..

Even at that, buyer are entitled to know exactly what he is buying

Packaging accidented cars as clean cars are nothing but deceit..

I'm in total support of FULL DISCLOSURE!!