cecegorz:

For your mind now, your gibberish made sense abi?
They spend millions of bucks advertising in DSTV and online, yet they can't filter the adverts for credibility.
Is Nairaland not an open platform?
Ask yourself why you can't see such ridiculous prices here.

Baldmarv:
Are you daft or what? Are they charging you for anything you post to sell on olx? So where do you expect them to get the money to pay the people that will sit down and confirm every price from pant to beans people want to sell online? So if my car is really worth 500k and i decide to sell for 300k, i should be censored and not allowed to post it abi?

ubiquitousade:
i quite disagree: Total responsibility is on the buyer but olx has got to find a way to remove such fraudulent ads.


you have said it all.
i have bought and sold cars on olx and i can say it is still the best for me.

dombible: Sorry if you are scammed but i don't think its olx fort because you did not stick to the terms and condition given to you by olx. Olx warns never you pay for a goods you have not receive.

bloglover: I do most of my buying and selling transactions on Olx and I have never been scammed for once neither have I scammed anybody. U guys don't just know how to buy and sell, that's why u get scammed.

1. why not insist on seeing the seller one one one before making purchases, especially substantial purchases. If the seller is not around u, pls don't buy.

2. why not stop paying money in advance then waiting for the goods that may not come, not every body can be trusted.

3. why not properly scrutinize the product before paying for it. (get an engineer if necessary)

4. remember that nobody is forcing u to use Olx, so if u are scammed, its due to your carelessness and as such nobody's business.

please Olx has location demarcation so buy from someone close to your area and stop taking unnecessary risk.
If u don't see what u need close to your area on Olx, u have two options:
a. Go to the market and look for it
b. take d risk and don't complain if things go bad.

THANK YOU.

cecegorz:

For your mind now, your gibberish made sense abi?
They spend millions of bucks advertising in DSTV and online, yet they can't filter the adverts for credibility.
Is Nairaland not an open platform?
Ask yourself why you can't see such ridiculous prices here.

DWJOBScom: Online fraud is everywhere not just Nigeria and it's falls on greedy people who rushes to make quick gain from "too good to be true" goods. The moment u see something u like online - u look for a number and call - your conversation with the person, the body language etc will determine your going ahead or consult some friends.

ewizard1: Just one thing should help, the SCAM REPORT BUTTON should be added. Atleast , most people should know when a price is worth a particular item. Once such report is received. A simple button DELETE AD should be clicked!

Lexusgs430:

Are you seriously considering putting the delete ad option for all? Imagine the far reaching consequences!!! That option should only be olx admin enabled.

BodyKiss:

Don't talk like your president. The scams emerging from Nigerians are nothing compare to others. after oil, scam is Nigeria's second biggest export.

smartchoice: I think the site owners are into the scam there too cos I can't imagine Nairaland getting infested with such a vast amount of dubious advertisements! Olx=scam buyers beware!

Was surprised to see femmy2010 advertisements on olx!

MichaelSokoto:
Femmy2010

him dan dey scam ppl since 14BC ni

rofemiguwa: Why pple come dey crucify my colleague wey buy car for OLX

Ogar o!


Human beans are confusing toriolorun

shoppyanno: . He received me warmly & even told me to test drive the car without following me.

In conclusion I took my mechanic to the original owner's place, he tested the car & approved the car.

IT IS WORTHY TO NOTE THAT I DID THE FOLLOWING

1. I travelled down to see the car myself & meet the seller.
2. I test drove the car
3. Since the car was an American Spec, I did a CARFAX report on the car & all the info tallied with what the original owner gave me including MILEAGE
4 I took my Mechanic to assess the car.
5. I checked the the papers of the car to be sure its Original Custom papers & cleared @ TIN CAN
6. Paid, collected reciept & customs clearing papers & took the car away.

shoppyanno:
Haven read diverse comments on the OLX saga, I wana share my personal experience not what I heard or was told. I recently bought my car based on an advert on OLX.

I saw 2 different adverts for the kinda car I wanted.
The 1st seller posted in May while the 2nd posted in August.
I decided to call the 2nd seller since his post was recent beliveing the 1st wld have sold his since his post was May.
The price the 2nd seller gave me & his rapport on phone wasn't encouraging.
My intution pushed me to call the first seller & see if the car was available & at what price.
I called & the car was still available & the price lower compared to the 2nd seller. I ended up talking with this man almost 40mins cos of his mannerism.
Meanwhile, the Car posted by the TWO sellers were the same & colour also. But the first seller had more pictures(10) than the 2nd (4).
I travelled down to Lagos to meet with the 1st seller who posted the car advert in May. He received me warmly & even told me to test drive the car without following me.
I test drove the car & liked it. So we talked about price & told him I saw exactly the same car also on OLX so he shld not do yanga with price.
He told me to show him the picture, and on sighting the picture, GUESS WHAT?
THE CAR POSTED BY THE 2ND SELLER IN AUGUST WAS THE SAME CAR I WAS PLANNING TO BUY FROM HIM.
He got the guys hone number called the guy up & pretened to be interested in buying the car & wanted to see the car. The guy now told him(first seller) to give him some minutes.GUESS WHAT?
The guy called the first seller (as in original ownerr)to know where the car is. That's how t the original owner "raked" for him & told him to pull the advert of OLX.
In conclusion I took my mechanic to the original owner's place, he tested the car & approved the car.

IT IS WORTHY TO NOTE THAT I DID THE FOLLOWING

1. I travelled down to see the car myself & meet the seller.
2. I test drove the car
3. Since the car was an American Spec, I did a CARFAX report on the car & all the info tallied with what the original owner gave me including MILEAGE
4 I took my Mechanic to assess the car.
5. I checked the the papers of the car to be sure its Original Custom papers & cleared @ TIN CAN
6. Paid, collected reciept & customs clearing papers & took the car away.

ubiquitousade:
olx really need to put some checks in place to curb this crime. gone were the days when they actually verify the ads, they never do so nowadays.
i did a check in the car section and for the first ten pages of ads for that day (without using the search option) one can only point to one or two seemingly genuine ads on each page. the rest are pure scam.
its just so pathetic. no wonder i wasnt making much sales from it like last year

IT IS WORTHY TO NOTE THAT I DID THE FOLLOWING

1. I travelled down to see the car myself & meet the seller.
2. I test drove the car
3. Since the car was an American Spec, I did a CARFAX report on the car & all the info tallied with what the original owner gave me including MILEAGE
4 I took my Mechanic to assess the car.
5. I checked the the papers of the car to be sure its Original Custom papers & cleared @ TIN CAN
6. Paid, collected reciept & customs clearing papers & took the car away.