Although I have been making purchases from online stores such as aliexpress, gearbest, Konga, Jumia, banggood, everbuying, etc., I before this time, I never had sufficient faith in the postal and courier agencies to deliver an item such as a phone intact. I have heard of touching stories of unsuspecting members of the public loosing valuables in post office when they post or expecting parcels from abroad. Accordingly, all my orders hitherto has been through private freight forwarders - who has been facilitating the conveyance of my orders from China to Lagos, Nigeria.
After an observatory period of making orders from foreign online stores for less sensitive items such as power banks, Memory Cards, phone chargers, electric bulbs, crop seeds, etc., I concluded that the Nigerian postal services has recorded a perceptible improvement over their previous notorious reputation of mail/parcel pilferage. All my mails: both registered and ordinary quite arrived as as when due (16-18 days for registered parcel with tracking and 30 days for unregistered parcels). Armed with this experience, I decided to place an order for an android phone, hoping that all will be well ( as we use sing from church hymnary).

Order for Leagoo Z1 4" Phone.
My decision to go for Leagoo Z1 was after a search online. I discovered that the price was relatively cheap, although the specification were scaled down, it was meant to be an entry level phone, so the price and specifications ought to match. After browsing sites like gearbest, banggood, everbuying, tinydeal, I discovered that geekbuying sells at a promo price of $33.99 whereas other online stores as at then, were selling at $39.99 and above.
I had already have an account with geekbuying, so I signed in and without any waste of time, place order for a unit of the phone. I paid with my PayPal account at checkout. My StanbicIBTC MasterCard was selected. As as 14/06/2016, StanbicIBTC charged N335/$1, so $33.99 translated to the value of N11,386.65. The parcel was shipped 4 days later on 18/06/2016. Singapore Post was the shipping agent, the parcel had tracking no. It arrived Lagos on 27/06/2016, Uyo on 29/06/2016 and eventually my hometown on 1/07/2016. I eventually picked it up on 4/07/2016. This makes a total of 16 days in transit.
After opening my parcel, nothing was missing, neither was it tempered with! My risk taking has been rewarded!
I have attached photos of the parcel for your information.
Review of the phone will be undertaken in another thread.
Thank you for stopping by to read my experience.
Please if you have any question about online order and shipping, kindly ask, I will happy to provide prompt response.
God bless you all.

Nice one man... I will consider buying from them someday

Opistorincos:
Nice one man... I will consider buying from them someday

I'm definitely not going to buy this kind of stuff online, in order to avoid stories that touch the heart , @Op whats the phone specs

Btw, will love it if you assist VIZKIZ to win the upcoming Mr Nairaland contest by voting for him, your vote is highly appreciated..

Nice one..try to do a review especially the battery,and everbuying and geekuying rocks with very good customercare

GloryIsaac:


I'm definitely not going to buy this kind of stuff online, in order to avoid stories that touch the heart , @Op whats the phone specs

Btw, will love it if you assist VIZKIZ to win the upcoming Mr Nairaland contest by voting for him, your vote is highly appreciated..

Vizkiz it is then

hello,that was inspiring and kudos to our postal services..How can I open a pay pal account and I want to start mini importation,can you give me some info on ,sellers,and how to go about it ASAP.
THANKS.

Kunleoduwole:
hello,that was inspiring and kudos to our postal services..How can I open a pay pal account and I want to start mini importation,can you give me some info on ,sellers,and how to go about it ASAP.
THANKS.

I'm not into mini importation bro but i believe this link explains well how to open a paypal account and have it verified https://www.360nobs.com/2014/09/how-to-open-a-paypal-account-in-nigeria-and-what-you-can-do-with-it/... Wish you success in your future transactions .. Dont forget to Vote VIZKIZ for Mr Nairaland 2016

Change that nairaland to 360nobs, it was censored... dunno why

kool

Opistorincos:
Nice one man... I will consider buying from them someday

Thanks and you are welcome.

GloryIsaac:


I'm definitely not going to buy this kind of stuff online, in order to avoid stories that touch the heart , @Op whats the phone specs

Btw, will love it if you assist VIZKIZ to win the upcoming Mr Nairaland contest by voting for him, your vote is highly appreciated..

Alright, I am sure you are aware that risk appetite differs from person to person, it's wise to operate within ones' appetite for risk. All phones in Nigeria are imported, whether you do it directly or buy from those that imported it. International commerce involves a factor of risk. I tend find it easier to do business with Chinese than Africans, because they are well organised than us.

bizgenius1:
Nice one..try to do a review especially the battery,and everbuying and geekuying rocks with very good customercare

Thanks dear for your compliments, I will surely do a detailed phone review. I am resting at the moment.

Kunleoduwole:
hello,that was inspiring and kudos to our postal services..How can I open a pay pal account and I want to start mini importation,can you give me some info on ,sellers,and how to go about it ASAP.
THANKS.

1. Opening & verifying PayPal account
https://www.nairaland.com/2061368/how-open-verify-paypal-account
2. Mini importation threads:
https://www.nairaland.com/1962437/start-own-mini-importation-now
Before starting, just like any other business, think or survey on prices and if you notice that it is cheaper to import, go ahead. One of the main reason I import is because there are lots of fake products in Africa. Eg., I import Xiaomi power bank after reading user reviews and becoming convinced that they are original. Also, some items are not yet in Nigeria. eg. QC2.0 or QC3.0 phone chargers, no shop in Nigeria will understand what you are taking about. Certain original car spare parts are hard to find locally, eg, engine rings for rebuilding engine. Nevertheless, you can find the original from USA on amazon or eBay, ditto for original laptop battery.
After identifying your niche, swing into action

optimised:

1. Opening & verifying PayPal account
https://www.nairaland.com/2061368/how-open-verify-paypal-account
2. Mini importation threads:
https://www.nairaland.com/1962437/start-own-mini-importation-now
Before starting, just like any other business, think or survey on prices and if you notice that it is cheaper to import, go ahead. One of the main reason I import is because there are lots of fake products in Africa. Eg., I import Xiaomi power bank after reading user reviews and becoming convinced that they are original. Also, some items are not yet in Nigeria. eg. QC2.0 or QC3.0 phone chargers, no shop in Nigeria will understand what you are taking about. Certain original car spare parts are hard to find locally, eg, engine rings for rebuilding engine. Nevertheless, you can find the original from USA on amazon or eBay, ditto for original laptop battery.
After identifying your niche, swing into action

This is an old thread but if you still around bro I definitely need your assistance in geekbuying. In paying using PayPal can you link your Visa or MasterCard and PayPal withdraws the money from your bank account? Or you need to find the PayPal directly inorder to make your purchase? Kindly assist please

Franky826:


This is an old thread but if you still around bro I definitely need your assistance in geekbuying. In paying using PayPal can you link your Visa or MasterCard and PayPal withdraws the money from your bank account? Or you need to find the PayPal directly inorder to make your purchase? Kindly assist please

Yes, just open a PayPal account and link your VISA or MasterCard, verify the Card & you are ready to conduct transaction.
Note: just selected banks allows foreign transactions on their Card.

optimised:

Yes, just open a PayPal account and link your VISA or MasterCard, verify the Card & you are ready to conduct transaction.
Note: just selected banks allows foreign transactions on their Card.

Thank you sir