Viking07:
Thanks to bolt and Uber. Son of man finally left the country 3 days ago.

What did bolt contribute to my journey? Well, the experience isn’t a waste. Plus I sold my car, same car I got because of bolt. The money was really helpful.

My target was NOT to exceed 2yrs in the hustle. I exited at exactly 1yr 6 months. So yes, bolt is indeed a stepping stone. 😁

This is me wishing everyone success in their exit strategy. Keep doing your bolt hustle till it clicks. I dey Toronto, Canada. In case any pilot is based here too. 😁🙌

Congratulations, more success

Oga pearl. Long time
This argument of interstate vs intrastate, I think where you're getting it wrong is using only time/duration to judge, you have to factor in the mileage too.

If two vehicles have the same mileage, one strictly interstate and the other strictly intrastate, all other conditions being equal (except time spent), the interstate vehicle will be in better condition than the intrastate

northbird:


Welcome back.
Memories on this thread sha. I remembered one of your posts about how you and the rider abruptly delved into a topic involving speaking in tongues in the car... how you narrated the scenario stills makes me smile when I recall it.

That hanty that forced me to speak wetin I no know lol. I should have pressed charges

northbird:


Longtime boss ..

Yes boss, there's always a time when man's got to sit back and relax

Hybrid600:
This Maxima eh, make your cousin no try am o! This car no fit take stress at all.

I don advise him against it. I'm taking down the post now. Thanks boss

..

Gentlelife50:

Who certified the Nigerian used car clean?
You?
Dey play

Clean body at least lol

radautoworks:


Unfortunately I'm not able to return before Christmas for to medical reasons so...

We will make it up though.

Hope you're good ma'am

SamuelTaiw0:


It's lot 16 o! You were there too. I really wished lot 13 came the second day. His cars were cheap

I was there. Crazy bidding, I had to leave when people were bidding for cars that they didn't know the condition with amount they can use to get a tested ok outside if they search well enough

SamuelTaiw0:


Yes... A very blind one
People were just bidding anyhow. Crazy people. Some won good cars cheap but they were few. The one that pained me was EOD for 200k, the thing pain me! Na one Hausa guy win am.
One man bidded 1.1m for same EOD but was lucky. Met him where we went to check for what we won, car may have been there since like 2009/2010, still looks very new and was under a shed. Interior was lovely and body was still shiny. Funny thing, he just bidded too without seeing it before for once.

Some won big daddy for 840k 950k, 1.5m most Corollas were not auctioned some people at the top were interested.

Muscle was going as high as 2.6m where people crazy reach. There was a siezed Toks RX 330 2007 SOmeone won for 2.5m. Whereas, with man know man someone bidded a Prado jeep 2015 for 1m. Almost new car.

The corollas that were won were nothing less than 1.3m but very very neat cars. My power no pass 400k wey person wan sponsor me. if dem don dey bid pass like this, I just mellow.

In all it was fun. The two benzes I won (cos they were more cheaper but you wouldn't know the kind of benz), I gave to one hausa man that paid for it. Took 30k from him as commission.

I'm still hoping I'll get a fair deal tomorrow cos I got some contacts. Hopefully some people won't pay up and they'll need to give it out. Wish me luck o.

Where did you bid. Lot 16?

Djdamian:
THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR THE VEHICLE

....
Since he loves to bring personal issues on public forum,let me state categorically here that I am done showing mercy to him.If he feels he is doing me a favour for a car I gave to him despite all the things he has done. No problem

This is all i have to say..

There are truly always 3 sides to every story. Didn't know you were a nairalander, I would have waited to hear your side. Apologies

Barbiturate:


Many?

Congrats ReadaDream

Abi nw. Sebi na first child

ReadaDream:
My wife birthed our son this morning. Got married Nov 26, baby came today Dec 6.
I bless God.

Anywhere una see me like this, make una dash me money (owo ti ku waso, money don remain #50 for account )

Congratulations sir. Many more to follow

Pearl1910:


Why I asked is just to be sure he has bragging rights. Cos he said partner was going emotional on him.
Sometimes, maybe the partner just out of pity or consideration didn't collect down payment. If that's the case, atleast he should just sacrifice and pay back the kindness.

Asides that, business is business. It's at his own discretion.

Oh I get it. You're right

SHOOPSYN:
Mobil Ogba selling fuel. Queue is fair. Please, about the HP guy and his partner. What is the worse case scenario for the driver if he refused to drop the car or his partner refused to drop something for the 2 weeks to make use of the car. Can his partner withdraw the car and cancel the agreement. How will the law play out Incase he decided to go rough on the driver?

HP agreement can only be cancelled by him returning all money he has collected from the driver, that's assuming it's even stated in the agreement otherwise he CAN NOT COLLECT the car back, but if the driver defaults, he will see shege

Dailyparrot:


This is confusing

The one at jibowu going to Yaba phase 1 through the Underbridge is the one that right side leads to empire road that connects Ojuelegba by the left and Mushin by the right.

If it's this one, then you can make a U-turn but at the second turning.

If it's the one that climbs the bridge to Yaba phase 1 directly instead of passing under it to face the traffic light, I am still trying to understand where the person that made a U-turn there was trying to head to.

I think it's the one that leads to yaba left. That side that they're doing road construction

Pearl1910:


Did u pay upfront for this car? If yes, then business is business. You have bought that car, only that u r paying the balance in installments. That's d reason u r paying almost double the price of the car.
It's no longer his car.
.

Even if he didn't pay a dime upfront, HP agreement means he has sold the car and agreed to collect his money in installments. The way the car can become his own back is IF AND ONLY IF the driver defaults.

Omoapena:

The bolded part has always been my dreaded fear, reason why I have been putting all the returns I get to make sure the car stays in good condition pending the agreement duration, cuz i know if the car is in good condition, there will be no room for default...

Praying I go through this without mental and physical stress cuz its getting unbearable for me TBH...

I know it's not easy but for the sake of unforseen circumstances, try to have at least (it can be more) a month remittance saved and forgotten somewhere just as a lifeline. You will just be paying him from the savings till you get back on the road and return the amount you spent from the savings then continue with your normal life. This kind of partner will be waiting for the slightest error from your side to collect the car back, be 2 steps ahead

Omoapena:
Guys
Pls help me, I had an HP agreement with someone and we have gone 8months down the agreement...
Suddenly, this my partner just messaged me now that he wants to use the car during the festive period for 2 weeks.

This is HP agreement we have and not rentals and he's sounding so personal...
Pls, what do I do...

You have your own copy of the agreement right? Just go through it and see if it is stated there that he can collect the car whenever he likes apart from when you default. If it's there you will have to give him the car but if it's not, tell him to fork off

Glithronix:

How the online bidding go happen?
Is there going to be a link for it?
Much respect, boss.

I don't know but I just know I saw e-bidding and that should mean online right?

SamuelTaiw0:


Maybe, maybe not. There's a set base price by EFCC. You should know all details by yhe time you go for inspection on Tuesday.

I'll go there on Tuesday. I don't have money but if I can bid and get something reasonably cheap, I just might be lucky to get a sponsor. Payment has to be made in 48 hrs after bidding

I think bidding will be online. Physical inspection is optional

Anonymous6o6:


I wouldn't make use of the word forced but you have between emacs or vim to pick the one you're most compatible with.

This is because you're working in the Sandbox which is like a terminal. Emacs and vim are a faster way to create files and inserts your code into them.

Okay thanks. It means bye bye to emacs for me

adeotiabdulaziz:
Please house, what do you think the average salary of alx graduate software engineering will be in Nigeria.

This question is like asking what do you think the average salary of unilag software engineering graduate will be. ALX is just a learning avenue, the kind of company you secure a job with will determine your salary

Anonymous6o6:


Alright, I will.

Hey there, how are you doing. I haven't seen you on LinkedIn and GitHub.
I want to ask if you're still being forced to make use of emacs and vi concurrently? I want to know if I can completely abandon emacs and focus on vi. Thanks

Anonymous6o6:
Meanwhile, I forgot to state that I have been added to the ROOM. You know the online platform where alx graduates are added for networking and other opportunities.

But... I'm not really inside, I do get the announcement and event but there's a limitation because I am yet to graduate as an alx student.

Well... Why was I added to the ROOM even though I haven't graduated? Well it is because I did ALX Virtual Assistant Program though I didn't not finish. That was same mail where I got the room's invitation.

Meanwhile, we're currently on Airbnb project (You can browse about Airbnb website to check the website). The Airbnb project is broken into several parts:
- The python console part for automation
- The SQL part for building the data base
- The html, css and JavaScript to build the main webpage (I look forward to this part).

Good to see that you're still going strong. I'm in cohort 11, we're still onboarding.
Seems you've abandoned the other thread. I followed you on LinkedIn and github, kindly follow back

Crvrider:


Saw this late. Taking classes already and doing projects. Although, yet to dive deep into using the sandbox...

Intranet
Slack
GitHub

All set.

Nice. It’s been smooth so far, I stopped at shell command for now. Busy with some personal stuff

Glithronix:

Go and do anyhow, na you go come delete this your post by yourself

microlincoln here’s the thread

Crvrider:


I enrolled.

Less than 48 hrs to go, hope you’re set

ArcFresky:


Why create seperate whatsapp groups when there is slack?

If you still want to focus on your phone, it neans you are not ready.

Ok

Conner44:


Omo that owolabi na robot I no sure say blood dey run through that guys veins at all.

Remains 2 units. Deedee won’t you buy one? at least to move the ministry and shut me up finally

Bro let me allow people that really need it to buy it. I don’t drive much these days

Conner44:


What am I selling? Vehicle Tyre inflator? Vehicle Engine jumpstarter? Mobile Power banks? this is a thread where transporters gather . . . Transporters who use vehicles everyday to make a living, my brother WHERE/WHO ELSE ARE THE BEST PEOPLE TO MARKET SUCH PRODUCTS TO? I still say it, the price is high . . . Yes, but so is it’s quality. That’s the only thing you can have against this product and not that the people on this thread are the wrong demographic to market to.

My brother, I’m just doing some product sensitization on this thread. If someone here decides to buy or not it won’t stop my selling out every single unit of this product before Friday. I am just hoping one person from here can get one unit. I’ve always sold this product on nairaland since the inception of its procurement by our establishment but this is the first time I’m posting its advert on this Uber thread.

This thread has been up for years, why I haven’t advertised it here before I can’t really say. Maybe it’s because I’ve always sold out the product just by posting it on other threads alone.

This is the same way there was sensitization for people to dump using mobil XHP 20w50 for their tokumbo vehicles, some still kick against it till today but some others have seen reason to utilize such brands. There’s Castrol, Liquimoly, etc 5w20 and 5w30 up to 5w40 and more people keep seeing the need to stop using the heavyweight conventional oils in their vehicles today. When did the sensitization start?

This is the first time I advertised here and I naturally expected some people to push against it due to its price alone. I know if it was it’s durability or functionality nobody in their right senses would question it.

A good salesman’s job is to be able to carry fire into hell and still make his sales

So naturally I’m ready to write epistles here to let people see the need to have an emergency unit with them. Some will see and some won’t. That’s how the world works. If nobody can buy it now I’m certain some others can buy it when next some are brought into the country. That’s how business is.

You say there are vulcanizers everywhere right? Have you ever had a tyre emergency at 9pm? How many vulcanizers will you see at their spots to help you? Even the ones that agree will charge you nothing less than N3k because it’s after working hours.

You spoke of having jumper cables right? Do you know that even with my own jumper cables most motorists are scared of assisting me with a jump start either because they don’t have the time, they don’t trust the location I’m requesting the help at, they are just ignorant of the functionality of the cables or they are afraid that my alternator will also kill their own battery during the help?

Bro let it rest. You’ve don your advert, if you call it 1million people that will buy will buy, and if you call it 1 naira people that will not buy will not buy. Be like Owolabi