olas2u:

You better wake up,They have stolen so much from Africa as well.

olas2u:

You better wake up,They have stolen so much from Africa as well.

MrPrsdent:

@OP

Before cars are shipped out of the US,they are held at the port by US Customs for up to 5 days and rigorously checked, The era when stolen cars are shipped out are gone

I ship cars weekly to Nigeria so i should be in a position to know

D Merciful:

What is bad is bad, d fact that they stole from us during colonization doesn't make it right, But i wonder how this is possibly, unless they have a loose border system,lol

olas2u:

You better wake up,They have stolen so much from Africa as well.

MrPrsdent:

@OP

Before cars are shipped out of the US,they are held at the port by US Customs for up to 5 days and rigorously checked, The era when stolen cars are shipped out are gone

I ship cars weekly to Nigeria so i should be in a position to know

endmoll:

@fhemmmy, Thank you for saying exactly what i have on my mind all these while. My job over here makes me understand the prices of Used American Cars and some times when i see or hear prices of cars been advertised or sold in Nigeria it baffles me,when i calculate the exchange rate,shipping and clearing you will ask your self was this car ever bought or stolen.@ My company(CARMAX) in a good day i buy at least twenty to to thirty cars from private seller for my company and the ones that i can't recommend for retail we take them to our auction where dealers come to buy from us.
It is very hard to work in Nigeria now due to this theft and shipping because they affect the prices of legitimate car dealers who want to do real business. I am more concerned about Nigeria's image than car business because i meet people every day and as a Nigerian i am subjected to scrutiny before i can transact any business.

endmoll:

My Email is end_moll@yahoo.com
The fact remains that there are some of our shiping agents here in the USA that help those stolen cars to sail to Nigeria. Because if they do not aid those thieves i don't think Nigeria will have such problem,but there are few families who can stand up to the truth.

erico2k2:

@OP,
In the US when you car get stollen, what do you do?

endmoll:

Mr are you saying that the story was made up? your shiping cars does not make any sense to me at this point,i guess you go back and read the article to understand what i am trying to say, I hope that you are holding Nigeria to the highest esteem by doing what is right period.

If you truly ship cars to Nigeria on a weekly basis, you would know there are lots of loopholes by which "our" boys are doing thins, and that is why it is difficult for us sometimes to fight to revive the image of Nigeria, cos the image has been so damaged and yet still being damaged.
Yes, they have been able to minimize the theft ride shipped to africa, but it is still going on a daily basis.
This explains why you see some prices for rides and you open you mouth to ask how it is possible.
Explain to me, how someone could buy a ride, ship and clear it and still sell it at price of just the purchase price?

endmoll:

I think you should read the article before asking your dumb question.

erico2k2:

Is there any need to call my question dumb, anyway, hear me out since you refused to answer my very question,STOLEN CARS CAN ONLY END UP IN NIGERIA if they are declared scrap,i.e dismantled and shipped as parts,When your car gets stolen you report to the police right? and an alert is put on the plate number,We all abroad who ship cars know that your plate number(VRM) is tied to your car and dies with it till shipped abroad,once customs key in your VRM all the details in your car would comeout ie, Howmany owners,current owner,status wether stolen,still on contract HP or any modification or if it has been in an accident oh yeah the VIN and the the Colour,) if any of these details is different from what hey are physically seeing on the car, it ain't going nowhere.
Now in the shipping Biz there are two side of it, some people here parade themselves as working for a shipping company or they own a shipping agency where thier real Job is fright forwarding ie registered agents whom thier Job is to forward frights to shipping companies eg,(GRIMALDI in the UK)these are the shipping companies who own the ROROs.
Now regarding cheap cars in NIGERIA, can anyone point me a car on this site that they think is cheaper than its cost price in America?lol cos here in the EU, I can bu a 2000 model of certain cars for less than £1000 in Germany, on a one on one level ie private sales, My Xpirience with cheap car is this,
Nigeria don't own a Data base of registered cars so one can easily register a car10 times,,so what do you think when Mr A buys a 2010BMW and get robbed, criminals take off the number plate and says it just arrived last week from Germany, forge all the papers and decides to sell it to an unsuspecting Mr B in the other end of the country?my very good mat xpirienced tthisfirst hand, he spent 2 weeks in a police cell cos he did not listen to me even though I adviced him the cost of thecar was way way beyond tthecost price abroad,Now if anyone think I have ot got a hang of what is going on plz ddon'thesitate to comment, but no name callingas we are matured and it should be pure discusion and clean arguments.

MrPrsdent:

Cars being cheaper than you expect in Nigeria might not necessarily be because they are stolen.There are people who buy cars at dealer auctions (where you get cars at considerably cheaper prices than the prevailing market rate).That ,in my view/experience,is mainly the reason for those cheaper prices .

henwun:

I did support your motive, Infact if you see the way those Camry flood Nigeria Roads. I keep on imagine how come, Same thing happened to me I took my Camry to Nigeria to sell after being told its a moving in the market. On getting to Nigeria. Am bleep with the Price. i had no option than to sell and gerout of the Country mehn. I believe you majority of those cars are Stolen .

henwun:

Are you a dealer, I have a Suv Can you get me how much t will cost in Nigeria before moving it down. Let me knw so i can load the pix

inspired_m:

I believe this Topic has been Dissected Sometimes Ago on this Forum

Cheaper Cars in Nigeria Don't Necessarily Mean they were Stolen from the USA,

You can Check the Link Below

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-229254.64.html#msg3436551

endmoll:

Did you read the article on the front page of Washington post? Nigeria once again is being smeared again due to our do or die ethics.

erico2k2:

@endmoll
I have read the articles ad Im still not clear, so dont the shipping companies physicaly check the vehicles B4 the get into the containers? or are the shippied as parts? ie dismantled? cos if a car got stollen I would xpect the polie to put a marker on its VRM ASAP once its reported stollen,here in the UK, you car get a physical inspecton B4 shipping.

erico2k2:

what do you mean by they wnt be able to go fru thousand of rides?when you take your car to the sea port, you drive it to the customs checking point and someone comes out to check the Docs against colour VIN and VRM, it takes less than 10 mins, an they go back to get custom clearance,they do it for every vehicle, mayB these guys butcher the vehicles and ship them as parts?