saxywale:
It's not always the case, some sellers do sell their properties at dirt cheap price. It's for the buyer to mitigate his own risk.

olanshi: @ OP..


Na your type they price cars that usually sells around 2m naira for 600K... So you are very greedy and gullible.. Sorry for your lose, more on..


My people say, "All day for the thief but one day for the owner"

Swiftboy: Am so sure I cant use OLX for the fear of being rubbed by my customer. What if the other guy collect it on gun point? That buyer meet seller thing is a total flaw true. A selling site should protect users from possible fraud as much as possible.

godwinony: About a month ago i bought a samsung galaxy s4 mini for 20k from a seller on olx. About 2 days into using the phone, i discovered it was a fake s4 mini..no 3g and low ram..i quickly sold it back online for 23k..made a little profit on the fake poo.

Abduletudaye: Oboi..Olx could be a scam for whoever that falls fro cheap stuff there..

Altho' am abit puzzled about something else I discovered. I saw this ad on FB, the person claims to be selling UK used items and based in AbJ too..

So I called to verify for BOLD5. She said it was 10K ..

I was shocked to also hear the amount of other phones.

But she said if the phone was to be sent to me in Lagos, I would need to pay for the transport of the phone(thru her account) and then pay on delivery to whoever brings it.. So pls guys, could this be a Scam too? Advices pls..

justi4jesu:


lolz....you better find a phone to buy within your state, no one can tell you if it is scam or not.

Deposit at your own risk.

technophile: I don't Know what is wrong with Nigerians, Every opportunity they see like this the use it to scam. I can assure you that 90% of those buying/selling at OLX are scammers. Imagine a laptop worth over 200,000 will be sold for 70k and some fools too will still fall for it.


I wonder if there have been any successful transaction at OLX.

Abduletudaye:

But the transport money is 2K..

Any ideas? Make I risk am?

lol...abeg leave me jare..na u sabi..risk na

Adinije: Of course there have been successful transcation on olx. Myself for instance have sold more 10 phones on olx.(P.OD) Reason why pple get scammed is GREED. So pple wanna samsung s4 for 27k. why won't they get scammed.

jayseehe: I sell on OLX and I don't scam.

my ads are relatively cheaper on OLX because of the competition there...
it's higher on other sites with less competition

it is not just OLX, people are being scammed here (Nairaland) too

being scammed depends on you, why should you send money to someone without getting and testing the goods?
what happened to local pickup or pay on delivery?

FYI, I have seen situations where sellers are scammed by buyers on OLX, after delivery of the goods, the buyer will refuse to pay...

OP, don't spoil the reputation of that site, because of some people's gullibility.... I need the site so much, I buy and sell there

if you are afraid of being scammed, try Kaymu.com.ng kaymu offers escrow service
pay via kaymu SafePay, that way, the seller won't receive the money until the goods have been delivered to you and you are satisfied with it.

by the way, you can purchase from my online store @ kaymu....
use SafePay and pay with your debit(ATM) card
http://www.kaymu.com.ng/seller/don-juan/

Google Kaymu SafePay to know more about it...
you can call it Nigerian EBay version

kheart: i saw an item dat am interested on, i just hope it s pay on delivery sha.

Okuda:

You see its not even about trying to adapt something western..there are underlying foundations that made things work abroad and thats why its very easy to manage alot of things..first of all i think every nigerian should have a social security number..this is the first step in putting alot of crap in order in this country

Benop: Good day pals.

I saw the advert on TV mid last year on the online platform OLX and decided to have a look at it. I got to even download the mobile app on my phone, was interested in buying a car and on opening that section I was amazed on the cheap rates they put the cars for sale.

I got involved with one of the dealers who said he was selling Nigerian Customs auctioned cars.

To cut the story short, I ended up being scamed and many are still being scammed today.

Is there any hope of recovering the money?

Can these scammers be stopped from ripping the general public?

Do OLX managers know every user of their site and are they aware of this?

I will appreciate your kind responses please!!!

youngice: we have already and its called NIN

odutolasodiq: scamming on olx depends on u buyer, i bought goods worth of over 200k for around 80k witout being scammed. Dis tips should help: 1. Target sellers around lekki, ajah if u resides in lagos, resident in this areas can sell goods of 100k for 20k( i am talkin from experience). 2. Sellers around apapa,badagry,lagos island west are mostly scammers(u can verify dis by checking d picture of their goods its mostly internet pictures and not that of d goods they want to sell