rkarang:


This is also my concern. The seller told me that if checked by customs I may be asked to pay duties. This is obviously too much. My item costs around this amount too.

mctfopt:


Which courier was used to ship the item?

rkarang:


The item has not been shipped. Any suggestion on how to avoid the high customs duties?

mctfopt:


Never had to appeal a card. If na juju, my own dey work wella. I just buy and it goes. No appeal. I funded my bitnob on first try with $400. Used it to buy things on Alibaba and no issue. I wonder what triggers this appeal thingie. Must be absent in my account.

Onyeka90210:

Naaah, card works fine with PayPal
Even works best with Nigerian PayPal as there is no wallet and all transactions are made directly from the card.
Don’t use their billing information when linking the card to PayPal
Keep using the same one you use
And make sure the card has at least 1$

Kingdemu:
Guys, something weird happened to me. Earlier in October, I funded my domiciliary account with $50 to make some purchases on AliExpress. I bought about 4 items totalling $39 which I've all taken delivery of. I emptied the account by converting the remaining dollars to naira using my banking app.

Just 3 days ago, I was surprised to check my domiciliary app to see the $39 refunded. I requested for my bank statement and there was no trace of any purchase on AE. It just showed as if the money was not debited at all. I tried converting $10 to naira and to my surprise the transaction went smoothly. Account wey na $0.03 before oo. I tried converting the rest and it went thru but when I tried transferring out from the naira current account it showed "Transaction unsuccessful. Security violation".

Yesterday I mustered courage and walked into the bank to complain and they checked my account, both the current and the domiciliary which was the source of the funds, and they said there was nothing wrong. The lady chatted with someone who I think was from their HQ and after series of checks for like 10mins, they concluded my account must have been flagged because of an email change I did 3 months back when making the $50 deposit into the domiciliary account (the current and the dorm are all linked with same ID). They asked if I didn't use the account since then and I said no. She told me she'd pull the reference for the email change and send to HQ so I fit waka. I was told to go and try making transfer after an hour.

Ladies and Gentlemen, after an hour, I tried and I was able to transfer all the money out successfully. So basically I made a purchase of $39 from AE for free.

Olamak1:


This is incredible! Your affinity with Aliexpress' system must be very strong that they exempt your cards from appeal. I've had to appeal virtually all the usd cards I've used for shopping – Klasha, Cardrypto, Spendwise, Bitmama, Grey and Bitnob –all of them.

nedekid:

Give the end of the story, how did it end up?

mctfopt:


Are these cards not in the name you used in opening account with AliExpress? That's strange.

mctfopt:


What kind of goods are you shipping?

Which country is it coming in from?

These two may determine the answers you get.

rkarang:


A mobile phone. From China on Alibaba. Many thanks!

Olamak1:


Of cause they are! That's why l keeps wondering whenever they flag my payment card with error that "we cannot process this order.... – Submit appeal"

Their system Algorithm is becoming complex by the day.

mctfopt:



Use third party shipper to avoid stories.

zenith4biz:


Mine done clear

ndachee:
Please guys what's the current paga card dollar rate to naira?

officialfestus:
For the first time, my package has been sent to a wrong location, a package that is to be sent to Benin east, has been sent to warri ekpan site.
Please how do I go about this?

TGHW:

When mine got sent to port Harcourt instead of lagos, I messaged them on Twitter and they said it was a mistake, they'll re route it.

rkarang:


I'm a novice here. Who are those offering third-party shipping and how do I contact them?

rkarang:


I'm a novice here. Who are those offering third-party shipping and how do I contact them?

officialfestus:
I just hope they do same to mine.

Encitee3991:
Has anyone made use of the Uba prepaid dollar card offer.?

Jarchi:





° Brodaman, If it's spedaf email or call their customer care, it's fast and easy. It happened to me once, the customer care helped and also the spedaf delivery guy at my base, they will reroute it.

Ọmọ, I just reroute my delivery address today from osun to Lagos, the call was saying it's not possible or it's hard but email said immediately customs clears it I should message them and I did, just tracked my package and I saw it's going to be delivered to the Lagos address i changed it to.
Ọmọ bitnob dey find customers oh, as I dey get customer care call my email no rest cuz of a failed KYC, I just love competition, customers go enjoy, I wish same enter our power issue°
***Jarchi***

ThreadManDennis:
have you used it?

I am trying to also and wanted to know how in case you have.

mctfopt:


I guess Nonikings is still in business, contact the Chinese number that ends in 2441

https://www.nairaland.com/1819824/newly-found-shipping-agent-china#24807137

anonymousey:


Heroshe is an option as well. They now ship from China. They charge by weight. They weigh in pounds and not kg. $6/lb inclusive of clearance.

rkarang:


They even have a working website. I've asked the seller to send the item's weight so I can estimate my cost when I contact Heroshe later in the day. In the meantime, do you have an estimate of their bill for a mobile phone? Just an estimate

nani667:
Customs Clearance complete 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

Expecting a call from Speedaf anytime from now 👍🏼