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2005 Toyota Camry SE

No faults reported

221k miles

N1.45m

2007 Ford Edge (with DVD)

155k miles

No faults reported

N1.7m

nwizu042:
@amdman Can one get a car for 1 million that would be suitable for Uber/bolt hustle.... preferably Toyota or Honda. Thanks

No please. Your lowest for any of those will be N1.3m

foolbuster:
But why you now come dey post pics of people's private property?

You are too wise

2006 Mazda Tribute

No faults reported

190k miles

N1.2m

2008 Saturn Vue

No faults reported

187k miles

N1.6m

Letsbegood:
What was the landing cost of this please?

The cars are now private property. Only the owners can disclose those details.

Passionate888:
Amdman, that model (year) is the elantra?

2011

Closed Deal!

Mercedes Benz C230

Closed Deal!

Pontiac Torrent

Closed Deal!

Hyundai Elantra

Closed Deal!

Toyota Highlander

2009 Hyundai Santa Fe

No faults reported

160k miles

N1.9m

Closed Deal!

Honda Accord

Closed Deal!

2007 Pontiac Vibe

Closed Deal!

Ford Edge

Closed Deal!

2011 Toyota Camry

We appreciate all the feedback and comments above as they are useful in helping us ensure that we continue to provide a service that is satisfactory. We apologize to everyone that feels aggrieved by any of our services and restate our commitment to continue to do our utmost to ensure that you get the best deal at the best price.

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3. Car Accessories – We consider battery, brake pads, tyres, fluids etc, as consumables that need to be routinely replaced. While we always confirm their state before purchase, we do not extend any warranty to them on delivery in Nigeria.

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So once again, thank you.

Jesterfly:
Baba I'll try to respond to your bulleted reply as much as I can. Mind you, I didn't call you out for a deal I'd since moved on of, but cos Codyella was taken by most peeps here as a killjoy and someone hired or bought over to come spoil your business, I don't know her from Adam, just not happy with 90% of peeps here who are ready not to listen to both parties.

1.In the video review of the car you sent to me, you clearly said there was no rust, and I took your word for it, even when I showed a friend and he pointed out a rust to me, you waved it off as nothing serious. Here's a link to the video on your YouTube page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonz5CkObWY (I might get banned by the spam bot for this), listen to your words at the 38 - 40s timeline.
As per the mechanic and panel beater you recommended which I later used, do you know it took almost 5 days for the panel beater to weld the rusted underneath, he didn't even finish all the rust work, i had to use another welder who use electric welding to do more of the rust work. I visit the mechanic every week for one issue or the other, one noise or the other. Some of the noises were linked to one broken part underneath the vehicle, and that would have to be welded. At a point, the mechanic advised me to sell the vehicle and ease my self of its numerous problems. I don't need to come back to you to say I've discovered another rust or another problem, when it is my cross to bear already, afterall you were not assisting in the bills.

2.I remember making and sending a video of the wet interior to you, until a panel beater discovered it to be from the moon roof months down the line, I don't need to bug you months after.

3. You clearly said the kickstarter was why it was not starting, and you also asked me not to get one till the vehicle arrives. I trusted in your words and went to the port with the kickstarter, just so I could drive the car home after fixing it, why would I not be prepared when you already told me confidently what the issue with the car was? Don't blame me for buying a kickstarter baba.

4. Being scammed on the highway was my fault, little wonder I didn't mention it in my first post. I also didn't mentioned where I changed all the 4 tyres cos they were worn and also didn't say I had to change the car battery. I also didn't mention where customs stopped me cos of underpayed duty, and I had to give them a good sum of money to free me. The overheating and changing of top Gasket could also be my fault.
I never used only water in the radiator, right even until I sold the car. I also never used any other oil in the engine besides Castrol 5w-30 synthetic oil. So you can never say I didn't maintain the vehicle properly.

5. I recommended alot of peeps to you, but they all got disappointed with your response to them, it's either you snub them or you ignore them when they request a particular type of car. I contacted you last in March when I sold off the pontiac and requested another from you, but you laughed (don't know what that meant) first before you asked I send you a chat so it comes on top of everyother chat. I didn't continue the deal cos you didn't respond further after you said the one you first showed me has been sold.

The way you claimed a car has no issue is just misleading, we all buy in trust from you, but when we see something that is off what we were expecting, we get unhappy. You can't say "No known Issue" and the car comes with barrage of issues.

If you confirmed to us that an issue has been satisfactorily fixed, it is unfair to us to come out 8months later to say it was not fully fixed. Did you then collide with a mechanic to cheat yourself?

You are one of the first people to trust us when we started, so I really hate to join issues with you. I only ask that your comments be fair and be a true picture of what transpired between us.

As I prefer to check each car personally, there is only a finite number of people I can realistically respond to. The system we have in place to filter the requests we get is not foolproof, we have been doing what we can to tweak it to accommodate more people, and will make some further changes next week.

Your referral is important to us and we apologize for how it must appear to you as not valued.

uchman:
We dont need to know who is lying or not,
I understand Codyella because I live in Onitsha too and also Understand Amdman...

Kazeem ripped her off because no known kazeem that work on Ford in Onitsha and if you need their service consigning Ford cars, you will need to ask a question.

How many days did this car run from lagos to Onitsha because if the car has transmission problem, along the way when the car is heated up, the transmission problem would have surfaced which will take the driver some more days to fix, before arriving onitsha...
Maybe the transmission fluid is the culprit here, you know this Mechanics, if you are not around, they will not do what you ask them to do.
You may give them money for 23k transmission fluid and they will end up putting 5k own for you and the rest will be history, that's why they ended up condemning NISSAN MURANO in Nigeria because of transmission fluid which other countries still drive Murano.

Codyella
Did the driver requested for extra money while delivering to fix anything along the way like Transmission?

Driver arrived in Onitsha in daylight and without issues.

Jesterfly:
Madam thank your stars, yours was battery and a recommended mechanic that didn't do what he was paid for, probably he dropped off the work for his boys who did a shaddy job on your car.
Some of us here had it bad, but decided to keep our cool-the guy code thing.
I paid for my Pontiac may/June last year, the car arrived August, it came clean both interior and exterior, admired by everyone who saw her on the road, but na only me wey wear the shoe know where e dey pinch me.
Amdman claimed the car has no rust, in his own words "no rust at all", needs only a kick starter to start, no other issues. Omo, the issues wey that car get ehn, even devil go run leave am,had leaks from the moon roof, na so water go full inside the passenger & driver side whenever it rains or I wash it.
I bought and took a kick starter (9k from ladipo auto market) with me to the port, got a mechanic there to fix it for 4k, alas the car didn't start after fixing it,obviously the kick starter wasn't the issue, had to tow it with 25k to my house cos allowing it to sleep in the port would incur more cost on me. I later got some auto electricians to make it start for 40k.
That was the first phase of trying to bring the car to life, the next phase was fixing the rust underneath the vehicle, I've never seen so much rust on a car in my entire life. Fixed that too to an extend, before the car could stand to an appreciable standard for me.
Every other month from August, I spend nothing less than 50k fixing one issue or the other on the car, the car was a nightmare to me. At a point I even changed top Gasket, cos it got burnt.
I got tired of the car and sold it off at a give away price, when I called Amdman and told him I've sold my Pontiac, his first response was to laugh. I asked him to get me another (knowing fully well what I want & how to go about it this time around), he showed me 2 pix, but ignored me when I told him I want total inspection (underneath videos & pix, suspension, etc).
So madam Codyella, fix what needs fixing and move on, you don't owe anybody a breakdown of what you've fixed or spent on the car, ignore that dingbat who was asking you to explain how you spent the 100k or shut up for life.

A few of the things you mentioned give me an idea who you are and the car you are referring to, and I will respond to you accordingly, as I recall severally calling you to order in respect of the monies you were throwing around.

1. Rust - The car you bought was a 2006 vehicle. There is no way I will tell you that the car has no rust at all. Rather, I would usually indicate whether or not it is something that can be fixed. In your case, I followed through with you to ensure that it was fixed. You went to a bodyshop that billed you N50k to do a shoddy job and even paid them a deposit. Instead, I got you a place (same place I initially referred you to) that did a better job of fixing the rust issues for N15k. Till date, you did not come back to me to complain that you had any other issues with rust.

2. Leaking moonroof - This is the first am hearing of this. Your car arrived in the raining season and leaking moonroof should ordinarily be one of the first things that would be noticeable, yet you never mentioned it until today, even though we continued to chat for almost 6months after your car arrived.

3. Kickstarter - I specifically told you not to buy a kickstarter before the car arrives. That an electrician should check it first so that the proper thing will be done. However, you preferred to follow your own counsel. You later mentioned that you got an electrician to start the car and paid him N30k for labour only. You also mentioned that your electrician checked the car and said it passed all his diagnostic tests and said the car is 100/100.

4. The trouble with your car started when you fell into the hands of Kazeem scammers along Lagos-Benin Expressway when they flagged you down that smoke was coming out of your tyres. They pulled everything apart and scammed you of a tidy sum. By the time you got to Makurdi, you said the engine was overheating and that you went to a mechanic and removed the thermostat and also got an electrician to run the fan direct. My counsel to you to use coolant in your car instead of water was also not followed.

5. Laughing at you - You reached out to me in September that you wanted same car, and I laughed to the effect that you must be enjoying yours. Between then and when we last spoke in March 2020, you received several car options from me (more than 2), and you did not mention that you had sold yours. Infact, up till November, you were still asking me to help you source maintenance parts.

Whilst we always appreciate candid feedback so that we can improve, it is important that it should be factual. If any of my remarks above are untrue, please permit me to buttress them with screenshots of our chat.

Codyella:
The video I sent you shows a mechanic working on the car in my garage. So don't play dumb.

You know what, I'm done. You can say whatever you want but the truth prevails. Thank you for everything.

This again is inaccurate. There is no such video showing any mechanic working on your car.

Please permit us to publish our communication today.

Codyella:
You chat with me for 2 hours and I came here? Lol... I have already started working on that car when I texted you. If you had a better approach or even admitted to what happened, or replied my messages instead of ignoring them, this won't have happened.

I've got no reason to lie and gain nothing with it but hey, it's your opinion. I've made my point. It's left for you to Checkmate your team in Lagos. And how conveniently you Ignored the picture of the filter I posted here shows you know exactly what you are doing.
Improve on your services. Goodluck.

Madam, please don't force our hand.

My first message to you today was at 10.33am (Nigerian time) and we chatted until 12.39pm, and your post here was at 1pm.

In all of that conversation, aside your complaints about the servicing and battery, you never mentioned to me that anything is missing from your car or that you have spent money on fixing anything, Suddenly you have now worked on transmission, stabilizer, compressor, etc? If the car has been sitting in your garage since it arrived, when and where were these fixes done? It doesn't add up.

Knox123:
Awwsh!!



This is as a result of not responding to chats. If Amdman had responded well to her on WhatsApp, it won't lead to this.

Learn ur lessons with this by always responding to meaningful/ important chats.

I pray u sort things out with her so that ur thread will move on smoothly without faults.

Her claim that I did not respond to her is incorrect.

As I would always say, we prioritize those that we have collected money from and respond to all their enquiries. We responded to her earlier today before she made her initial post, and we chatted for about 2hrs. It was when we refused to make payment for a new battery that she threatened she would come here and actually did.

As a demonstration of our good faith, we have offered her a full refund for the car, but she has declined it.

SamuelLoch:
Most of us here aren't aware of your agreement. A battery not starting the car can happen, that's the truth. But it's surprising that just after the car was delivered, the battery is now dead, and after jump-starting the engine, the battery is still not starting the engine.
I suggest you take the battery to a battery charger, let them have a final look at it for you.

About the engine oil at the tip, clearly, the engine oil was either not gauged or it's leaking, which I suppose not. If the oil filter looks rusty, clearly, it's not new. About the brake fluid, the mechanic is expected to keep the container in your boot, just top it up. If it's not there, I don't know what to say.

@Amdman, please help Codyella look into the (paid for) car servicing issue thoroughly. Let the joy be full , biko.

The servicing paid for is to change engine oil and filter ONLY. Engine oil was clearly changed. The filter is the issue. I agreed with her that that the filter looked dirty on the body. I asked that she should clean the body of the filter and send the picture so I can challenge the mechanic.

Codyella:
I had no plans of doing this but his approach towards the issue was very annoying. He started reading my messages without replying and I was calm the whole time.
If he had been honest from the start, then I know what to expect. How am I supposed to get a car the dealer assured me is a buy and drive and spend over 100k on it without even driving it for one day?! I ran over all these car functions with him and I paid when he assured me that everything is working. Does that sound fair to you?
Like I said, I'm making this review out of my personal experience with him.
If he likes, let him improve on his services.

All the functions we discussed are in order. I drove your car from the location I bought it to the warehouse for about 2 hours. Your car was driven from Lagos port to Ikeja, and from Ikeja to Onitsha without any issue. I too will like to know what you have spent 100k on so far.

SamuelLoch:
Most of us here aren't aware of your agreement. A battery not starting the car can happen, that's the truth. But it's surprising that just after the car was delivered, the battery is now dead, and after jump-starting the engine, the battery is still not starting the engine.
I suggest you take the battery to a battery charger, let them have a final look at it for you.

About the engine oil at the tip, clearly, the engine oil was either not gauged or it's leaking, which I suppose not. If the oil filter looks rusty, clearly, it's not new. About the brake fluid, the mechanic is expected to keep the container in your boot, just top it up. If it's not there, I don't know what to say.

@Amdman, please help Codyella look into the (paid for) car servicing issue thoroughly. Let the joy be full , biko.

She did not pay for brake oil. She only paid for engine oil and filter. The engine oil is clean from the video she sent, so the oil was changed. The picture of the filter was taken from underneath the car. The car was driven from Lagos to Onitsha, on roads that are also muddy. My request to her was to use a cloth to wipe the dirt in the face of the filter and send the picture to me so I can confirm.

delawal:
i gues dts d car u re conplainin abt, is d car really dead or just d battery is dead, i feel ur pain, bt incase u dont like,it and will like to sell it,off let me know, am also in,onitsha

The car is totally fine. the battery is due for replacement.

Send me a message on Whatsapp - +14372215476 so that I can coordinate this.

Codyella:
Oh really? Now you want to type? After you were reading my messages and ignoring them?

You told me that the battery is new. The car had rust on it and I did not want to go for it but because you assured me that the car had no issues and the battery was new, I went for it. Stating that I knew of the state of the battery is unethical cos its not possible for you to tell me that a car with rust had a dead battery and I will go for it. I'm not a spend thrift!

Car was delivered even without a drop of brake fluid and the oil was even at the tip of the stick with a rusted filter. Tell me, who does car service without putting those?!

You're clearly a fraud! I can't believe there was a time I defended you! I guess I got a taste of my own medicine and I hereby apologise to those guys I doubted.

Madam, while we have been accused of many things, one thing we cannot be accused of is dishonesty.

We tell you the state of things as we see them, even send you a video to document the visual state of the car. That you need to add brake fluid to the car is an issue?

If you would leave feedback, it is only fair that you leave feedback that is honest and a clear reflection of what transpired between us. My first message to you today was at 5.33am (my time) and I remained chatting with you for over 2hours. So where is the truth in alleging that am not responding to your messages?

I insist that we will not succumb to your intimidation to buy you a new battery in order for you not to bring this issue here.

Codyella:
I don't want to take this any further but I owe it to most of you on this thread asking me about the car I bought to warn you. Amdman sold me a car with a dead battery after assuring me of the durability of the car. I kept on asking him about the battery and he lied to me that its a new battery. His crew took stuffs from the car. I even paid them 22k for car service and the oil and filter wasn't changed. I reported all this to him and he told me expressively that it is not his problem. His crew just boosted the vehicle and brought it back. The car came in 4 days ago and its been parked at my garage cos its basically empty with alot of stuffs missing and it can't even start.
So, buy at your own risk. Cos I'm NEVER doing any other business with this guy.

I appreciate your feedback. Thankfully, the car itself has no issues and that is heartwarming. Though it is not in our nature to engage in banter with clients, I will respond to the issues raised.

1. Car Battery - Car battery is an accessory that declines with age and should be periodically replaced. The car was delivered to you with the same battery that was in use here. There is no time that I mentioned to you that the battery is new and I don't recall having that conversation. I drove that car personally and didn't have any battery issues. So it is a case of the car battery being due for replacement, and even if you bought the car in Nigeria, you would still replace the battery.

2. Things taken from your car - You did not mention this to me and I will take this as an afterthought. If your car is delivered without any of the items that I told you will come with it, then you should let me know. So if any item was taken, please let me know.

3. Service - As a good gesture to you, I recommended that your car should be serviced before heading down to Onitsha and sent you the exact cost required by the mechanic. From the video you sent to me, the oil in your engine was clearly fresh, even after driving to Onitsha. The face of the fuel filter looked arguably dirty and I agreed with you on that and promised to engage the mechanic. His feedback which I communicated to you was that he is 100% positive that the filter was changed, and that you should clean the face of the oil filter to rid of the dust it would have accumulated on it in the course of the trip to Onitsha. As someone I have used and tested severally over 10years, I do not think he would steal a N4000 oil filter and I told you same.

We typically would have swung in to write off some of these costs, but unfortunately your car arrived at a huge loss to us due to the fall in the value of the Naira and the COVID situation. Most people in this line of business sent additional bills to their customers, but we did not do that. Instead we bore all the losses and delivered your car exactly as agreed. We therefore implore your kind understanding.

Spectaclesawe25:
Boss how much to land this pls? 12-14 SE/XLE Camry.
And how do I track your deals, like am missing in action.
Any telegram or whatsapp page?

Reach out to us on whatsapp on +14372215476

2010 Hyundai Elantra

Runs and drives excellently

177k miles

N1.8m (includes cost of replacing bumper, grille and headlight