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Kia Picanto 2010

MINIMUM BID - N560,000

ZX Auto Tiger 2008

MINIMUM BID - N1,160,000

Volkswagen Passat 2012

MINIMUM BID - N4,000,000

Honda Civic 2008

MINIMUM BID - N1,360,000

Toyota Corolla 2009

MINIMUM BID - N960,000

Toyota Corolla 2009

MINIMUM BID - N1,760,000

Toyota Corolla 2009

MINIMUM BID - N1,650,000

Hyundai Tucson 2009

MINIMUM BID - N1,360,000

Honda Civic 2008

MINIMUM BID - N960,000

Volkswagen Passat 2008

MINIMUM BID - N1,120,000

Hyundai Santafe 2010

MINIMUM BID - N1,760,000

KIA CERATO 2008

MINIMUM BID - N880,000

TOYOTA PRADO 2012

MINIMUM BID - N6,400,000

The following vehicles are being auctioned at discounted prices. They are in great shape as they are BRAND NEW Bank financed vehicles recently repossessed from defaulting customers. All vehicles are available for inspection.

Terms and Conditions

Prices displayed are the minimum bid amount. As auctions go, your bid must be same as minimum amount or higher to increase your chances of winning. No payment is required upfront but vehicle must be paid for within 48hours of winning. Financing option is available for winners that meet leasing criteria as long as financing is concluded within 48hours. Bid closes by 5pm (Nigerian Time) 24/10/2012

Car Auctions NG is acting as a broker for these transactions. To that end, we will charge a stipulated bidding fee regardless of how much your final bid is. Pls send your bids to carauctionsng@gmail.com in the following format:

- Full name
- Contact details: address, land line, cell phone number(s) e-mail address(es)
- Vehicle type
- Registration number
- Bid amount

Pls note that bidding closes by 5pm (Nigerian Time) 24/10/2012


Let the bidding begin!

Obinnau: am 18 can drive but not perfectly

Sorry to say that you do not meet our criteria.

dayokanu: If Gendarmes hold you for Hilacondji

doctokwus: Doubt if u are married(apologies if u are) because ur wife won't allow dis kind of trip,crossing borders in your own car,navigating customs& usually unfriendly gendarmes.Whc arrangement av u made concerning hotels& u seem to av dis mistaken impression dat u just need to fuel ur car& vroom u cross countries,its far more complex I assure u

Am married and we are both adventurous and want to see othe West African countries. We have scheduled stopovers at Cotonou and final destination is Accra... and there are lots of hotels at both locations. Be rest assured that arrangements made exceed just fueling the car (that's the least)... but you see that why am here to find out if there other things I have not thought of.

[quote author=Efemena_xy]Lol @ Vroom, vroom!!

Sounds like a romantic journey abeg. Only problem I see here is @poster's need to include strangers with them. If na me be wifey, I nor go gree.

Unless they're running away from something, then don't embark on the journey if you haven't got enough money jor.[/quote]It is a romantic journey for wifey and I. Main reason for wanting to include a stranger is not really financial but to prepare for any eventuality where I may not be in a position to drive or need help with the car.

warrior01: E be like say you dey look for people to kidnap; pls, we don't want another Cynthia's story. If you insist on looking for prospective victims, pls try the next website as we are not ready to lose anyone here. Thanks

On a general note, one cannot be too careful in view of the risks of social media. But paranoia is something else... and that will completely rob you of your adventurous spirit. I have considered this and will carefully choose who I eventually take along. Will confirm addresses both home and office, meet at least a family member etc. Mine will also be available for confirmation.

Obinnau: am really interested pls how much will it cost only me?

Obinnau: am really interested pls how much will it cost only me?

Am looking at sharing fuel and other vehicle maintenance costs which are estimated to be N50,000.

Whats your age range (25 - 35) and do you know how to drive (particularly SUV)?

Am planning a road trip for wifey and myself from Lagos - Cotonou - Lome - Accra. The trip will be for the last two weeks in the month of October. I will be doing the driving and would not mind adding another couple to the team. Holla me here if you you like to join.

I will also appreciate tips of what to bear in mind for trips such as this as this is my first trip to the mentioned cities.

@Siena...

There is a proliferation of various fuel treatment products in the Nigerian market, and I have always wondered if its advisable. Whats your general opinion about fuel additives?

Urgent Question Pls!

Am about to make an application for my mum and the circumstances are as follows:

1. I have an elder sister and brother in the UK, but the sponsor of the trip is my much older cousin, as my siblings are not in a position to do that right now though they have proper documentation.
2. My cousin has sent an invitation letter, statement of account and copy of passport. Are there other required documents?
3. My mum retired as a senior officer in one of the security agencies in the country. Does she need to include her own financial documentation aside her id card and retirement letter?
4. Does she need to name my sister (who has just given birth) and brother as her kids in the UK or that she will be visiting them (will she need an invitation letter from them too)?
5. Does she need to include copies of marriage certificate, title to her landed property and share certificates as proof of ties to Nigeria?
6. How do we prove the relationship between her and my cousin aside photographs where they appear together?

I need urgent answers pls.

It is not a good thing to squat with your parents after getting married, but certain circumstances may warrant it.

When I got married, my wife stayed with my parents for about 3months (after honeymooning for about two weeks in Lagos though) while I squatted with a friend in the meanwhile. Stupid as that may sound, I will tell you why

2 months to my wedding in October 2010, I got this lovely 2 bedroom flat in a Northern town where I was working. Every other thing seemed set for the wedding (as per all plans were on course). By the end of September however, I got an offer from a better organization in lagos to resume 4th October. The relocation costs to Lagos was like N1m and that was unbudgetted. The other option was moving the wedding to a later date and mind you invitation cards went out like 2 months previously and most things were paid for.

At the end of the day, we got married, she stayed with my parents (in another city), I squatted with a friend for awhile, pushed hard and made our own place possible

It is not a good thing to squat with your parents after getting married, but certain circumstances may warrant it.

When I got married, my wife stayed with my parents for about 3months (after honeymooning for about two weeks in Lagos though) while I squatted with a friend in the meanwhile. Stupid as that may sound, I will tell you why

2 months to my wedding in October 2010, I got this lovely 2 bedroom flat in a Northern town where I was working. Every other thing seemed set for the wedding (as per all plans were on course). By the end of September however, I got an offer from a better organization in lagos to resume 4th October. The relocation costs to Lagos was like N1m and that was unbudgetted. The other option was moving the wedding to a later date and mind you invitation cards went out like 2 months previously and most things were paid for.

At the end of the day, we got married, she stayed with my parents (in another city), I squatted with a friend for awhile, pushed hard and made our own place possible.

What is your line of business? Is it a start-up or an existing biz?

^^^^Like I said earlier, it is not a going-forward strategy to be selling the stuff in the office, displaying it and all that.

Its more like wearing a shirt to the office and a colleague says 'I love that shirt, pls get one for me'. If I choose to oblige him, it won't be at variance with company policy. Likewise, I distributed the chin-chin free of charge the first time and feedback was like 'wow, its so nice, bring for me tomorrow' and 'always bring for me'. Obliging them does not infringe on the company policy which is actually targetted as using official hours for private biz. If I was displaying the products, or going from desk to desk to sell, that's a different thing altogether.

jidobaba: @amdman, you make selling chin chin sound like fortune500 business. No self-respecting man should be selling chin chin in the office.

You are entitled to your views, but note that food business is what many Fortune 500 companies do! PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, Coca-Cola, Tyson Foods, etc are companies I can immediately point at as American companies in food business and are in the top Fortune 100 companies by revenue - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/full_list/index.html

In Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries, Nestle, Guinness, Flour Mills, Dangote Sugar, Cadbury, Dangote Flour Mills, 7-UP Bottling Coy, Honeywell Flour Mill, National Salt Coy, Presco, Okomu Oil Palm. etc are Food/Beverage companies in the Thisday/BGL 50 top stocks in Nigeria. Or ask UAC Foods, Chi Group, Tastee Fried Chicken, Tantalizers, Integrated Dairies etc what their annual revenues are.

The value of education is that you can take roasted plantain and turn it into a world class product. Applying innovation, you turn an unattractive item into a commodity of choice. I am a lawyer turned credit/investment analyst, so I should know a few things.

My friend (poster Nahinbdis) just showed me this post now and I am the one he is referring to.

Wifey is currently doing her NYSC here in Lagos. We had previously resolved that she would not be going into paid employment upon completion. Because of her industrious nature, she mooted the idea of starting a catering business while she is still serving, as a learning process before going bigger. And I think any husband in a great marriage such as I have would support her.

I don’t actually ‘hawk’ the stuff in the office. Like OP said, I brought it to the office for testing and people just loved it, and asked that I keep bringing (including my supervising manager), and right now when people know that I bring, demand exceeds supply. It doesn’t affect my job at all (issues raised by Braveheart are germane) as I have drawn up a list of those interested and I just ask them if they want. However, the selling is a short term thing as there are avenues I am currently exploring that will take care of that (a bigger platform) in about 2 weeks or so.

And the truth is there is profit in it (for wifey though). She told me yesterday that she has started saving N2000 per day as untouchable profit (other profits are reinvested) and we have not even done 1% of the actual marketing and sales in our business plan. She is so anxious to start the real stuff and am the one holding her on a leash right now (so she does not put too much on her plate).

Do I really care what people think? Sometimes. But when I look at the big picture I kill those thoughts. Someday, this will be part of the testimony and it would all have been worth it.

If this loan is required for business related purposes, send a mail to info@entertheplace.com

A vulcanizer once put 70psi on my left rear tyre on a trip from Benin to Lagos. Had to check the pressure at Ore cos I didn't like the handling and I was shocked!

So your own tyre pressure gauge is a good buy.

I appreciate all the responses and the more that are yet to come. By the way, the HSG came out as normal (very positive).

The reality of the Nigerian businessman is that he wants to make all the money quickly without working on building a stable base. Thus he grows a tall tree that has little roots and when the big challenges come, the business crumbles like a pack of cards.

Most of the ingredients for business failure are in Nigeria, but Ibukun Awosika made it and is today doing big business. What are you going to do about yours?

If we do nothing, we are as guilty as all the ineffective systems that we blame - Adetoun Ogwo.