mctfopt:


Shipped a 5kg item via DHL in April. Surprisingly no charges. The seller even used a gigantic carton which is three times the size of the item to pack it making for a very big package You may get lucky and not get charged.

PS: package not phone, but costlier than most phones.

I think they tend to horn in on phones. I hope I am lucky though. I heard DSS and NDLEA usually try to pull stunts.. I am waiting for those ones. It is customs I am more concerned about.

busuyi44:
I paid around 9.5k (+vat etc) for an item custom rated 50k

Bigrovar

Thanks bro. What is a phone?

DHL finally picked my package o, it has now showed up on their tracking page 9 days after it officially shipped. The next stage now is customs. Can anyone share their experience? How much (in percentage) did you pay.. The custom CET spreadsheet showed that Telephone and wireless devices are suppose to be charged 17% import duty and 7.5% VAT. my particular goods is was decleared as $150 if that counts. Anyone here share their experience?

GrandMufti:


The long epistle though

Good for you, hope it helps someone else

fibonacci2526:



Speaking from experience, pre the Corona they weren't reliable.

It all depends on the seller, Aliexpress is like nairaland. It is a platform where people come and display their wears. It is up to the buyer to do some due diligent to know who is reliable and who isn't. Below now I use to focus on the ratings of the item I want to buy.. But I have learned that sellers ratings is even more important especially the shipping speed and communication ratings. I don't by from sellers with shipping speed below 4.5. Many sellers are in fact drop shippers, they don't have any item in stock, rather they wait for you to order then sort the item, sometimes sorting takes time because they will be looking for the cheapest to increase markup. On a whole aliexpress could do more to improve buyer's experience and punish those dubious sellers.

I once reported a seller to them, I got an item from him and after 6 days of processing only to tell me he was out of stock (all this while product page staged he had over a 1000 items in store) He then asked me to cancel and select other reasons. I cancelled and selected product out of stock, and he refused to approve my cancellation. I had to report him to aliexpress team via chat (their chat service is very good) and I was awarded an coupon of 17 dollars for my troubles and the item was cancelled and refunded to me.

Unfortunately the store is still operating and the item still on sale. nothing was done to the seller.

kingzleyz:
DHL should pick up my package ehh from service provider

same boat as you. Mine has not even showed up in tracking. something that was shipped on the 16th .. rona no try at all

lavenderjade:

It went back to 420 day bfr yesterday
Ahn dem charge u u go calculate

forget abokifx.. I am telling you what I was charged.. At least I sabi maths reach that. It was 390 although the item was about 4 dollars

Darlinx01:
If you want to refund a seller for a product you opened dispute for but later arrived, through placing an order again and telling the seller not to ship, what do you do if the product is now almost two times the price you had purchased it before?

You can always discuss with the seller and explain your goal to him. Tell him (via private chat) to reduce the price to reflex the cost of the goods you are paying for. He will ask you to order but not pay, he would then reduce the price after you have placed the item on order

lavenderjade:


It has gone back to 420 now

wait.. just now? I made the purchase like about 2 hours ago?

someone here asked what the gtbank rate for aliexpress. I was just charged 390. It was 420 about a week ago but it seems to have come back to 390 now.

ojeysky:


Are you sure it's the ram and not storage

Thanks, I meant storage.

mctfopt:



I think no one should be forced to share any of his info online, especially if they are not comfortable with it. My last shipment was via DHL. It sure took time before it was updated on their site. This coro business makes everything move at a snail pace. But once it updates, you'll be able to track it faster.

Thanks old Gee

Raptor2cool:
what will you say about the g6, I ordered one also

I means since you ordered it, it is not a bad phone.. it is the same generation and class as the v20. I rated them the best device to buy back in 2018 and I can still say the same today.

They cost less than 200 dollars and for that you get a device that is quite future proof, fast charging, main and wide angle camera (The v20 started this trend) OIS camera, second screen on the v20 is a major deal maker. Add to the fact that the parts are dirt cheap and the phone is very easy to open and fix.. charging port, camera, battery , screen every part of that phone can be easily replaced. The removable battery is just an icing. I would recommend that phone any time-- but for the battery, being an old phone, you don't find quality after market battery for it. You best bet for those might be amazon usa

Opperwezen:
hahaha on your quest to discredit me you went after the non trivial issue in my post and ignored the main koko lol. Do you know what it means to be a certified IT professional or specialist? In your opinion because he deals in electronics that makes him an IT professional? I absolutely respect your opinion, doesnt change the fact that im quite sure that individual is no IT professional Dear sir dont bother mentioning me because ill be forced to reply and we would only succeed in derailing this thread sire.

LOL what one won't see on this street. google bigbrovar.

Opperwezen:
This is quite unfortunate, i can bet my entire life savings youre no IT professional and you come across as someone who has very limited understanding of the discipline. The argument was based on phone cloning and not sim swapping like you posted as the latter is an impossibility on Nigerian networks. Do your research on sim swapping or sim 2fa attacks. If it were so easy to clone phones why do hungry thieves bother calling victims requesting for otp? Have you taken a second to think about what can happen if phones could be cloned that easily? PLEASE I BEG OF YOU DO NOT MENTION ME, this is not the purpose of this thread. I NEVER EVER GET INVOLVED IN ARGUMENTS I HAVE LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF.

ok

Raptor2cool:
go for the v20 or g6

I won't advise the v20. It is a great device even in 2020, it is very modular which means technically it should last a long time since most parts can be easily replaced. The problem is that most v20 on aliexpress have bad batteries. Most are refurbished and their batteries don't last. Good replacement batteries are hard to come by even on aliexpress. I had to get them from amazon and even that was not easy. I would still rate it above the iphone 6 because same thing applies only with the iphone6 you don't even have the option to easily replace the battery.

iKingsley:
please, what is 'shipment on hold'?

You mean your item has reached fast fast like that?

Opperwezen:


To the uninitiated, this post wey our chief hacker write would make a lot of sense hahaha.

1. Intercept phone calls and sms in this generation?with all the encryptions? when no be say na our fore fathers landline wey dey use wire wey pesin fit tap? AbI ma MI6 this bros dey work for?

If you can't access the victims phone which is very crucial to your plans and also very unlikely, then you have a higher chance of successfully robbing a bank to stealing someones package
This bros even say it's very easy!!! I fear who no fear you

Since when I get sense I never see where dem steal person package because he revealed his tracking number

Ignorance is a disease. https://twitter.com/0x/status/1259217971265896450 That account belong to one of the most skilled software engineer in Nigeria. His twitter account was owned and some other personal account all through cloning his cell number and owning it via social engineered hack. This is why sms 2FA is often discouraged. Again, no need to wax lyrical.. open yourself to the world, display all of every. to each his own.

segunmelvin1:
are you even sure he his the owner of the package.... if it was this easy as your write up nobody go they see their package collect

die this matter, I said my piece I did not insult anyone or kill anyone, it is up to you to believe or not. I just threw in the possible danger of exposing a tracking number to an open forum.. What you do is up to you. I really careless. do whatever makes you sleep well at night. Let us move on from this issue and not derail the thread.

aieromon:


It is a waste of time and effort. On the other hand, you gave away sensitive information (item,ETA and underdeclaration) on an open forum and nobody even asked for it.

Who will the idle mind target first?

A sensitive information is something unique to a person or thing. I ordered a One plus 7t is not a sensitive information, saying I under declare would only be sensitive if that be used to track an item based on price.. and putting a verge estimated ETA which came from the top of my head would amount to nothing if u don't know my name, nor number or location.. In any case all this can not be compared to a tracking number.. anyway sha. to whom its own. Like I said advise came from a good place. Whatever let you sleep well at night. Now lets not derail the thread.

lavenderjade:


Stop to the mumu

See my tracking number.. RB928236385SG oya go and take the package.. We talk like kids somtimes...

My brother no be fight. With due respect, I am not a mumu rather I am a IT security professional. Things like tracking numbers are very sensitive and can be used by anyone to hijack your item. It is not even hard.. considering most people post so much information about themselves that it is not hard to piece things together about them and form a profile. You live in warri, and your name can be revealed from your phone number using true caller. If I track your online footprint I will get your location and it is easy to triangulate the nearest post office to it. You picture is in your profile, easy to make an ID from it. Phone number is in display.. easy to clone it and intercept all your calls and sms.

It won't take me long to even know what u are shipping if it is something of value and I am a bad actor (and it is worth my time and effort) I can easily hijack your identity and go claim the item. of cause you can always choose to ignore this advise that came from a good place .. just know I come in peace.

tuco02:
RE*******CN please can someone track this for me because on AliExpress it says delivered but im yet to receive it

It is not advisable to display your tracking number on an open forum like this. To track your goods use https://m.17track.net/en/

kingzleyz:



Its A 10digit number.. Am pretty sure DHL will pic my item tomro or next..

Thanks jare. I would be a camper here till my goods arrive. If I am lucky I get it first week of june. I don ready custom money.. The device is a Oneplus 7T with 256GB ram.. asked the seller to declear $150 as price.. but I heard sometimes customs do their own evaluation and use that instead of what is declared.

iKingsley:
DHL has picked my item today after 10 days. Estimated delivery is 27th this month

Thanks Kingsley.. gives me hope. please was your tracking number/ waybill all numbers or a mix of numbers and alphabets. I feel DHL waybill number should be a mix of letters and numbers. What I was issued was just numbers and that has me worried

kingzleyz:
See where it is

Thanks alot for that.. Quick question though. The DHL tracking number you were given, was it all 10 digit numbers or was it a mix of numbers and letters. Also how long did it take before it starting showing up in DHL tracking system. From what I am been told, items shipped by DHL are usually sent to Hong Kong from mainline china. From there it is picked up my DHL before shipment to Nigeria. It seem the bottle neck is the DHL pick up.

I also to add, my tracking number was all numbers, 10 digit numbers, I am a bit worried (even though the seller has been super responsive and even showed me the picture of "my package" with my address and waybill number just before it was shipped and he has great reviews.. still one can not be too sure. I was given a fake tracking number before so I don't want to fall victim again

iKingsley:
mehnnn! I'm really fed up right now. Is it possible for my order to be shipped since 7th May, yet, not picked up by DHL? It's been at 'recieved item at facility and measured since 8th May

I am in the same boat as this.. THe first Item I ordered did not ship for 11 days.. The seller was slow at communicating so I opened a dispute and was awarded a refund. The seller stated the following

"i am sorry to hear that. dear friend,
i have agree refund to you, anyway, thank you.
maybe it is better for you and me, because, recently all shipping is busy, DHL to your country also need about 25 days.
so maybe you get your money back, and order it after some days is better when the shipping way restore."

and when I gave a bad rating. He replied with

"i am sorry about this order, dear all. we shipped parcel to HK DHL in time, after about 5 days, our cargo said flight stopped service to buyer's country. as we know, now the COVID-19 still not end, many flights not recovery, so it is unnormal. then we have to tell buyer this truth and refund. thank you for your trust. dear!! have a nice day. best regards! "

How true can this be? I ask because I have ordered another device which was shipped (via DHL) on the 16th of May. The seller confirm that the item would be first shipped to hung Kong before being dispatched to Nigeria.

Seeing your post makes me feel I might have to sit tight and probably wait till July for an ETA.
Anyone knows how the whole DHL logistic work?

As anyone received a device Ali using DHL during this period. Also how much does custom charge as percentage of the device.

spartacus11:


Which brand of Quanta batteries will you recommend, if you're to buy Quanta batteries today which brand will you go for?

I don't understand this question. Quanta is quanta.. or do you mean distribution because I am aware there are 2 distributors for quanta products now.

mctfopt:



Too late to wait. I'm enjoying LFP already and I doubt I'll ever go back to lead acid

I love watching 100A flow into em banks and get it floating before 2 hours. Even if it fails tomorrow, it's been nice rocking it.

Congrats.. keenly watching and taking notes

mctfopt:


Yeah, that makes sense too. LFP of that make is still expensive. Most DIYers are mostly rocking the cheaper options.

Which is true but still very very expensive, an expensive experiment which often time ends up in failure.. You know why? Lithium is very very complicated and has many component all of which have to work just right. Lithium has very little margin of error in setup.. You have to get the right cell from the right cell maker, you have to ensure the cells are well balanced, you have to get the right BMS, right charger sometimes the right inverter.. One mistake and poof all goes up in smoke.. and they often do more often than not you just don't hear that part in the songs

Many on here have dipped their hands in lithium and gotten burned badly and suffer their loses in silence.. You will hear them throwing specs like 3000 cycles at 80% dod lol.. what u don't here is the case where the bank (if you are lucky) just stop working after like a year.. They just stop..

Lithium is the future no doubt.. Just waiting for the dust to settle.. maybe when reputable chinese solar maker like episolar start doing lithium then you can take a cue that it is time to give it a look. for now I will advise wait for the second iteration before you look that way

mctfopt:


Oh I see. If LFP it can take all.

Yeah, so can AGM.. I am still 4 years away from getting LFP. I am still not sold on it yet. The tech is still too bleeding edge and expensive for now.. a 140AH pylon setup would cost close to 1.4m (at N360/$) If I spend N500k on 4 Quanta batteries I would get 400A which would serve me for 4 years of diligent use.. I can then turn the 900k to dollars and put it in a eurobond account for the life time of the Quanta (4 years) by 2024.. my dollar investment would of grown.. Lithium batteries would have gotten better and cheaper and I might still be able to buy the cheaper more efficient and more capacity lithium from the eurobond investment. Economics of Lithium doesn't work for me .. yet.

mctfopt:



Out of curiosity what battery chemistry are you using that can take 90A? LFP?

Good old, stone age tech called Flooded Acid Exide Tubular to be exact. The 90A is what the controller can push out at peak not what goes into battery. The battery usually take 60A max thanks to a carefully designed system of opportunity loads and a shallow discharge that prevents a prolong charging process. system is 24v battery capacity is 400AH

Namzy:

Is 25mm not suppose to carry 90a?

at 24v not advisable. What made my situation worse the partial contact at the breaker termination point.