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Thanks to everyone that offered their services. I truly appreciate the gesture. However, I have reached an agreement with one of the drivers.

Thanks once again.

deedee44:
If this deal is still open, kindly whatsapp me on 08038017623. You may like what I have to offer

Many thanks for your comeback. However, I have secured a driver. Thanks once again.

BdorianGray:
Not necessarily poorly composed in my opinion..
Well, I also was gonna make a side comment on his kind of funny vocabulary which I though wasnt needful to relay his message of ordeal

[/b]In any case.. He seems to be getting help already from sympathisers[b]..

Glad to hear that.

net7777:
Pay me 25k
Good to go
Where is d pick up point amd drop off point?
07084916368

Pick up point; Ikeja
Drop off point; Ikeja

Please note that my dealings at Babcock may terminate by 8-9pm. Are you ok with heading back to Lagos by that time?

GazzuzzAutos:
20-30k

Thanks.

ndidibabe:
This one is just trying to show himself as an English major.

Nope! Far from it.

I have observed that it is better to keep things simple (language-wise) while passing out information. It makes for easier comprehension and thus, better call to action. Of course, there are exemptions to this (such as when writing professional thesis, technical reports and whatnot).

P.S. My written and spoken English is far from perfect. Na manage I dey.

[quote author=1daboi post=78273912]gimme 35k[/quote

Will 25k not fly. Again, I will be setting out by noon and rounding up my affairs by night time, say 8-9pm. Are you ok with this arrangement?

GAZZUZZ:
nice poetry.

I beg to differ!

It is a poorly composed material ( and no, this ain't poetry...in whatever guise you mean it!)

The OPs usage of "high faluting" and misappropriated words in the bid to come out as "educated" ironically denied the write-up the potency he intended passing across (in my opinion). He would have fared better if he narrated his ordeal in '"simple and correct English".

Ever heard the story of the "educated" chap who called the local fire service station for help? Like the OP he was in a fix (the library in his house was on fire) and he dialed the fire station for help.

This is what he said; "Hello, a magnanimous conflagration is devouring my editorial edifice".

Of course, the whole house went up in flames as the operator didn't understand a single thing he said and thought him high on drugs. All he needed to say was " Hello, the library in my house is on fire".

I wish the OP well and hope he get's his vehicle back.

Greetings All!

Please, I would like to know a fair amount to pay an offline driver for a trip to Babcock University and back. The driver is billing me N40k as he said he will be spending the whole day with me.

Is this a fair price?

Nice specs and a fair deal.

Will do business with you soon...all things being equal.

kmcutez:
That is what she meant. You should learn to read between the lines and not take everything literally.

The passion expressed in the statement I responded to belies this assertion of yours. I normally do not reply to stuff, but, the defiance and vehemence in the statement made me post a retort (I'm sure you read the poster's reply to my post...need I say more?)

twerkjack:
I have the right to live MY life the way I want.....

If it’s right or wrong don’t worry it’s my problem....


Feminism seeks to tell ppl to keep they fvcking noses off ma biz

Don’t think u know what I should do with my life cos I’m a woman hiding behind savage traditions made to suppress women...

You do not have the "right" to "live the way you want". You have the right to live in ways that are acceptable to the wider brotherhood of mankind, in a manner that is not injurious to the greater good of society.

Allow this be the call to reason whenever you feel you can do as you please in the bid to "live your life the way you want".

ccffwx:
She is right. We all should decide what we want while accepting the consequences.

Emphasis on consequences.

Hear! Hear!!

Jaqenhghar:
Its everywhere. Even Mayweather posted a video chastizing celebrities who come and want free stuff at his club. He said most of them are worth thousands of dollars. 20$ -30$ they spend wont hurt and he has staff to take care of.

Viola!

Wisdomval67:
No sensible businessman would sell drink on credit. Check shina pela. If you buy bottle water you go pay before you comot

So you think.

Dedetwo:
It is very true that foolish Africans would blame somebody else for their foolishness. This joker ran his business into the mud and still had the effrontery to speak publically about his blunders.

Bro, easy na.

You think it's easy to run a business? Even pure water business sef. Even Uber business ..you think it's easy? Go to Uber thread for example and see what is happening, but, I'm sure you'd be thinking what is difficult in giving someone your vehicle and he pays so and so every week or month abi?

That is why when I see a lot of folks on Nairaland yapping about entrepreneurship, I just laugh and nod to myself. Start the business and let's see how far. You think all the monies expended worldwide on research into business management has no better use? These researches had to be done as it's a worldwide phenomenon when it comes to business failure. Bro, e no easy that is all I'm trying to tell you so, don't just diss the guy like that.

sexybaby22:
I know club business might involvr selling on credit sometimrs, but there are some people that shouldn't be given that privilege. How can you give big brother housemates on credit, those ones don't have money. There should be some celebs that can be given credit and some that shouldn't.

My dear, no give anyone sef! I'm sure youve read my post while replying to someone else on this thread. You know the funny thing? Some of them have the money to pay but, will not just because they believe they can get away with it.

The way to survive is NEVER allowing them owe you beyond theree working days. They'll bully your manager when it's time to collect, so approach them yourselves in a no nonsense manner for your money! Threaten to report them online and watch your money materialise out of thin air!

They will threaten you with blacklisting, don't worry for as long as your spot is the ish and you've got things on lockdown, you can do without their business and still thrive. Again,never forget one thing-they hate each other's guys so much that you don't have to worry about being blacklisted.

SamuelAnyawu:


Lol Eiya Richard you are too soft for such a business.

Go ask Obinna Iyiegbu how hime dey thrive so tey him dey open Cubana for Ikeja after conquering Island with Pablo. If you delay him payment Chief Priest Egede man go follow you bomber to bomber

Straight up!

Wisdomval67:
Well you are the fool for selling on debt.

Credit (not debt) drives commerce. In fact, it is the backbone of business. Knowing how to manage it is another issue entirely.

Proudlyngwa:
And I was just thinking of opening a bar/nite club.

Save you're ready to make enemies (courtesy of being called an "aloof" guy, "how e even dey see himself sef", "how much e tink say e get sef", "abeg, make we enter dis other guy spot..." etc) and you have a strong credit base with banks or whatever and finally you no too like womanising, stay away from the business.

Even Don Jazzy with all e popularity shut down e club, that na after Jay Jay sell am to am o! I no need tell you why Jay Jay sell am as I know say you don catch the vibe already.

All over the world, the night club/entertainment business is a tricky one to get right. Ever heard of the term "grand opening, grand closing"? Again, nightclubs have a half-life of 6 months tops i.e statistics project it's productive survival to not last beyond a year at most.

I could go on and on as I'm knowledgeable about the business ..so many things wrong with businesses in Nigeria. Point I'm making is, it may not necessarily be a management problem.

Let me tell you how these so called "idiot-fakeass-gay-debt ridden -rent owing- yeyebrities operate; when you open a tight spot that is the talk of the town, they'd come over with their entourage the FIRST time and spend like 2m in your spot. Second time they'd so like 3m, third time maybe 500k, fourth time some 750k and all of these will be paid for. You're happy right? Yay! Business is good.

I don't think so!

When next they come, they'd come with the plan of hosting a fellow celebrity and his entourage from Kenya or somewhere or whatever, spend some 2-4m (you think it's impossible to spend that much in a glitzy club? Bro, think again!) and when they're done, him mumu PA go tell your awestruck manager (who is sooooo delighted to have all these superstars in his spot: read; Instagram is on fire, Twitter has birds twitting till they lose their voices, Facebook has been assaulted with the "faces" of these happenings) say dem go bring check come tomorrow...even give am card black bla bla bla.

You do draw that debt tire!

The idiot will not pay or e go scatter your money for your hand even some going as far as telling you that their coming to your spot is an endorsement that others pay for but you're getting free. Now replicate this process for 20 so called yeyebrities and the picture becomes clear. The prognosis is calamitous to business. You've got suppliers to pay, staff to pay, tax, diesel, security and of course the managers and workers who are skimming from the top and feening to rob you blind. Remember WizKid bodyguard wahala? Westin cause am? No be gbese?

In fact, bro, let me stop here as if I yarn, na to write book about the matter. It's a good business if you know what you're doing and ready to be very diplomatic and devious in your dealing with these yeyebrities. The real Yahoo Boys (not the ones when manage pick small thing and wan con show e self), Coco Boys and White Collar customers are not a problem, it's these fvcks who think they are all that that is the wahala. You may say what about Quilox and others...bro until e happen you no go know, I believe you always thought Nnadi was making money abi? Until he cried out...that is what they are all going through including the almighty Quilox. Note that this trend is not restricted to the "big clubs" as even all the small corner corner spots down to Iya Silifatu agbo business suffer from this issue also.

sexybaby22:
You are the problem cuz you lack management skills.

Anyways you have to name and shame them so their fans realise all that glitters isn't gold.

Not as simple as you see it. I've been there, again, I say, it's not as simple as you see it.

eherbal:
glad to see you go brah.your negative energy finally consumed you.its not about the work, it's about your perception Of The job. We all face challenges on the beat, and I'm sure we've all got sob stories to tell,but the way you go about yours is as if the world has turned its back on you.
If you eventually leave(which I pray you do),don't venture into any business with this bad vibe of yours,cause you'll still end up quitting. To all my brothers in the struggle ,keep pushing against the walls of obstacle, it will eventually cave in. Your success awaits you. Congrats nitigriti and others for their big break. Ours is on the way Insha Allah.

You don start again o! If he kon bite ,you na, you and others when choose to see only Westin dey wan see for the issue go start to dey complain.

If you want to wish him well, kindly do so without any allusions to his so-called "bad vibes" (according to you) as anything short of this is just mere pretence. Like a wise man once said, "you never exhibit your own character more than when you're talking about someone's elses'".

GAZZUZZ:
The point is you pay the high cost of living without knowing it.

This is the crux of the matter.

izzou:
He isn't saying one should pack his family to the mainland. The point is it is cost effective to look for another alternative

When I started, I knew an uber guy that rented a room in Langbasa. He told me they were three that came together to rent it. The sole purpose is to find a place to lay their heads at night, and also to work more

The three of them had a family and were car owners.

Another thinker.

GAZZUZZ:
The point is you pay the high cost of living without knowing it.

Someone who thought "deeper" before retorting.

darmilolah:
Do you think it's every driver that can fit into self contain?

Do you think it's every driver that pay rent?

Always calm down, take a deep breath and think incisively on what someone is trying to pass along even though they may not have passed the message across in a manner that makes it comprehensible (some folks are naturally challenged with how to clearly express their [bright] ideas in speech and writing; function of genes they inherited...no fault of theirs) before retorting. If you do this, you'd learn more and understand people better.

martineverest:
is she your cook?...is culinary skills now a criterion for love/dating?

really sad that modern Nigerians still think like this...
archaic mentality

Read the first comment to the post, therein lies an important message...to you.

NwanyiAwkaetiti:
How? Will u b buying takeaway everytime u guys meet? You won't tell her to prepare even if it's noodles for u guys to eat?

You seem to be a "real" lady. Honey, the game has changed drastically!. The dating game is just what it is-a game.

Either partner can fool the other for time immemorial when there is an end in sight. The means that justifies that end doesn't matter. Am I speaking in riddles? Maybe, but I shiit you not, a woman can pretend to be all you want her to be for a reason as a man could also. I guess two can play that game.

Oyindidi:
My hand dey pain me once I hold spoon

But e no pain you wen you carry the spoon take dey chop food wen anoda person cook abi?

NwanyiAwkaetiti:
You can teach her.

That's the essence of what the first response to your post was.

Reiterating what the poster said; it's the attitude about the issue that matters, why she can't cook. That same attitude will determine if she's humble enough to learn how to cook. Sadly, though, a lot of females see it as a thing of pride to not know how to cook...to them it's no big deal and they shouldn't be pressured about even learning how to when there are "more important" issues that make and keep a loving and successful relationship.

NwanyiAwkaetiti:
I doubt one can hide such while dating

Yes they can!

Fahrenz:
I understand you points.
HP is not for everyone but that doesn't mean it won't work.

No one can drive 730 days without hindrance and when I said 730 days I didn't mean it in a stretch. No one signs a contract that doesn't allow for hindrance. We are humans.

[/b]My point is from a positive perspective.[b]

[/b]If[b] a Toyota corolla is totally sound, engine, body, gearbox and suspension it is very easy to achieve HP. I gave that guy a number of factors that would make him successful and if he sticks to it, he will be fine.

[/b]If[b] you can consistently net 120k in a week and you have a good maintenance habit and saving habit, you don't need two years to complete the hp. You need those factors I mentioned, focus, and commitment.

A tokunbo corolla can go straight 2 months without needing anything more than an oil change. And if he uses the extended performance oil, 3 months before oil change. Let's not talk as if cars break down everyday.

At 120k a week, he owes only 35k.

Do you agree that with the remaining 85k left from that week, it is enough for him to fuel the car, eat, recharge his data and airtime and then save at least 25k weekly?

[/b]If[b] a driver on HP can save 25k weekly, by the 12th month, he has saved 1.2m and has paid out almost 1.7m. If he decides to pay 900k to the car owner from his yearly savings, how many months do you think is left for him to complete the balance?

Don't forget the month of December.... Don't forget.

I understand that it is impossible to some drivers, but HP is very achievable [/b]if all conditions are met[b], especially focus and determination.

[/b]If[b] you make 15k daily on weekdays, and 50k combined on weekends that's already 125k.

Someone like me will dust this HP but I agree that everyone doesn't have, not share my mindset.

Facts only

The emboldened is the flaw in the analysis.

If nature (read:life) has taught man anything, it is that "all conditions can never be met".