₦airaland Forum

einsteino:
You should try walking in his shoes. I really doubt anyone gifts to impress, at least I know I don't. I am also certain that the boxers he sent is worth way more than 250naira, you just don't know it. You would be amazed how much the things you take for granted in naija, cost in the first world. You can simply head to amazon.com and check what the average price of boxers is in the U.K. 250naira can not buy groundnut sef in the firstworld!

Another thing you guys don't realise is that 80% of messages we get from back home ends up in a debit alert. It doesn't matter what the sender starts the message by. You could get a msg from someone asking how you are doing, only for him to end up trying to get some money off you. It gets fustrating. Especially when most of these folks were just friends, acquaintances or relatives that didn't do anything for you that should make them entitled. The moment you change your profile pic/location on social media to reflect that you are overseas, you would see the other side of Nigerians. In my case, I just started getting random msgs from people who haven't spoken with me in a while. I even got friend requests from friends I last saw a decade ago, one of them asked me for money the very next day after I accepted his friend request! You don't think we are humans and this attitude forces us to cut off? No one likes being leeched on.

Reminds me of that victor AD song line **PHONE DEY RING OH NAH FAMILY DEY CALL OH, IF NOR BE BILL OH NAH SOMETHING DEY SUP OMO ANYHOW E B OMO MONEY MUST INVOLVE OH***

Validated:
How much you dey spend? Patapa, you go club and carry girls ... People there are building houses at home and remitting Billions of dollars, you are here drinking beer and thinking you are rich. Most Nigerians abroad own houses running in millions of Dollars upon which they pay monthly mortgage. Some build houses and rent them here and you guys will refuse to pay rent, calling them shylock.
Do you know that some of the people you refer to that "dem no born them well to spend as you do" are worth more than some of your revered politicians if they were to sell off their investments and return home with the cash? Go to a company like FSDH and ask them who are their key investors ... MYOPIA!!!

Dem nor know say some people house like play like play reach teh value of £500k and dem be 9-5 workers!

nsiba:
Abroad people lie more than satan

Abroad, people, dey learn where 9ja people dey!

sorepco:
It depends bro...I be seen a person given 4 olaystations on his bday. What can he do with all?


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He should gift them to someone else, dem swear for the person say nah so-so receive him go dey receive??

grandstar:
£300 then is like £500 today. Multiply by 470 is 235,000

ok

Commentor:
And because you live outside the country you feel it is right to call Nigeria names?

Nop, the shyte hole in question is where that Dude lives,so if ur room looks like his room I am afraid U live in a shytehole too!

duchaB:
Hahahaha...Lol@ ewu Gambia...

and Gambia people stubborn that must be one stubborn ewu

Goalnaldo:
is she single? Asking for myself

bad sharp guy

grandstar:
This was 1998 or 1999. More like 200k in today's money £300 then can buy more than £300 now

I know hence I said in today's money it is times 470 about N141K @ today's rate!

Commentor:
Some people have their spiritual home in their roots.

I know of people who do kpeke in the west, live a spartan life, yet invest in friends, family and properties back home.

I get you but my point is this, when you invest in people back home especially those who are not your primary family ie wife and kids, ur life will always be a struggle in the west, I repeat always be a struggle. have you not heard of people living abroad returning with one suitcase after 40 years with nothing to show for? I have a friend from being 20 years in German after 35 cars he met just one, abeg story plenty

greggng:
Belt .....when I demanded for more, he warned me seriously never to be that bold ...

Nah man ur brother B

skyplustk:
thanks sir

UWC

Commentor:
Some are generous and can afford to assist.

Some aren't generous even as they are buoyant.

Yet we have those who are genuinely unable.

There is even the remote case of those who are struggling yet go overboard to help.

At the bolded that is a recipe for brokeness in the west!

sunnyphem:
perfume

good one, I do that at Duty free,means u get to put it on ur carry on language,its a great gift for anyone as it is useful for the haves and the don't have! This is one thing I always get my mum without fail!

shogsman:
Imagine this broke dunce actually bragging about living in the UK,that's a new low for anybody.don't quote me again.

The penny don drop, Congrats U just realised U have been xtreemly stupid all this while, never knew it will take one foto to push U fru to the finish line, U see as U mu mu

LONGPREEK:
lol the thing dey annoying na. even my younger bro wey dey school for yankee. i still dey send am money so that he no go go push drugs or rob cos those are the easiest ways to get money there. these naija village pipu go just tanda here dey expect money anyhow. na so my uncle go dey spam him whatsapp anyhow. i don warn am already

nah their way and dem get the ordercity to even call U stingy

grandstar:
Mine was £300. That was from my sister, the year of my service

thats cool, in today's money it X470

shogsman:
Like I said, keep disgracing your parents

Told you
you are slow, WE ALL DO NOT LIVE IN THE SHYTE HOLE! am +0 GMT

masterflowx:
My car!
Honda Accord 2014.
Though, I sent 50% of the money and he added the remaining one.
The car landed in 2017 and I'm still using it up till today as my one and only car.
9ja hard abeg, no money to buy another one yet...

If nah some people here them for sell the car based on say dem get OKADA that just does same thing

LONGPREEK:
why cant you peasants send money to the people abroad. do you think they pluck money there?/

U vex bross

skyplustk:
There's this wonderful woman on nairaland she's based In the US this woman has affected my life positively both morally and financially, she even sent goods to me to sell without collecting a dime from me and we are not related at all. There's no day I will wake up without saying a prayer for this woman and her family although that is what I van still offer for now but I know one day I will be able to repay your good deeds

God bless ur hustle at least you show appreciation in deeds and in ur heart, this alone will gladen the woman's heart.

timesup234:
which one you want? War or bombs? I got nothing good to give. I am a terrorist a very big monster

you lost me right there!

shogsman:
Continue to disgrace your parents here,you stalking a nigga at 11:21pm shows how irrelevant you are.so keep quoting me hoping for a response.

this is what happens when you view nairaland via Nokia 3210, where I am its 10:24,I , Talking of disgracing one's parent, you are an Embarrassment to your full tribe!

cococandy:
Move to a cheaper apartment. With 70k income, you need to cut your coat accordingly.
All that extra money she’s putting in your landlord’s pocket could have been better spent on investment for you.

This is the same advice I’d give any relative of mine in your shoes. Unless she’s ready to keep sending you money forever instead of helping you get on your own two feet.

you could not have said it better!
people do this day in day out in the west, downgrade when its necessary and upgrade when all is sweet!

shogsman:
You’re just another broke ass hating,get off my mentions ,stop stalking and get a life fool

If Im broke it means you are one of them river people,
wait a minute, is that not your leg on the mosquito infested room I see on your page where you was desperately trying to flug your laptop for 65K? U get mouth to call person broke!

shogsman:
You people with your overly right attitude,let me give you and isntance,you have a Samsung s8 and an iPhone 11pro max and you got another 11pro max as a birthday gift ,would you continue to use the 3phone knowing how much it could Fetch you just because you want to prove a point

nah a clever person will sell the Old and keep the new a less clever and dumb person will sell the new and keep the OLD that's how you remain stagnant and not very smart!

shogsman:
You’re stupid,get of my mentions.fools like you just think you can talk to anybody anyhow.

;Drelax truth hurt, however, the thing is teh Internet do not 4get, I just went fru ur post and just realised you are a lil shyte head,U claim to be looking to buy a new laptop last year and you are here bragging about a laptop you sold, however, you sold on dead o ne for 68k, anyways why do I even bother,just cos u got told the truth you are throwinf ur dummy outta the pram this early!

SpecialAgent:
Bros, you don't sell that kind of thing immediately you got it, At least use it for a bit. You have no idea hard he worked to get you something so expensive

Thank U, the worse part is he is claiming bragging rights!

shogsman:
Dude it’s just common sense,I didn’t ask for nothing,you got me a gift for my birthday,it happens to be a gaming laptop ,fortunately for me I have 2 laptops that serves me well already,so you expect me to lose out by a million Naira and hold on to the 3rd laptop because of what you call value right

Guy relax, U just the para, U don increase to two lappy just now, chill this is the internet, if you like own the whole of IBM and Microsoft join, the fact remains the same thing a gift is a gift deal wiv it!

GraGra247:
I've never seen a car that costs more than $1 million dollars that's worth it.

Car has to be literally indestructible for me to appreciate it.


There's nothing too fantastic a $1m dollar car can do that a $100,000 car can't do even much better.

Americas grand deception.

Lets start with this, a car that will never ever RUST!

shogsman:
I don't ask him what he does with things I send him so I definitely do not expect him to question what I do With things he sends me.it becomes my to do whatever I want with the moment it got here.

erm I can't see where I said anyone was asking you what you did with the GIFT, I just think it's outright rude!

shogsman:
So you expect me to be using a 1million naira + laptop as a day to day driver when I have a gtx1060 laptop that do just fine.

In other words the value ur relative placed o n you is way more above the value you place on yourself if you put it that way cos from all indication, its a waste using the high spec when you got the low spec Ok mayB next time he should send the low spec!