olalekan1:
Take my advice and thank me later.
Contact a third party to go and buy the materials from your brother. After that, show your brother the receipt to show that you actually purchased the materials from him.

Hahaha.. you're a bad guy. What if I tell you he actually sells cheaper than what he quoted for me to other buyers. I've witnessed it several times and that's why I was shocked by his refusal to beat down his price for me.

olaeffect:


Hope we all can clearly see why most people don't help family members?
Would you be having this thoughts if the person that facilitated this contract for you was somebody you hardly knew?

You feel like losing money you say? Would you be making any money from this contract at all, if the contract was not facilitated by him in the first place?
Bro, please and please don't be greedy, N350k multiple times for a long time is better than one-off N1m, concentrate on whatever small you will make joyfully and press for another contract as soon as you complete this one.

All I see is greed on your own part. Remember your brother has the opportunity of facilitating more businesses in the future with or without you; please kill that evil greed within you now, now

You're right man, thanks.

lomprico:


You are a business man ain't you?

Well this is beyond business to nlanders.

emerged01:

Pay him what you can afford. Dont do the mistake of going somewhere else. Dont let me money get between you guys. If you do,the matter go be from generation to generation. E no go end.

Hahaha.. funny but true. Probably how generational fights starts.
Thanks bro, I appreciate.

Boyooosa:


Is he your sibling or just a bro...

If he's just a bro, compensate him with a token and move on with the procurement that will help you to deliver effectively and help u to save as much as possible.

But if he is your sib, call your mum or awon Ara Ile, tell them to advise him...if he's still adamant, treat him like a bro, that means he's not reasonable niyen....

Except you are the bad person here, it's possible you are dealing directly with the vendors that he will also buy from, which will means he's not going to see shi shi and you don't care...if that is the case, you are the wicked one here and you need to change your ways, if not, you are going to have shortage on that business las las, if not run on debt sef

He's sibling.
I get you bro, thanks.

Sweetvie:
I concur but what do you expect?
All her time should be about the guy?
In a relationship... We create time.

High value man will not invest in a lady who sit around with nothing.
High value man know the difference between week days and weekend.

Men of high value are very driven, they are high on testosterone and sex drive.. Making time only on weekends to be with him can only guarantee one thing.. that he will cheat with a plethora of women on his rotation and I don't need to tell you who amongst those women will be his favorite.. it's the one who's always available when he calls. He wouldn't have time to drag schedules with a girl.

Personally, I don't want my girl to do shît.. as a man I know what it takes to make money in this competitive world of ours and for a woman who has a lot of money I don't even like to imagine the things she's gone through and is still going through to acquire and maintain such wealth.

I want my girl as innocent as they come.. let her just be there doing nothing and just being happy like a princess. Everyday I would love to come back home to a beautiful face and a very clean house.

Sweetvie:
Good!
Now, we're on the same page.
No one is under any compulsion to give a broke girl money... Your loss unless you're trying to impress her... Which nobody cares.
Coming online to rant is childish.

Like, if you're man enough
You're suppose to build your babe to your standard. Rich guy won't care... Na broke guys dey make noise.

Lol... Possess you say?
You think a normal girl will leave a decent amount of time to make money to be calling and asking " How are you" " have you eaten" Do you miss me" and all those rubbish when we're still going to meet later? Joblessness!
Or by vital qualities you mean? Coz the only thing I can think a broke girls possess is " Time"

I dey tell you
Na broke guys dey make noise pass.
They want sex but don't want to take care of their babe.

Of course I don't.. but it gets worse.
You see it's not just time sef.. a girl working 9-5, bulking under intense pressure from her boss and colleagues at work is not in an ideal state of mind. She will return home mentally and physically drained and in such state she can't fully be there for her family or her man.

No high value man will invest in such a girl who spends the best part of her time and energy on work. Unless his money is tied to that her business.

Sweetvie:
Interesting!
Then why are you guys complaining?
Why are you guys ranting online everyday?
This thread should not have exist then.

The funniest part, most of the guys ranting here are broke.
Infact na their babe they feed them.

Good question.

I think it's basically for show-off. You want the whole world to know a broke girl is billing you somewhere and you stroke your ego by ranting about it online. That's inferiority complex. No one is under any compulsion to give a broke girl money. If you do that then that's on you and nobody cares.. so coming out to scream you can't date broke girls is plain stupid and childish. Who asked you to give her your life savings?

PS: When I say broke girls, I don't mean to call a girl out on her status, because that's really a non issue for me.. but I mention it because those kinda girls seems to possess some vital qualities rich girls don't. Like the ones I've already mentioned.

Definitely the effeminate kids ranting here are either being fed by their mums or their rich girlfriend/wife.. they're pvssies and have taken the role of th submissive boyfriend/husband. I feel sorry for them because they have lost direction in life. They're not man enough.

That said, there are still broke girls with bad character.. especially the ones looking for a cheap way out through hook-up, that could be another reason for the complaints.

Hope I've answered your question..

frozen70:


Since he influenced the deal, don't sideline him

Get some from him and sort some outside

This would've drawn us even on profits from the materials.. but I guess that's me wanting to gain from both sides. Though that isn't wrong after all it's my contract. But the fact is that he handed me the job, so it's only fair I leave the profits for the materials for him.

Besides he knows the exact materials I need. And if I tell him I need significantly less than that he will suspect.

EstateVerify:


So you got hold of his supplier... Hnm

Why not also get hold of his suppliers suppliers.

Or just go directly to the manufacturer...

The manufacturer also marked up, why not just produce yourself...

I forgot, the sellers of raw materials are too greedy.. You should just start producing your raw materials.


In Business, you focus on your own profit, and keep your eyes off other peoples own. The moment you want to have it all, or control other peoples profit, you lose focus and lose business.


This concept is supposed to come natural, because it is common sense. But those doomed to loss or destruction learn the hard way.


Buy from your brother or not, you will learn, and I hope you don't learn the hard way

I simply acted as a proper business man would. No crime in that.
But since he brought me this contact, I'm indebted to him, so he must be the supplier, both for this and for future contracts from this same company.

Beyond that, I'm not obligated to patronize him when it's a job from my own contacts.
This is fair, I guess.

IsellSmartTvs:

Never choose money over human relationships.One good turn deserves another.
U are behaving like this will be ur last contract….thread wisely or u might make an irreparable mistake.
This is where the saying of “Money is the root of all evil” fits In.
Don’t use ur head,rather use ur heart
Ur bro has been letting u use his brand,but na now u realize say ur brother market cost.
Everyone sees what u don’t see,cus u asked for our opinion.U just want him to reduce the price to ur satisfaction cus u seen other favorable prices,what if ur bro didn’t get his current commodity at the prices others are giving u? Do u want him to Incur loss just bcus u want to make excessive interest?

Rightly said, greed is bad. Thanks bro

Originalsly:
Bro .... same way you feel entitled to the nax profit the contract can bring .... what would you say of him if he feels entitled to more of the profit because after all .... if it weren't for his company you will have no contract? You may not realize it ..... but greed on your part is clearly written between the lines.... you are restless because your profit will be reduced by 10% or whatever. Since your brother showed you how much the supplies cost ... then show him how to increase his profit by letting him know of the cheaper suppliers....(which he already know but can't now admit he lied). This will appear as if you gave him vital info. I w9uld advise you buy from him.... and be satisfied with whatever profit you make ... that's the price you'll pay for maintaining the relationship with him. He may reconsider his actions and you guys may be on the same page supporting and growing each other in the future... but then again.... hmmmmm ...... let me shut up and find out..... I just want to know if greed is hereditary??

I agree totally.. for the sake of tomorrow. Thanks

TheeDetective:
Hmmm; I Just dey laugh when I dey see how you dey reposnd to everyone. The ones wey agree with you, you go say NICE ONE. The ones wey no agree, you go GIVE EXPLANATION like say them no sabi.

Let me use your quote “I got a huge contract through my brother's company”.

It is the influence of your brother that made you get the contract in the first place. This tells me that your brother played his part well in getting you this contract. He could have supported someone else as well to secure the contract; but instead, your brother decided to support you and it worked out well in the end because you were able to secure the contract.

Agreed (try and negotiate); his prices are higher than other suppliers you have approached. Of course; going to the cheaper supplier is better as you said. But have you considered the quality of the materials? They might be cheaper with another supplier; but what about the quality? Can you compare the quality of the materials of those suppliers with that of your brother’s?

As a few have encouraged you; if after the amount you will use to buy the materials from your brother, you can still make a profit; then go and buy from your brother. If there is no profit; I will still say buy from your brother as this is your first dealing with your brother on securing contracts. If your brother sees that you still patronised him despite his higher prices, you don’t know what next he has in store for you.
Another contract coming your way might even be bigger than this one. Your brother knowing that you patronised him when you secured the first one, will not hesitate to help out again and use his influence again for you to secure the contract.

Don’t fail the test at your first hurdle in your business dealing with your brother. Don’t create a rift between you and your brother. In some instances in business dealings, you win some and you lose some as Ishilove has said . ENOUGH SAID.

Well spoken bros, thanks.

hakeemhakeem:
Op who gave you the prices you quoted during the presentation? I believed your brother had done the sorting to those guys who works with the company which he added to the prices. If you want more of this kind of jobs buy from him. Moreover, did you have any knowledge / done the job before

I made the first quotation to the company myself based on my own knowledge of market prices. I've always had an idea of the prices.

I've always known, also, that my bro's prices were higher. But I was hoping we could reach some compromise.

Sweetvie:
Excusez moi?
I'm not talking from any experience... That's just the basic fact about you guys. Inferiority complex.
You guys come online everyday ranting about the broke girls and how they are useless or something. Why don't you follow ur caliber?
Why don't you set standard for yourself?
Why are you dating broke girls when you know you can't cope? Mak una dey use brain.
Feel sorry for yourself rather

Men love broke girls because they're inexperienced and men love inexperienced girls because they're submissive, young and impressionable.

Women consider money as the standard when looking for a man but men consider youthfulness, beauty, character and availability.

Men don't need your money and that career of yours only makes you too busy/tired to make out time for him and rob him off of the quality sex life he desires.

The choice is simple for a man really.. make money, go low-key into the conservative areas of the state, pick a young girl - who's usually broke by the way (you don't expect a girl of 19-22 years to have a lot of money) and court her. She gives him maximum love, time and respect. Unlike that rich babe who'll have to check her schedules to make out time or be too tired when she comes back from work, the young girl is always there, always curious and wants to be around you, good vibes and living a bliss life in the arms of her lover.

You have to understand that men and women see dating and courtship very differently. So it's okay to set your standard while we men look out for those character and traits that are valuable to us.

StrongAlphMale:


Ordinary to quote and reply Sweetvie you no fit. But here you are ranting like the talkative you are.

You should be ashamed of yourself. If you like set standard for yourself. If you like don't! Na your cup of tea.

Thinking a broke girl will be loyal to you because of your supposed money is the greatest stupidity ever. Money cannot buy loyalty. A word is enough for the wise.

You need exposure boy. I know you're a village Man but Travel around and be exposed. However till you're able to quote and reply to that girl, until then Avoid me. Don't bother responding back because you'll ignored from now henceforth

Afraid of sweetvie for what? I already replied you on that.. here's my reply again for free if you missed it before...

kenedyx:


From her comment you can see that she's clearly talking from experience. Most valuable men in her life as a career woman are not chasing after her.. they're looking for the inexperienced girl, with firm pointed boobs, low body count, a submissive and nurturing nature and who's only 21 yrs.
She suffers in silence because she can't submit, to any of her colleagues, even if she likes them, because she earns as much as they do and so feels they are equals.

I feel sorry for her but I feel more sorry you because you talk from your imaginations and not reality. You will end up learning nothing.

Now get lost you incel

StrongAlphMale:


What do you mean by find a rich girl?

Bros, Nobody said we are finding/looking for rich girl. Dude, All we said is that we can't date poor broke girls. I really wonder why that is paining you so much. Set standard for yourself man! No sane man settles for less. If a girl cannot settle for less even after hoeing around, why would a sane man settles for less? Don't you have brains to think?

It's obvious you don't know what the phrase "likes attracts likes" means.

Bros You seriously need exposure ASAP! It appears you're a complete village Man and seriously needs to travel and be exposed to the world at large.

What shameless tongue twisting is this.. you've been shouting rich girls ever since so why shifting grounds now?

I said give me an age bracket for a rich girl.. here or abroad.. is that so hard for your miniscule brain now?

You think they pluck money from trees? It would take an average girl till age 35 to become rich in this competitive, male dominated workspace. So basically you've been dating girls who are way older than you. Which I want to now believe are prostitutes and hook-up girls.

You still have a long way to go.. what a slowpoke

StrongAlphMale:


No sane man settles for less. We cannot date poor broke girls son. We don't have inferiority complex and low self esteem like you.

Son set standard for yourself and watch yourself go far in life. never think Your money can make a broke girl loyal and Obedient to you. Money can never buy loaylty. Na Wetin we dey try explain to you since this. Instead of learning you decided to rant.


This is exactly why exposure is important

Let's say you find a rich girl, how old do you imagine she would be? Give me an age bracket. Then give me the age bracket of the woman you'd want to marry in future.
I want to confirm your sanity. You're better off in a show-glass posing as the poster child for idiocy.

Kobojunkie:
OP, see what I mean? Many of these men seek power and control in their unions, and hypogamy—marrying the broken woman— is the only way for them.

You call an inexperienced girl broken? That's utter nonsense. An experienced girl is broken.. she has been broken by many a men's ego, even battered and trampled mercilessly for her to have attained such heights in the society.
An inexperienced girl is defiant in her niaivity and bold in her innocence. It takes a real man to subdue such a girl.

Either way it doesn't matter.. if a man can't dominate his woman, he has no woman in the first place.

Lance03:
m

Nobody said we are looking for rich gal man
All we said is that we can't date broke gal
Was ur headache about that

Are you sure? Okay we cool bro.

StrongAlphMale:


Dude I'm tired of your nagging. U seem more like a talkative and the mods will do the needful.

However, ordinary to respond to Sweetvie you can't. Abi u dey fear her? Go to her comment and quote her and reply her!

I'm tired of you. Abeg stop commenting on my threads and don't quote me again on nairaland

Why are you deflecting? I and sweetvie are not having a convo.
It's good to see you beg like a bîtch.

Next time learn to keep your mouth shut and refrain from opening stupid threads like a lost donkey.

Pvssy ass nigga.. what a fvktard

StrongAlphMale:


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Rule 2

It's time to ban this guy. Seun Rule 2 has since been broken by this user

Strong Alpha Male you called yourself.. why are you calling the mods.. are you scared?

StrongAlphMale:



You see exactly why we're saying that likes attracts likes?

Bros , you were clearly not within her league (financially) and you needed to hustle and make money to be in her league instead of blaming your poverty life on her. That girl needed a rich dude just like her kind too. You're not her kind oga. Stop sounding daft!

do you even know what entitlement mentality is? A rich man and a rich girl gets married and they're living happily, you said it's entitlement mentality because the girl is rich too? , and you probably think the man is there because of the money? Omo something Must be wrong with you. u need exposure ASAP! Ur Brain should be checked.

Simply tell us that you were intimidated by that girl's rich (life) which you clearly couldn't afford. Oga encourage yourself to hustle and make money, that is when you'll understand what it means for likes to attracts likes. If you were supposedly rich like that girl or her family, you definitely won't have this kind of thoughts. Na poverty dey make u reason this way!

Too many kids here.

When you say you want a rich girl aren't you also implying you're broke or have you seen a rich crying so desperately to find a rich woman to marry or does he look for a virtuous woman, an elegant, beautiful, young and submissive woman?

When I don't hear you listing things as these in the quality of women you want, it makes wonder if you've ever left the four corners of your cellphone. You dare talk about exposure.
As your in your community.. how many rich men got married to rich women this past year.
You're beyond senile.. you're plain disgusting. Your ignorance reeks and it's torturous.

You want a rich woman bla bla bla.. what are the qualities attributed to a rich woman if not status which is money.. ? So you want a woman with money.. why? You this effeminate gigolo..!

Lance03:

He will end up acting as a father for the gal and the siblings
I will rather remain single than to date a broke gal

So do you want to act like the wife before?

Damn! I don't get these crop of men. Y'all are definitely virgins.. because women don't date men like y'all in real life. That one I'm sure.

StrongAlphMale:


I'm surprised this is coming from a girl. This is exactly what I have been trying to explain to the simp man called kenedyx:

Dude so much believes that rich working class girls are not submissive and respectful. What an inferiority complex!!!!!!!!

I'm glad this is coming from a girl. I hope the guy kenedyx, respond to you Sweetvie, of course I expect him to start arguing stupidly as usual. Dude has inferiority complex and thinks all guys have inferiority complex like him.

From her comment you can see that she's clearly talking from experience. Most valuable men in her life as a career woman are not chasing after her.. they're looking for the inexperienced girl, with firm pointed boobs, low body count, a submissive and nurturing nature and who's only 21 yrs.
She suffers in silence because she can't submit, to any of her colleagues, even if she likes them, because she earns as much as they do and so feels they are equals.

I feel sorry for her but I feel more sorry you because you talk from your imaginations and not reality. You will end up learning nothing.

StrongAlphMale:


At the bolded, you're even more stupid and daft than I thought. If you had said an "inexperienced girl" would make a happy home , that's even manageable but using broke inexperienced girl shows you're a broke man too and you're just going for your kind.

Like I said you seriously need exposure!

It's obvious you're mistaking rich sane girl for those oloshos and hookup celebraties girls you see on IG and social medias. Bros, you really need to expand your sense of reasoning, travel and meet Rich girls. People are meeting Sane rich girls in Russia, Dubai and other countries, that's exposure!!!!! You're stock in your locality thinking life starts and ends on Nollywood and social medias.

Only a poor broke dude will have your kind of thoughts. Of course likes attracts likes. Normally, a poor broke dude will attract a poor broke girl. Thinking she'll be submissive to u because of your supposed money is plain stupidity

A fish should be considered more intelligent compared to you..
Where have you seen an inexperienced rich girl? Girls mature mentally and physically before 15 and by th time they reach dating age they already have all the experience in the world.. couple that with a girl who is rich, by the time she's 25, she would've lived the life a broke girl won't dream to live in her fifties...

There has to be a disparity in income for marriage to work in a traditional sense. This way there will be division of labor and the family can thrive. If you don't get this you're beyond foolish.

You've become so stupid that you want to build a home with a career woman and when she refuses to make important sacrifices for you, you come out and label women.

Wallow in your pit of idiocy and keep dating the kind of women you can't and shouldn't marry, until you realize you've wasted your life..

You want me to believe you can control a rich woman, but you don't want to accept you can control a broke girl. You want me to agree that a rich girl will be naive enough to submit to you everything she has including her hard earned money.. but you don't want to accept a broke girl will be more faithful to you.

You're beyond insane.. you're an îmbecile

Double post.

StrongAlphMale:


Unfortunately one SIMP man called kenedyx said he'll rather be with a broke girl than a rich girl the guy na complete village Man! He has probably never been exposed to rich girls before na why the guy dey yarn dust.

Dude actually thought a broke girl will be Obedient to him because of his Money. What happens when your money finishes? That means she'll find her way and replace you ASAP like the hoe she is Omo some guys are really daft ooooo!

@Lance03 thank you for always saying the gospel truth Comrade. Every sane man Must avoid poor broke girls like plague

Tell me exactly why a rich girl will be obedient to you? That's why you're still a virgin who cannot even masturbate properly.

What happens when the money finishes? What a stupid question.. so you married the rich girl so that when your money finishes you can beg her abi... Broke ass pvssy nigga.

StrongAlphMale:


Son you urgently need exposure ASAP.

Do you think money can keep a girl? Bros a broke girl can stick with you and do anything you demand for as long as you keep sending that cash on her. Son, money doesn't keep a woman!!!!

At the bolded, oga, broke girls don't love you. They love your money instead! The moment that money Is gone, they'll move on to the next Rich dude (the hoeing around continues)

When you say rich girls ain't submissive and respectful, na inferiority complex dey worry you! You need exposure. Perhaps you have never seen or even dated a rich girl before. Na why you dey yarn this rubbish.

You're clearly senile.

Why exactly do you want a rich girl? For status, because you're that much of a debased and effeminate man, you need to hide behind a woman's money?

You think making money is done in your father's garden.. that's why a rich woman will abandon her career to stay home and take care of the house and the kids.

Money doesn't keep a woman, so what does? Pray tell.. Ode!

Don't go and make money, stay there and be expecting a rich girl to be submissive to you.. because you fine like Ramsey Noah or you get big dîck like dbanj.

What a stupid fellow.

Ishilove:

You win some, you lose some. I don't see you winning this.

Definitely not winning this one.
Things we do for family! I'm the proverbial scape-goat.

brain54:

Sure bro…


You the greedy one here. After removing the cost of materials will you still make profit? And also did he request anything from you before he “twicked” the contract in your favor? If he had requested a kickback from you before it was awarded how would you have felt as a brother?


That’s his way of compensating himself for his efforts because he cannot ask a kick back from you as an elder bro!

After subtracting cost of materials and you still make profit then buy from him.

Chop small today and chop bigger tomorrow. This is just a tip of the iceberg of things to come. Think of the doors that will open in your favor after this contract is completed successfully.

That’s asides the maybe strained relationship that may result from this.

A good businessman should NEVER be greedy. Sometimes it’s not about the immediate gains to come but about the future benefits to come that matter. I have personally seen some contractors use their personal money to complete projects just to boost their portfolio.

Here you are complaining of small profit. If he hadn’t helped you would you have gotten the contract? Talk less of profit…

Money is transient. Think about it!

My opinion though!

Thanks man.
He still needs to beat down his prices and make it more competitive.. or next time I definitely won't patronize him.

Divoc19:
I'll get one. Because you said so

...and it's not a therapist you need.. what you need is therapy.