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Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 6:33pm On Feb 16, 2020
Abcdefghij10000:
Hi, I ordered a phone from aliexpress and the scheduled delivery date is 29th of February and the tracking number shows that my phone has left the country of origin since 8th of January. How long do you think aliexpress would take to refund me when I ask for my money back
You still have two weeks to the scheduled date of delivery. You can only ask for refund if after 60 days your phone's tracking number did not indicate that you or someone using your name have not signed for the package or the package has not made it to your local postal agency. AliExpress has a 60-day money back guarantee. If after the 60th day and there is no proof of you or someone signing the package in your name have picked the package, you get your refund when you open dispute. Do not be in a hurry to open dispute or you may probably lose.
Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 9:22pm On Feb 15, 2020
hismond:
IThe watch is about 32k and it's not Apple. Although there is an option for Singapore shipping, which of the 2 options is better pls
If TNT is free use it. Tell seller to declare $15 grin
Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 7:47pm On Feb 15, 2020
hismond:
Good evening house, please I want to order a smartwatch and I see the seller has an option to use TNT for shipping, will I be charged extra if the item gets to Nigeria
Most FedEx office run TNT services, it's hard to say whether customs will ask for custom duties until goods arrive Nigeria. Sometimes what determines it is the value and make of the product. I've noticed that Nigeria customs are in love with Apple products. Even if it is sent via NIPOST, they always love to slap a huge duty to it. I saw someone the other day lamenting in NIPOST over the 31k custom duty he was asked to pay over an iPhone 8 sent by the sister.
Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 7:44pm On Feb 15, 2020
Sgbate:
The 60th day should 17th Feb.buh end of negotiation is on 21st feb. What do u tink are my chances in this case? And can I open another dispute later in any case this goes invalid?
Opening disputes after the 60th day only INCREASES your chances of winning but does not GUARANTEE it. Though, I've never lost dispute for 6 years of buying on AliExpress. I guess I'm lucky or I just strictly follow the rules. You don't get to open another dispute after AliExpress comes in to settle it. I don't know about your chances, but you stand a very high chance of winning if the following stands true:

1) Tracking information shows the package never got to you. Eg if the package tracking shows tracking information of someone signing for it at Benin, while your address the seller has is in Lagos. Then you will win the dispute. But if it shows someone has signed for the package in your state; you've lost the dispute.

2) It is over 60 days and tracking information shows the package is on transit.

3) There is no tracking information and it is over 60 days.

4) The seller gave you a wrong tracking number, eg a seller once gave me a tracking number of someone in Ghana. I won the dispute.

I've also seen many win a dispute they open before 60 days.

5) You don't have a record of opening disputes every time. Yes, the AliExpress team check your records before deciding if they'll grant dispute in your favour. If they notice you open dispute on every item you bought including those you get. Be rest assured they'll side with the seller. At the risk of generalising, Indians are fond of opening disputes with irrelevant details, an eg., package of received goods is dented. This is something that is very much of the control of the seller. It could be from the reckless package handling of their local postal agency. Because of that, most of them lose their disputes and bïtch about it grin grin
Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 5:15pm On Feb 15, 2020
Sgbate:
What will happen if u close order less than the 60days buyer protection time huh. I opened dispute around a week before the 60th day.
To increase your chances at winning, always open dispute AFTER the 60th day and not BEFORE.
Health › Re: Coronavirus Hits Africa, Egypt Records First Case by mctfopt: 2:10pm On Feb 15, 2020
I guess a Chinese sneaked into Egypt undecided
Politics › Re: Army Arrests, Detains Officers Over Intercepted Weaponised Drones At Airport by mctfopt: 6:18am On Feb 12, 2020
dre11:
According to the rule, drones weighing more than 250 grams (.55 pounds) must be registered with the NCAA
Never know this rule applies to Nigeria as well.
Business › Re: Package Delivery Problems: USPS And NIPOST by mctfopt: 6:55pm On Feb 11, 2020
omoharry:
Has any one received good sent from 1688/Taobao site China and sent through NIPOST ? I just want to know which shipping company uses NIPOST.All i see are advert from individual agent that will ship it and you have to collect it yourself at a centre.
Third party shipping agents with office mainly in Lagos can help you ship it down to Lagos. You can then pick it up by yourself or pay for use of other courier service to ship to it down to your location if you are not in Lagos.
Politics › Re: Protester At Amnesty International Turns Placard Upside Down (Photo) by mctfopt: 4:53pm On Feb 11, 2020
Damn, hungry boys. Hunger can make you do things you won't believe you'll do. But unfortunately these peeps have zero idea what they are doing. They just heard they'll be paid to hold a piece of paper!
Investment › Re: Buying US Stocks From Nigeria by mctfopt: 3:11pm On Feb 10, 2020
Nigerians love their 100% ROI in three days, no one got time for 25% ROI in a year grin
Health › Re: Corona Virus Is Airborne. Infections Occur Through Aerosol Transmission by mctfopt: 12:58pm On Feb 10, 2020
Ok. Now it can be transmitted via aerosol, is this the new bioweapon? I know ISIS, ISWAP are watching closely. Imagine a terrorist walking casually into a crowded hall and releasing the deadly virus (packaged in a canister) and walking away scot-free to strike another venue.
Business › Re: ||SCAM ALERT!!! Don't Be A Victim||*UPDATES ON PAGES 1-7* by mctfopt: 9:39pm On Feb 08, 2020
Nnanyerugo:
Another scammer on Canada Visa/Work Permit with the name Sylvester Isaac.

He uses the following account details:
Jacob Friday
0825672671
Access bank

Happy Ajiotuomon Ibhayiehor
1228567061
Access bank

Use these phone numbers
08134009497
+14388061085

Claims to be based in Canada.
Evidences of payment and picture used by the scammer attached.
Paid him over N1.5m. Not out of desperation but after some confirmations. Anyways I am ok though, this is to help others.
Picture may very likely not be his. Thanks for sharing.
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 1:39pm On Feb 08, 2020
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 8:18pm On Feb 07, 2020
kiekie1:
It totally depends on your configuration Sir.. If you use just 10 units , I might use 11units all in series depending on my inverter & scc model grin !
Haha, let's do only LFP then!
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 8:11pm On Feb 07, 2020
JUO:
don't bother yourself, the battery does not worth the stress. The battery is bad business the reason only oil companies and few can afford it. That battery is just bad and very expensive
Have you had anyone use this battery and the experience was super bad?
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 8:08pm On Feb 07, 2020
kiekie1:
Boss i dey your back , take the bull by the horn ! The only thing that keeps me thinking is it's efficiency. I see it's basically 1.2v specs and it would be expensive to run a 48v design but when likes of 2v flooded hoppeckes etc are used, I don't think it's much a topic to be worried about since I have seen it's internal cells>> believe me it's iron "die-hard" smiley.. That someone can be you Sir !! As Sir George D will always say >> "break the myth" wink
1.2V? I gotta get like 10 of these to hit 12v
Dang shocked
Car Talk › Re: Jiji Fake Buyers And Inquiries by mctfopt: 7:57pm On Feb 07, 2020
bumi10:
I don't get it bro. In fact there was a time I was beginning to believe my village people are against me cuz I don't even receive calls again.. Lol.

Truth is, those boosting their ads Now on jiji is too much and imagine when someone search for anything and boosted ads will fill page one and even page two of the search on jiji.

That's the problem.
It will be ok if the boosted ads are what you are looking for. Imagine searching for lithium batteries and seeing boosted ads for i-pass-my-neighbour generators! They are just so fixated on only showing boosted ads that non boosted ads, even though relevant don't get to be shown. Do you know that AliExpress shows ads? Compare this HDD search on AliExpress shown below


www.nairaland.com/attachments/11012276_february7202075144pmgmt0100_jpegd58e8899c96325da9002121f86156182

With a search for lithium batteries on jiji shown below


www.nairaland.com/attachments/11012283_february7202074338pmgmt0100_jpeg719081eed6f4321085b9c79ad2989b0b

Then you can see why many may never get to like to use jiji huh
Technology Market › Re: World's Smallest Power Inverter by mctfopt: 5:24pm On Feb 05, 2020
TommyAnthem:
Greetings to the house, I just collected a bluegate ups from my office yesterday to configure to inverter, but there's no battery inside, so it's difficult for me to know if it's 12v or 24v, please I need opinion.
It's a 1500kva
Model number is 1570 va
Remember to add an external charger if you are using batteries above 7ah on it.
Health › Re: Coronavirus: NCDC Says FG To Site Isolation Centres In FCT, 7 States by mctfopt: 6:24am On Feb 04, 2020
Ok.

"We will."

By the time they come around to really doing it, coronavirus infection may already be full blown epidemic
Freaking slow government
Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 7:57pm On Feb 03, 2020
Don4life:
No
My friend is also looking for one. Thought you eventually got.
Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 6:25pm On Feb 03, 2020
Don4life:
please which is china best shipping agent that can ship to nigeria on time
Did you later get the answer to this question?
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 10:30pm On Jan 31, 2020
quest4s:
Thanks
I am just a bit skeptic as how efficient the 24v will be as against 48v which supplies more power and possible produce a better pure sine wave
please correct me if am wrong is my assertion
Does the DC voltage of an inverter determine the efficiency of the sine wave of an inverter? When you say it supplies more power, what exactly do you mean by that? Is the power here related to the duration of the backup? Because if it is, it only depends on the AH rating of the battery in play.
Technology Market › Re: This Thread Is Only For Aliexpress Shopper by mctfopt: 9:26pm On Jan 30, 2020
tranxo:
Lets play safe too.

Better to stop all orders before we order coronavirus join.
I've been waiting for this post grin grin cheesy

Wetin concern us concern coronavirus?
Celebrities › Re: Ifeanyi Ezeokeke Down With A Strange Sickness (Photos) by mctfopt: 4:00am On Jan 30, 2020
Kallmerb:
May God heal him... Too much jazz and juju to enhance their careers is common in Nollywood.. That is why strange ailments is common among them
What has disease got to do with jazz? Is it because they have not gone to the right hospital for that accurate diagnosis that they term it "strange disease" that makes the health condition extraordinary?
Phones › Re: If You Want Your Phone Battery To Last Long: 7 Things You Should Stop Doing by mctfopt: 9:11am On Jan 28, 2020
okorotalkative:
Or just buy a good phone with 4000mah battery capacity
Or just buy a phone that can optimise whatever battery capacity it came with. It is not usually a case of the higher mAH wins the game cool
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 7:19pm On Jan 26, 2020
AyarmBoye:
bro it's a new battery... All I just need is 1 minutes to shut down my stuff..... I think it should be able to handle 1min now...
Backup Time = (Battery capacity x 12V x N x Efficiency of the inverter or pf) / Load (watts)

12V= voltage of the battery
N= number of batteries in the system
Efficiency= 70% ( I usually assume a lesser value of efficiency for a more accurate estimate, but I will use 70% or 0.7 for this calculation)

Backup Time = (18 x 12 x 1 x 0.7)/ 200 = 0.756hours or 45minutes


So ideally you should get a 45 minutes backup time

But in theory things are hardly ideal.

Charging time of battery = Battery Ah / Charging Current

Assuming the UPS has a 2A charging current, it'll take it 9 hours to fully charge the battery


www.nairaland.com/attachments/10948338_xwzef_png85ead5b87abc2fd4c8c924cb0ea9bf4a

Let's say that this is a battery with 7Ahr capacity and that you want to draw 14A. You'll have to observe the 2C curve (2C means to discharge at 7Ahr*2/h=14A). You'll note that this battery will drop to 9.5V-10V after about 15mins. Of-course this is only true for a fresh from the shelf battery kept at 25 deg.Celsius. Temperature, age and usage negatively affect the performance.

But the truth is, using 18AH battery that is obviously not fully charged to backup a load of 200w may likely not give the desired results.
TV/Movies › Re: 'Inikpi Is The Jesus Of Kogi State' - Pamilerin On 'The Legend Of Inikpi' by mctfopt: 4:35pm On Jan 25, 2020
Wow. He needs the controversy to trend. It is working.
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 10:09am On Jan 24, 2020
Topmost11:
Good morning house. Pls my 12v 75ah car battery will be idle for some time. Can I charge it with my inverter? If yes, is there any precaution I need to take?
Trickle charge it every 3 months
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 5:52pm On Jan 22, 2020
Topmost11:
This is dry season and I need to constantly clean my panels. Pls do I need to disconnect the panel from the CC before cleaning with water or I can just go ahead while still connected. My question may seem stupid as someone may ask me, "do you disconnect during rains or don't you know it's tantamount to rain falling on it?" I ask because splash ing water on it is sudden, cooling it almost immediately and it getting hot again in minutes unlike during rainfall when weather would have cooled it off first and then gradually heat up as sun come back up

Incidentally a medicine shop in my vicinity got burnt few days ago; story is the inverter caused it though i have not been able to get true gist. My colleagues who I've been advising on the beauty and sense in solar are now skeptical. How do I convince them?
Do it very early in the morning or late in the evening. That way you don't have to worry about losing power when the PV breakers are turned off.


Edited:

earthrealm:
to avoid thermally induced stress and possible cracking of the glass, its best the cleaning/mopping is done early morning or evening, b4 the sun comes up
Didn't see this when I typed my reply...I guess great minds think alike grin grin
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 10:47am On Jan 22, 2020
justcallmenuel:
Lol. Nothing happened bro. Just hit me if you’re interested in it
Oh I see, only on need to know basis grin
Satellite TV Technology › Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mctfopt: 10:00am On Jan 22, 2020
justcallmenuel:
Canadian Solar panels available.


Call/whatsApp us on 08168986461
Thought you've been adding prices to your products, what happened now?
Investment › Re: Buying US Stocks From Nigeria by mctfopt: 9:45am On Jan 22, 2020
Hi, did you later invest?

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