₦airaland Forum

williams2600:
People of God abeg how i wan start to look for this package now abeg

It'll get to you, your item is still on the move. You'll be notified when it comes to your local post office.

zacwale:
Cap company

But 98% of my goods na from Alibaba

Even the laptop?

drizzypat:
they misunderstood.

Also was it jinko you got,?

Cus I was told not available for now

Ie the 550watts though

My friend just got the 380w, didn't ask for the 550 as it may be unavailable

Hybrid600:
It MAY just be a new policy that has been implemented.
Same for a distributor shop I get things from, they just recently changed policies in regards to bulk purchases and no more one one single purchase.

My friend made a purchase this week. Unless the change was from today.

FEGEITOK:
Techland right?

I was about to buy some small units from him, thanks for this feedback, gotta look elsewhere

I've bought four units of 380w from them. I don't know where people get that they don't sell in smaller units from.

zacwale:
High 4 my side e cheap... Because few company in China send phones and laptop on time... Dis one I am using na 7-14dayz you will get your goods

Why Chris na one month

What's the name of this logistics company?

You buy laptops in China? Thought it's only phones people buy.

zacwale:
My last order b dis
But someone company dy charge like $9-$10

If not phones or laptops

Ok. I see. Their charges are sort of high.

Cool ebike

ObalaEmma:
Has Gtb stopped? Or who used Uba recently?

Yes, GTB stopped on 31st December. Zenith Bank stopped today. We have only UBA and Stanbic IBTC Bank still standing.

zacwale:
Maybe from the company you are buying from

But china holiday start on 10th

My goods leave today

What rate is this guys charging you per kg?

Used UBA today @ ₦490/$.

Feels awesome

Last two banks standing. Just a matter of days.

Alfabest07:
I got the pro finally on monday, from lagos, its really cool. The mini from review would be loved, judging from my soundpeats mini.

Cheers on your buy, enjoy.

How much did you get the 1More Comfobuds Pro?

Mfunkynation:
UBA might be "NEXT"...
Buy Buy Buy Buy

You can only buy what you need now. After buying what you need now, tomorrow nko?

It's just a matter of days, UBA and STANBIC will also stop their naira account from $ transaction. This election, vote like your life depends on it because it DOES.

ItsTutsi:
For dollar account?

No, naira account

naijaboy756:
Its a musical instrument

You may likely not pay any duty

Enigma123:
b

Pls what's the rate.

₦544.15721231766/$

Alfabest07:
I am looking for 1more comfobuds pro, anybody know where I can get one?

Bought the mini from AliExpress. Best $72 spent. Earbud is so small I forgot about it sometimes.

Sound production not too bad when you compare the size.

I've made phone calls with it and the person I was talking to could hear me clearly.

I rate it 9/10

jboixxx:
[color=#0000ff]I de tell people o[/color]

I learned the hard way. Ever since then I just ask rate before dealing.

naijaboy756:
Omor I do very terrible mistake now I'm regretting

Hoping duty wont apply on it if not an suicide oooo

Depends on what you bought. If it's not phone, you got no problem.

Enigma123:
b

Pls what's the rate.

I'm yet to get the debit

naijaboy756:
Please can I cancel an order on Aliexpress and get a refund?

I did something foolish by asking a friend in the UK to pay for items worth $124 thinking it will be done at official rates. Now I have to pay back more than I budgeted and I’m also seeing that custom duty may apply

What is the best way out pls?

Our people in the diaspora knows more about black market rates than us here

Enigma123:
Pls How much is zenith limit?

Did $25.99 on 2nd Jan 2023, I guess it's still $27

Tochex101:
Much regards...I dont particularly mind shipping fee....I just need to check for quality assurance.
I'll balance the cost on subsequent bulk purchase.....I wanted to be sure I can get a shipper for little quantity at first.

Check out this shipper.

mctfopt:
Try Nonikings

This is how it works, chat seller of item. Tell him what you want to buy, then chat Nonikings for their Chinese warehouse address. Give the seller the address to ship the items to, after telling him you have a forwarder in China. Pay for the item, shipper will ship to Nonikings (in this instance) and Nonikings will ship your items to Nigeria. Get tracking number of goods when shipped within China and send it to Nonikings.

FYI: This is a disclaimer that I am in no way affiliated with this forwarder, just have used their services in the past and they delivered. Do your own research and decide if you want to use em or not. Cheers.

https://www.nairaland.com/1819824/newly-found-shipping-agent-china#24807137

Try the Chinese number that ends in 2441, you can ask this number for their Nigerian number.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGruWYB_M8&feature=youtu.be

Tochex101:
Co ask....want to try small purchase, once I'm satisfied with quality...then I order bulk.

The biggest challenge is shipping. You may get the goods cheaper, but sometimes the shipping is just too high.

I'll give you an instance, I once ordered an item sold at AliExpress for $25 for $8 at Alibaba with $3 local shipping to a freight forwarder in China. I bought 4 and ended up paying ₦25,000 as freight fee. Dollar exchanges for roughly ₦600 then in parallel market. That means I paid $41 as shipping. Had I bought one, I would've bought it higher than what it's been sold at AliExpress.

So check your shipping and check AliExpress and see if the purchase makes any sense. Also don't forget to check Nigeria too. Sometimes we have people selling these in Nigeria. My major problem is the items I usually buy is not sold here, so I got no choice but to buy in China

TheLoneCitizen:
If I ship from sellers that allow single purchases, is it seamless like Aliexpress?

With 1688, how much extra fees did you pay? Which third party did you use?

Seamless depends on the seller and how you managed the transaction. By that I mean how well you communicated, your freight forwarder, the type of goods you are buying, the willingness of the seller to sell just a piece at a reasonable price, etc.



The third party I used is no longer in business as this was three years ago.

TheLoneCitizen:
Have you ever bought from Alibaba. I also want to try it for items that are available in single pieces.

Was looking at Taobao but it needs a third-party agent.

Anyone here bought from 1668?

I've bought in Alibaba several times. Did only once in 1688 using a third party shipper

BrainRider:
I like your brief analysis.
I'm really interested in whole sale shipping and would love to know more

What will you like to know?

KingCassy:
Hi all.. is there any thread fr alibaba because alibaba tends to be cheaper

You do more work buying things here because of some of the following reasons:

1) The site is geared towards wholesalers, most sellers won't even deal with you if you are buying only 1 piece

2) Sellers won't ship for you, when they do the cost is usually super expensive when compared to AliExpress shipping cost.

3) You have to chat up the sellers to confirm the actually cost of items listed. Don't be surprised seeing an item listed for $70 is actually being sold one for $150. That $70 is the cost when you buy 5000 pieces or more.

4) Unless you know what you are doing, reviews at Alibaba is not as great as reviews at AliExpress, so an uninformed buyer may end up buying low quality items.


Now to the upsides, if you know your way around via doing your own personal shipping, verifying quality of items, negotiating with the sellers, etc you'll end up with a better deal than AliExpress. But often times you only get this deal when you buy at wholesale.

Since most buyers here only buy like in retail quantity, that may explain the lack of a thread for Alibaba shoppers.

But you can always start one. I'll follow.

Cheers

Fucklove:
Paid with GTB.

Got these items from top deals. All three for just $11.9 with shipping.

Bank rate is around #491

The quality of these items may be questionable. Chinese actually know how to make their quality goods pricey. A Bluetooth earbud I got for $77 two years ago still works. The type I got for ₦5000 while waiting for it to arrive failed under two weeks; you usually get what you pay for- most of the time.

NiyiOmoIyunade:
Topup is in response to low water levels in a battery cell.

If none of your cells are short of water after a careful visual inspection then there is no need to topup.

Beware that any flotation based battery water level indicators are indeed working correctly and not deceiving you hence I said after a careful visual inspection of the water levels per cell.

Once the above checks out and you satisfied yourself that you are charging at a proper voltage for your battery then you are good to go.

That floatation thing sometimes get stuck. Then you are O.Y.O