₦airaland Forum

Babalegba:
He should be okay,he is quite prominent on the forum and imports from China.

Thank you Babalegba. Honesty is our watchword.

Sonrexx:
At this point we may all have to pledge to dom accounts safer though. You think so too ?

Personally, I won't rush to open Dom account. I'll wait and see what happens in coming weeks..... As per prepaid dollar card , I learnt that Nigerian banks have now introduced stamp duty, this is in addition to the annual maintenance fee.

morikee:
Gotok terminated cards i have $0.83 was cleared i thought they will refund it

Another wahala be say i dey expect $109 refund from Ledger

Did you read the information attached to the termination message sent this morning? They said any amount less than $0.2 would not be recovered.

OlodoGraduate:
Hello, boss. There are certain products custom fees apply to, right?
If yes, what sort of products?
I don't seem to understand how it really works...

I don't think there's any product that cannot be taxed. There's what is called "extant law" which governs the operations of NCS. The law stipulates that personal effects shall now exceed the value of 50,000 naira. Therefore, any personal good whose price falls above this allowable amount will definitely be taxed. This is exactly how customs duty works.

Ominie:
Even their rating on playstore is extremely poor

Serious! It's all my fault!!! I'd never thought of reading comments about them on playstore, I would have saved miself from this mess. The last time I used the app was in March, before Gotok came on board . I just said I should give it a try again this time, but to say am disappointed would be an understatement.
In that middle of the night, after charging me the embarrassing $0.5, I discovered that my account balance was low to complete the transaction. I went further to make a cash transfer of $5 worth of naira into my wallet to enable me add fund to my card, but I encountered another shocker – the money refused to show up on my wallet. As am typing this, it's been over 5 hours now, my wallet is yet to be credited with the amount.

jboixxx:
[color=#0000ff]Shebi someone said they charge transaction fee indiscriminately earlier? That's another way of generating $0.5 on 50% transactions.[/color]

Imagine that! I even carried out the transaction around 1.30 am to avoid network glitches

Klasha is a useless app. Even after funding my card with enough dollars to make my purchase, they still went ahead to debit me for insufficient balance

Sonrexx:
👍🏽💯 works this morning, klasha better

Klasha working properly? How about their incesant message of one challenge or the other? I got a message from them this morning that card funding is unavailable for now . Am reluctant to fund my card.... Have you used it of recent?

sheggsliveth:
Please, how will you be funding the dollar card? Will you have to buy at black market or CBN rate?

Of course, funding is at black market rate because banks won't sell dollar to you.

Gbagura:
Does the dollar account comes with a dollar card? What's the difference between a Dom and a dollar account with gtbank? Thanks baami, ba i sí

You can't operate domiciliary account in a bank unless you're an existing customer of such bank. But Prepaid dollar card is issued to interested persons whether they're already customers of the issuing bank or not. An account number (written on the card) is usually attached to the card. This is the number you use when depositing dollar into the card.
For instance, I went to UBA last year to request for dollar card, and in less than 2hrs, without submitting any documents and filling any account-opening forms, I picked up the card ( Mind you, I don't have account with UBA, even up till now). If I had requested for domiciliary account, then I'd have been told to open a current account first.....

Fayrouzz:
Ohh. Okay. Can you transfer to it, and did you pay $10 upfront, and in what currency.

This is exactly my grouse with the banks! They should make the dollar card funding flexible such that one would be able to transfer dollar from another platform to the card account , just like when one is transferring naira from one bank acct to another. With that, one would be able to fund the card at the comfort of the home, instead of looking for aboki to buy dollar from.

Broskyjames:
As in, i actually took out time within the past 2 days to try about 8! of these fintechs offering VC services and i was met with a stiff brick wall!.

Have tested about 5 of them in a couple of days also but discovered that they are birds of a feather.

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Blaqq2:
Hi everyone please how do I remove my remaining dollars from gotok?
Saw something about gotok being suspended

I guess you've been away for a while because the news of their service suspension has been trending all over the place. In the sms sent to their customers, they did say that their current virtual card would be terminated on the 11th of this month, that was yesterday. What that means is that the card would become unusable ( will no longer be available for funding and withdraw) effective from that date....
Have you tried buying goods with it to see whether it works?

IAmRoot:
How long did it take to arrive

The 2 tablets arrived in 2 weeks, surprisingly, despite that they were shipped via Signpost.

ganie:
Hi, please do I need to acknowledge the receipt of my order on AliExpress?

Yes, you need to, so that Aliexpress can release cash to seller

Faithful4real:
okay, after making the payment, i can communicate to the seller to make changes to the parcel name?

Yes, communicate with him. That is the approach I adopt when buying mobile phones. You can even chat him up before making payment.

Echo3:
better be putting a caveat on this seller declaration. Not all sellers will agree to this because if that phone is extracted before delivery, it is what is declared insurance will cover. That's why some don't agree to this arrangement. NIPOST won't agree to any other amount you may claim too so long there's price tag on the package.

If you're famiar with the purchase of these gadgets, you'll know that even those Chinese sellers are quite aware of customs fees. That's why they tend to quote lower prices on such items even without you telling them to, whether they agree to change the Id or not. They're well informed that if the real amounts are declared, such goods could attract customs fees.

Let me give you an instance. A couple of years back, I ordered 2 tablets of about $95 each from a particular store. After making the payment, I dropped a message for the seller to declare the tabs as MP4 players. I never got a "yes or no" response from him. The 2 tabs arrived and I got a call from Nipost to come and pick them up.

On getting to the Post office, and looking at the parcels before me, I was shocked to discover that the word "Tablet" was written boldly on each of the 2 parcels. And looking at the parcels again to see the amount written as price, I however discovered that the seller quoted $23 each. Obviously, he knows the implications of declaring the sum of $95 for each tablet.

Faithful4real:
Hello, i need help. I want to a phone on aliexpress. Which address should i use. Is it speedaf address close to my location? And what about custom fee?

As per address, use your home address. Speedaf will locate you wherever you are based.
To be on the safer side, tell the seller to declare the phone as "phone accessories" or "Mp 4 player" and reduce the price. By this, customs official won't know what exactly is contained in the parcel.

profmallor:
OK will check this out, I was just getting to like Gotok. I hope they make it back.

Relax, they're coming back for good! I chatted with their customer Reps shortly after the notice of their service suspension, and they did promise to restore service when they get another card issuer.

ganie:
Does Speedaf use private logistics company for home delivery?

No, it doesn't. It makes use of couriers (dispatch riders), who are part of their employees. It is those guys who ensure home delivery of parcels assigned to them, provided such items are for home delivery.

jboixxx:
[color=#0000ff]The highlighted is normal. Packages can only be sent out to the areas/last miles of the stations that received mails, anything outside that station jurisdiction must go back to LOC.

Their funny act is real sha. It took them 3 weeks to deliver some items to me of recent. And I still have a package with them for almost 5 weeks now, yet to be delivered. [/color]

5 wks? Na wha o.... Anuway, thanks for the head up.

Nana2018:
Haaaa, this is unusual. Please check the address you provided. If it's incorrect or incomplete, there might be a problem.

It's not a matter of wrong address, Speedaf has been acting funny of recent. I made a post here in April of how they sent 3 of my orders to their Los - Surulere, Lagos, instead of my normal collection Centre ( their other Lagos office close to my address). I had to email them concerning each item and what they did was to send the parcels back to LOS - Distribution Centre and then re-route them back to my location.
It's not funny at all!

wordbank:
Please what’s their rate?

#782/$ currently

onecornerboy:
Sorry boss, can i use klasha pink card to buy stuff on AliExpress?

Yes, you can. Pink card is what am using at present. In fact, their black card is under maintenance for now. So it's not available.

yungrylex00:
Who dn use wirepay to order on aliexpress here
I want to confirm before registering

You don't even need testimony from anybody here. Check the application reviews on Playstore and then make your decision.

Sonrexx:
Most likely for a new user
@Olamaki is this still valid ?

I can't subscribe to ChipperCash – their rate is outrageous! I'll rather make use of Klasha tentatively.

Seatreasure2:
Please I need an assistance how long is speedaf used to solve a complain my package is still with them at dist center lagos I don't know if they stole it but they told me they are working on it and they will update me later about the delivery ,going to two week now

The quickest way to go about it is to send them an email at ng.info@speedaf.com adding the order tracking number. You'll get swift response from them.

dipson4:
Does this mean I can pick up this package? I'm asking because all other tracking sites are saying "dispatched from transit country"..

Your order is on its way to destination country. You'll have to exercise more patience.

zubebs:
Guys please I need assistance
I ordered a phone on AliExpress since February ending and yet the phone hadn't come. I opened dispute but dispute was rejected saying there's nothing wrong with the shipping... That was about a month ago. I contacted AliExpress customer service and was asked to check my local post office, if it's not there I should collect a stamped letter saying so. I went to the post office and they said it's been with customs since 12th of march that they're yet to clear it so I should just wait. I asked for the letter but they refused. I went back to AliExpress and they said I can't prove that I didn't receive the phone without an official letter from nipost. Guys I don't know what to do. Had anyone experienced this? How did you resolve it? I didn't see phone, I didn't get my money back, Is there anyone that can help with this?

Let's put the issue of official letter aside, did you upload any pictorial evidence to support your claims? If these are absent, you can't win the dispute.

ganie:
Really? But what could be the reason why these packages never came in.

Many reasons, one of which is that items could be lost in transit.....

jetoraphy:
About 50days

Not really! I've once received an order(mobile phone) sent through transit country in about 4 weeks of ordering. At other times, I had to settle for dispute because the orders never arrived eventually. It's all about luck.