₦airaland Forum

tenhap:
I had a similar experience in 2003. I paid in full for a car in April and it was to be delivered to me one week after. Things never quite worked out that way as the same kind of stories came up. After waiting for two months, i decided to take a trip to lagos to bring back the car myself (being that at this time, my car was said to have come in from cotonou and was in Lagos.) When i got to Lagos, the dealer (an old time friend of mine) went under and would not take my calls. Through the help of another friend, the car was traced to Owode where is was still parked with some parts taken off. Well, i had to return to the east and wait some more and after two weeks or so, the car was eventually delivered to me but not without the dealer cooking up some extra expenses amounting to well over 50k. I got my car and resolved to pay my friend (the dealer) in his own coin - "i go pay today, i go pay tomorrow". I eventually gave him 10k and that was it, i refused to pay a dime more!! I suppose your car's been bought, but perhaps the guy used part of the money to satisfy another customer. If my experience is anything to go by, you will eventually get the car but may have to pay 'a little extra'. Some of these dealers are not just trustworthy!!!

ayodeji1:
i dont really think its wise to involve the soldiers.cos that is like taking the laws into your hands.u should be very careful with whatever step u are going to take cos somethings u do might change the whole story to boomerang on u.in my own opinion,if u are to even involve the soldiers,u have to inform the police first.and i still think its very necessary for u to go to wherever he claims your car is and see if its true,cos i doubt if hes telling the truth about this.

Princek12:
Poster:
You are suffering from "not being appreciative of having it good and not counting God's blessings for giving you someone that wants to marry you." Maybe when you leave him and date a string of losers who only want to chop you without commitment, and you are growing old and lonely and can't find a comparable man to your current man who wants to wife you, and another woman has taken over your current man and bore his kids, then you will be appreciative if you ever find another good man again. And YOU MAY NEVER find another one as good as him.

BTRKINGS:
SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR PLIGHT
I THINK IT IS OBVIOUS THAT U'VE FALLEN INTO THE WRONG HAND, LET ME START BY BRINGING TO THE FORE SOME BASIC INFORMATIONS THAT ARE VERY TRUE ABOUT CAR IMPORTATION FROM COTONU. GOING BY THE INFORMATION U POSTED, U ACTUALLY BOUGHT A 1994 CAR MADE WHICH IS NOT DUTIFULL AND BY IMPLICATION IT CAN NEVER BE LEGALLY CLEARD, MEANING THAT IT WILL COME INTO NIGERIA THRU D BUSH WHILE CUSTOMS ARE GIVEN THEIR SETTLEMENT.
ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO EDUCATE U ABOUT IS DAT NO M,MATTER HOW SLUGISH your AGENT IN COTONU MAY BE D MOVEMENT OF CARS FRM COTONU TO EITHER SEME OR IDIROKO BORDER WILL NOT TAKE LONGER THAN 3 WORKING DAYS PROVIDED ALL FINANCIAL CONDITIONS HAVE BN MET.

Nicklee:
Nigerians will never cease to amaze me - a man constructs some roads, that is it and he is t he best man for the office of the Governor!!!!. Thank God I don't even live in Nigeria anymore, this sort of senseless argument would have made me sick by now.

I am not from Anambra, so I have no stakes there - but to tell me that a man, who stooped so low just to get access to power, is being celebrated this way for whatever 'roads' he constructed is appalling. We are always so quick to forget that development is a wholistic exercise. You don't do one at the detriment of others - that shows no blueprint at all.

toideve:
exaggeration

emisun:
it is only a fool that would think the niger delta problem can be solved through dialogue.as we can recall through the bible[i],the authorities in heaven responded to the devil through violence by throwing him down.they didn't negotiate with him.[/i]people pls get this into your heads,u don't negotiate with evil.u only fight it.THE FG IS EVIL AND NEED TO BE FOUGHT WITH VIOLENCE!!!.I PRAY GOD STRENGTHENS MEND.ALUTA CONTINUES!!.

Nezan:
^ Dont mind them, they will never ask for light to be provided, when next you hear they are on strike, it will be to demand for higher pay only . . what a selfish bunch.

Marymos:
This subject is very interesting.So money dont grow on trees abroad?Is not true[i].May be some of u abroad complaining have not been to the forest where such trees can be found.[/i]Just come and see how some of this our brothers abroad spend when they come to Nigeria for holiday.You will be tempted to sale all you have to travel abroad.So things are tough there too.Nawa oh.

Honestly though, the issue of coping with financial demands is not exclusive to guys abroad. I daresay it is less on them because some may not like to pay for international call rate to press home their demand. Home based guys get sponged on regular basis and they dont even need to call you. They could just drift into your house unannounced and even if you dont have anything to give, you have to at least pay for the Trans! It could be irritating, I agree but hey! Times are hard on some of our brothers and sisters. The jobs are not even there, so its not like everyone who ask is lazy. Dont give if you cant afford to, but dont be judgemental on those who beg. It is a blessing to be begged and not a beggar.

Dereformer:
Nigerians, this has become too unbearable, time to act is now. Nobody should put his money in any of these commercial banks. The first person to see any of these culprits on the street should stone him/her to death. The much needed reform/revolution has finally started. I hereby declare Ibru, Akingbola, etc enemies of the state.

Vavavoom:
Hmm! The puzzle is now falling in place, largest shareholding in Aero Contractors by the Ibrus. Did they say jets? Could it have anything to do with ACN trying to sell 500,000 seats at reduced rates? Smells like recoup in my ears.