Have you ever met a nigeria customer? What is your experience?

Before I started my job as a foreign sales, some of my friends have told me, customers who come from west aferican may not have good reputation, one should pay more attention to them. But I don't think it is true.

In Canton Fair in 2007, I met two nigeria customers, after the Fair, they visited our factory, and booked an order, 12000 meters chenille jacquard fabric. When they came back, one week later I received 7000USD deposit of them, then I began to do the production. One month later, we finished the order. Then I asked them to arrange the payment of the balance and after that I could do the shipment for them. But they said there was some finance problem of their company. So I had to wait.

2007 was over, but we couldn't ship out the cargos of them. Last year(2008), I called them many many times about the cargos, but they told me their warehouse has got a big fire, they don't have any space to keep the cargos. They wanted me to keep the cargos of them, also they promised me to ship the cargos as soon as they can. Time passed so fast, but I still didn't get the payment of them. Before Chinese New Year holiday, everyone of our company has a good mood to do the plan of the holiday except me. They has promised me to T/T us the money before the holiday. Also my boss told me if I couldn't get the payment of them, our company will not give me any salary then. The worst thing was coming, other people has gone home to enjoy their holiday, I still had to wait in the company. They cheated me, I still didn't receive any payment of them by now. Now I also can't get salary from our company, I am so sad, everyday I have a very bad mood because of this.

I don't think I will do more business with them in the future, now I just want to solve the problem as soon as I can.  What should I do, I think so much about them, but they never thought of me.   who can help me?

well Nigeria is source of many email scams that come from amsterdam. I worked with nigerians  and found them all very nice. but I would not entrust money to strangers if they are from god's mountain in the himalayas either.sounds like they are honest  but you are stuck with product . but you can sell it. the fly in the ointment is your boss he is a real unpleasant and undesirable type.. If he did that here you could make big trouble for him and make him pay much more than what he owes you.In spanish he is known as a "pinche tyranos" or "little tyrant" they are a type of human who likes to make people miserable and use their dominat position to keep you in a state of unpleasantness..

 

so no I dare not trust this customer.

 

 

I think they are not scammer or they won't pay the deposit to you. Maybe they really meet some troubles. Or they will ask you for products. But not ask you to keep that products. Maybe you can tell them you will sell these already-made products to others when they are ready to get the products and then produce for them.

Hi James,

Thks. for yr. sharings but sorry to hear that....don't be sad and looking forward the bright future! Hope you all the best!

Ada

Sorry to hear that. And I will pay more attention to those clients.

Swindler never pay any deposit....!
You received deposit 7000$ and you should to be happy, but....
Do you have CONTRACT with recording for that situation....

have a lot of demandjadedev wrote:

West Africans are like that, all they do is scam everyone else.

You've been scammed.  Just tell them that if they don't collect the goods within 14 days, you will foreit their deposit and sell the goods to somebody else.

You've been holding the goods for more than a year, storage fee is more than the deposit.

I think i disagree with you by generalising about west africans because i am one of them and been doing business here for long never scam anyone and never been scammed but the fact that those guys paid $7000 without putting pressure on this guy doesn't make them scammers am sure you'll agree with me that there is no part of this world that you can't find scammers quote me anytime any day. So if those guys refuse to collect the products sell them and whenever they are ready they will look for you or better still learn from this and ofcourse nobody will make full payments without seeing his goods, my suggestion to anyone who is really passionate about his business should go to the manufacturers and save yourself some "Had i know". Good luck

It is highly ignorant and preposterous for anyone to think that because this business was bad,that Nigerians are scammers.Most businesses all over the world had very strong bases with Nigerian business men and women who are honest and trustworthy.May be the guys had a problem financially or the goods were banned from entering the port (I know the government banned a lot of textile materials from entering Nigeria).This could be one of the cases.All said,You are not losing on this deal,you have 7,000 dollars and give them ultimatum and sell of the materials any way you could,they are the ones loosing,not you.Take care

I personally have been doing business with both East and West African people. From the experience I have, how they gave you a deposit of USD7,000, implies that they are not scammer and they are real businessmen. The thing that I have learnt is that they are not strict on the payment period. They always make stuff up, not just West Africans but East Africans too, always use some absurd excuses that they make up so they can delay the payment. Try more than 10 times and sometimes you could listen to them telling you the same reason they told you '10 times' ago lol. It is kind of funny how they just try to make up a story thinking that you would buy it. However, it does not mean that they are scammers. They were really interested in your product and saw opportunity to make money however, the plan did not go as well they thought it would and they are making excuses. It is sad how it turned out that way but you did a good job and should be proud of yourself. It is like not ALL Chinese on Alibaba are scammers even though there are so many. Same goes for the Nigerians. Not ALL Nigerians are scammers.

I make a deal with a veitnam,I haven't receive any deposite before arranger the order produce!

Still I haven't receive the money of order ,but we have finsih the cargos !

I don't know how to do! you are better me !
come on,
maybe you can sell the cargo to other clients ,you can choose !
If noso , your warehouse fee more than your deposit , maybe suffered from the destory from the mouses!

You need to get your facts right. have you been scammed by a nigerian before? What about the other nations asians, chinese, english e.t.c. Nigerians aint even on their level.