Post #239823 by stuff-o-rama on Mon, Jun 26, 2006 8:02 PM

I have had nothing but problems shipping to Nigeria, I stopped doing so. The last peson i sold to seemed legit. I spent literal days e-mailing back and forth different shipping quotes. They changed their shipping address numerous times, wanted to pay with a credit card, then cashier's check, then wire cash. I told them the only way I would ship was if they paid through PayPal and sent them a Pay Pal invoice. They never paid.

They later re-appeared about 9 months later, doing the same thing. I convinced them to purchase through PayPal (PayPal has seller insurance). Everything was fine: the money went through, I shipped the package via AirMail. But then two months later they claimed the items never arrived and they wanted me to replace the order. The Post Office helped me to try and trace the package, but the government in Nigeria is so corrupt there is a slim chance anything mailed to them actually arrives to the person. My post office will no longer insure packages to Nigeria (for the previous reason) so I had to eat the cost of the whole order.

So just know that even if the people are fine, you are taking a risk in getting the items to them. Make sure you use a shipper who will insure your items and don't ship to them unless they pay for insurance. That's the best lesson I learned from shipping to Nigeria.