Archive for June, 2005

Pictures from UK

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

1. Me at the auction site

Kenji Yoshimoto (more…)

My business trip to UK

Monday, June 27th, 2005

I was out of Tokyo for last one week on a business trip to UK. I was not able to reply many of my mails and I am sorry for the inconvenience it may have caused to you.

Well, on an experiment basis, our company exhibited cars at two Japanese car auction houses in Britain. Profit was definitely not our objective; rather we wanted to learn by experience. We could sell 6 of our 11 vehicles. We plan to put the remaining 5 cars on auction next time. (more…)

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I should be strict about Payment Rules

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

Last weekend, I went to Tokyo Disneyland and stayed there with my family from Thursday to Saturday. My internet connection then was very slow and affected my replying to customer emails.

We had a nice view from the Hotel in Tokyo Disney Sea buy we experienced a typhoon on that day. We were lucky in that way, as there were few customers.  In popular holiday seasons in Japan, such as the Golden week, we have to wait for 2 hours just to buy a popcorn !! Can you believe it? That’s why I tried to go there in rainy season but I had not expected the typhoon. (more…)

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Problem at Japanese Used Car Auction

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

This week two gentlemen who were visiting Japan from New Zealand on a business trip came to our office. They were interested in buying a car from Japanese used car auction for their personal use. I took them to Yokohama used car auction with me.

One of them found a nice car which he liked, but the auction had already ended. He was lucky that car was not sold in auction, so we tried to buy the car by negotiation ( It is possible for a buyer to negotiate with the seller though auction staff). (more…)

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