We have recently stopped accepting payments by Paypal / Credit Card from our website. You may wonder why.Recently one customer who posed  introduced himself as “Michel D Harding from USA did money transfers dividing into several small transfers. This name was a false name. The telephone number given by him was also non-existing. He wanted the car to be exported to an African country. Thinking that he has sent the money,  we bought the car desired by him and carried it to the port. Then, suddenly we received a notice from Paypal that the transactions were under scrutiny.  The cards he used seem to be counterfeit ones. 

We, at our end, can not check which card is counterfeit. We came to know about this fraud one week after we purchased the car for him when we had already bought the car for the customer and had sent it to the port; so we lost lot of money from our side.  We have lost trust in such customers who try to take advantage using fake cards. We can see that there is a big risk by accepting payments by Paypal or Credit card.  Also the hackers’ attacks have became terrible on our website. So in order to strengthen the security of our website we have decided to remove the payment option by Paypal?Credit Card. We will accept money by T.T. or Western Union.

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We are proud to introduce our new web site for buying Used Japanese Trucks. We have designed this website with our customers at the center of our preoccupations. Customers can easily search for Japanese Used Trucks matching their requirements from various auctions in Japan.

One can buy any types of used trucks of any Japanese make like Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Honda, Mazda, Fuji Heavy, Daihatsu, Suzuki, Isuzu, Hino, Nissan Diesel and others for all types like LCV, Mini Trucks, Light Duty Trucks, Medium Duty Trucks, Heavy Duty Trucks, Tractor Trucks, Dump Trucks, Concrete Mixers, Septic Service Truck, Cooling Van, Insulated Panel Van, Refrigerator Trucks, Special Trucks etc. from our site.

Please check our new site for Used Japanese Trucks at

http://www.01truck.com/

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I went to Okinawa from 10th to 11th July on a friendship tour with some fellow Japanese car exporters. Okinawa is located south of mainland Japan in the East China Sea. We were there for just two days but we did a lot of sightseeing as we were discussing about business.

Especially Mr.Nishida (President of Oriental Trading) and Mr.Nakajima (President of AID company) were awake till 5:30 AM discussing about the business. They are really workaholic !! I tried to stay awake till 4:00 AM, but could not control my sleep anymore.

In Okinawa, some cars are sold cheaper than in any other place in Japan. So I’d like to establish a branch in Okinawa someday. They have a free trade zone in Okinawa. I was strongly impressed by that.

You can see here pictures of my friends who went with me to Okinawa.

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For those who wish to bid for used cars from auction, please note that you need a deposit at least  100,000 Yen for every car you wish to bid for. This is to protect our interest, in case you would not buy the car after we buy the car from auction for you.

We will honestly tell you about the start price at the auction and maximum price at which similar cars were sold at the previous auctions. You have to use your judgement andarrive at your bid price; also keeping in mind your budget. If you are lucky, you can bid for a price lower than average market price and you can still buy the car at that price if nobody bids higher than you and the seller is willing to sell at that price. 

Today we experienced a problem.  One buyer from Cyprus sent a deposit of 100,000 yen via T/T. He also called me to confirm the bank transfer and expressed his interest in buying a car from the auto auction. I was happy that we had a new customer. But several hours later, another man called claiming the same name and he said he wanted us to return his money immediately.

Of course we would return the money if the customer wants it, but in this case we noticed there was something strange. If I send back the money, and if the real customer surfaces later, that would be a problem. My real customer would lose money by my mistake. So this time I decided to keep his deposit for 2 months unless he buys the car from us.  Some developing countries have many regulations about sending money by T.T. and I have to be very careful if such requests arise asking for returning the money deposit.

Please do not worry. We always keep our customer’s money safe, and normally we return their money immediately if they desire.  We just charge the bank transfer charges to the customer. We have different bank accounts for customer’s deposit.

One more notice. I got a deposit from Mr.Richard from Aucland NZ on 19th May. But so far he hasn’t contacted to me.  Mr.Richard please contact us !!We are waiting for your contact.

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