I took 2 ”Skyline GT-R maniac”s from Germany to Japanese car auction, USS Tokyo, last week.
They looked really having fun participating in auction.

Dos Alemanes nos visitaron la semana pasada.
Ellos compraron dos ‘Slyline GT-R Maniac’ en USS tokio.
 

 
（They succeeded in getting 2 GT-Rs at the auction last Thursday.）

And they told us that there are few GT-Rs in Germany, but people,
especially young people, love it. It is wonderful that everyone in the world loves Skyline.

This is the first time for us to export Skylines to German, however, we hope we are going to export more GT-Rs to Germany in the future
and many car maniacs to try driving with that nice car!

Unfortunately, one of them had to back to Germany in a hurry, but we had some beers with another customer at the bar near our office last Friday night. After drinking, one of our office clerks showed him around Kabuki-cho, busiest town in Shinjuku. There are not only many Japanese but also so many non-Japanese day and night. We recommend you to experience that hot town.

We will welcome everyone from the world who likes Japanese car and loves beer!

Ellos nos contaron que haya un poco de GT-R en aleman,pero la gente joven especial lo ama a GT-R.
Es primera ves que nosotros exportamos Skyline a alemania,pero nos encantariamos exportar mas
GT-R a alemania!!

Unos dias despues,uno de ellos regreso a su pais y con otro fuimos a tomar cerbesa el viernes pasado
en un bar donde esta cerca de nuestra oficina.
Despues de tomar,guiamos a Kabuki-cho,donde esta mucha gente y es centro de shinjuku.
Habia muchos japoneses pero tambien habia muchos extranjeros el dia y la noche.
Recomendaoms que tenga una experiencia en Kabuki-cho ,Japon!!
Porfavor acuerdense que ustedes siempre bienvenidos,visitense si usted quiere conocer a japon o
le gusta la cerbeza!!

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For buyers who wish to buy used Japanese vehicles from auto auctions on  a regular basis, we encourage to visit our company office in Tokyo. We can then persoanlly accompany you to various auto auctions in and around Tokyo. It can be a valuable experience for your used car import business.

If you visit our office, I recommend you to stay in Hotel Kinuya in Ueno, Tokyo. This hotel is just 10 min on walk from our office. You can check their homepage at

http://www.kinuyahotel.jp

It is about 65 US$ a night and conveniently accessible from Narita International airport.

For commuting from Narita airport to Ueno, I recommend you to take the Keisei Skyliner Express train. You can check more details at

http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/keisei_us/top.html

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We have a good news for you. We are introducing a flat fee for buying cars at auction. The fees depend on the membership type. So we suggest you first complete the membership application at our new website

http://www.best-trade-auction.com

This website also has useful information such as freight calculator, currency converter etc. for the cars of your interest.

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We are introducing a new rule about membership and deposits for used car  auction.  From now on, we will have various membership plans and benefits for our customers to ensure high quality service.

Once you enroll as our member, depending on the number of vehicles you purchased, you’ll be placed in a membership category. Thus, a new member stats as ‘Red’ member, and gradually progresses towards the ‘Premium’ status.

Our cost calculation is straight-forward. Our fees include our commission, auction fee, Japanese domestic transportation charges, and Forwarder fees (customs in Japan) and the fees vary depending on the membership type.

For example, if you are a Premium Member, and succeed in getting a car at JPY 500,000 at the auction,

your total cost would be JPY 500,000 (car cost) + JPY 70,000 (our fees) = JPY 570,000 (FOB price).

To arrive at the CIF price add the freight fee (from Japan to your country’s port) to the FOB price.

*.Please note that you will have to pay 5% commission charges on car costs exceeding JPY 1,000,000. For example, if you are a Premium Member and if you would succeed in getting a car at JPY 2,000,000 at the auction, then you’ll have to pay extra commission of  (2,000,000-1,000,000)x5% = JPY 50,000. 

Thus, the total price of the car will be 2,000,000 + 70,000 + 50,000 = JPY 2,120,000

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I attended USS Tokyo auto auction last week. Then I bought one Mazda Familia. It was auction Grade “4″, however my friend Mr.Nishimura found that it was grade “R” few days ago.  I was very surprised knowing that. Of course  we complained about it to USS, however, they refused our claim. They insisted that it was not a vehicle damaged in accident. I did not want to send a restored vehicle to my customer, so I cancelled the order. I had to pay 70,000 yen as cancellation fee. So the morale is buying cars in auction is sometimes risky. But we keep our customers happy even if we have to face a loss.

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I went to Japanese motorcycle auction together with one of my customers on Tuesday.

Normally the shipping cost for motorcyles is very high from Japan. However, if 30 motorbikes can be stacked in a 20 feet container; so the shipping cost becomes cheaper if more than 30 motorcyles are shipped in containers.

You are always welcome if you wish to go with me personally to attend motorcycle, car or truck auction in Japan.

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Recently, the USS auction hall opened even in Kobe.  The auction of Kobe was opened on last Sunday.  So now every day there is car auction somewhere in Japan. Japanese people love working. (I am not that typeactually, but I have to) Working for 15 hours every day, and even on holidays is normal for Japanese.

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Last Thursday we had a meeting at JUMVEA Tokyo about how to export cars from Japan to used cars auctions in UK on a regular basis.

The main members of this UK auction project committee were as follows

AUTO BELL JAPAN

AUTO SQUARE

AUTO UNIC

BEST TRADING

FUKUDA TRADING

HERO TRADING

IWAKI ALL

NISHIKAWADA

NSS INTERNATIONAL

PINE PLAIN

PROGRESS

RAMA DBK

SANSEI SHOKAI

TRAFFIC

YOKOHAMA TRADING

After the meeting,  we had some discussions about the Japanese car export business over few drinks.  It was followed by a second meeting at Roppongi with Mr.Mituhashi ( President of Yokohama Trading) and Mr.Takeda (President of Auto Square). I could get some valuable insights from them about the car export business.

Normally I work for over 15 hours everyday, but I learned that Mr.Takeda used to work for more hours when he established his company. He is a really excellent president. He is a president who can command respect by his results.

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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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1. Me at the auction site

2. JUMVEA President giving speech

3. Liverpool Auction

4. South Hampton Auto Auction

5. Customers at Liverpool Auction

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