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The annual large Japanese holiday “Golden week” will be upon us soon. The auctions will be on holiday for the following days: Last normal day for auctions: April 27th (Saturday) First normal day for auctions after the break  Wednesday 8th

Some people consider buying through Provide Cars cars from the Japanese used car auctions as a risk.  How do you know the cars in the auctions are alright? Personally, I would find buying from a dealers stock list as a greater risk! Is the appraisal of the car exporter unbiased? Is there something the exporter doesn’t… Continue reading Risks of NOT purchasing from the Japanese car auctions

The export timeline. So which one is faster? Buying from a dealers stock or buying from the auctions. First of all we need to understand the process of exporting a used car out of Japan. A car is purchased by an exporter, agent, Japanese used car dealer, and in our examples case, Provide Cars. The… Continue reading The car export timeline. Which is faster? Buying from the auctions or from a dealers stock?

Advantages: Price You will get the best price, especially if you are patient. Exporters, Japanese car dealers all buy from the auctions for their stock as that is the cheapest place to purchase a vehicle in Japan. It is purchasing at the wholesale rate, rather than the retail rate as through a dealers stock page.… Continue reading The advantages and disadvantages with buying through the auctions

Car passed. Negotiation, what to do? The whole realm of “negotiation” after a car has passed in the Japanese used cars auctions not many bidders seem to understand the whole process. Some of them want to: Offer a bid under the passed bid price! (No sorry that will not work, (the auction will not even… Continue reading How to negotiate the price when a cars has passed in the Japanese car auctions

Many people buy cars from Japan by going to a dealers homepage, looking at the stock item then buying. Did you know this is “retail buying”?  Did you know you could save $100s of dollars and probably even $1000s of dollars if you bought wholesale? Buying wholesale is buying from the “source”, buying from where… Continue reading “Wisdom” is to buy from the Japanese used car auctions

Now is the time to buy! In the Japanese used car auctions vehicles increase this time of year. If vehicles increase this time of year, then due to the law of supply and demand, the auctions become over-supplied, and to sell a vehicle you have to accept a lower price. All the better for the… Continue reading Bargain time of year to buy in the Japanese car and truck auctions

You may need to check your chassis wall to check the number hasn’t been replaced if you have one of the following top 7 stolen vehicles from Japan: 2010 2011 2012 Toyota Hiace 2,519 2,773 1508 Toyota Landcruiser 865 1,071 1,085 Toyota Celsio 1,279 1,419 1,071 Toyota Crown 867 926 971 Toyota Prius 209 514… Continue reading Was your Japanese car export stolen?

Is there any variation from one Japanese car auction to another?   Should I purchase from any Japan car auctions or should I ask my agent to look for vehicles in certain specific Japanese vehicle auctions? Personally I would only choose to purchase from certain auctions if I was purchasing a car for myself.  There are a number of factors… Continue reading Japanese Car Auctions

Was it your country?  Let’s look at the top 25 countries that imported used cars from Japan in 2012.  Of course, Myanmar was there, but was it number one?  Take a look below: