Best Trading President’s Blog

Today I saw very strange accident,maybe the driver forgot to lock the cabin.

Are Japanese used cars not welcomed in the world countries? Yes, for government authorities, but for many people, the demands of Japanese cars is high. This is because Japanese used cars usually have low mileage and are in good condition, in spite of old models. Although Japanese used cars are recognized in the world, local factories do not produce such old models that are requested by users. Regulation of each country varies on its conditions : Some countries categorize Japanese used cars as “hobby,” when they admit importing old vehicles. On the contrary, countries without factory allow importing used cars only late model. There are more vehicles with left-handled than right-handled in world wide, thus many counties limit importing right-handled for safety purposes.
In developing countries, short of transportation facilities in addition to lacks foreign currency restrict importing foreign vehicles. Consequently, the price of vehicles becomes more expensive by the time they reach the market. While large enterprises seek market where they sell numbers of vehicles, small companies use different selling strategies. It is fun to talk about these strategies with entrepreneurs because some of them export vehicles to wild countries.

Exporting car parts is easier because it has less restriction. Usually exporters send them in a container. It is profitable, but packing up all those parts is hassle. For this reason some exporters send vehicle and parts in a same container.

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Office Clerk wanted at used car exporting companyCandidate must be able to communicate in Japanese and English (speak, read and write). Experience unnecessary, but prefer [tag]import/export/tag] office procedure skills (must have computer skills).

Office is located in Okachimachi, 4 minutes from Okachimachi Station by walk. Please attach resume and send it to sales@best-trade-car.com

Recently we have noticed many incidences where the customers sends us the payment for purchasing car or towards auction deposit, and then they immediately want their deposit/payment back right after the remittance. We usually try to refund money as soon as we can, but this is a time consuming job because we have to line up in the bank, and many times the beneficiary give us incomplete information of the bank. Also we have to pay bank charges for receiving and sending money

Consequently, we have decided that we will charge 20,000 Yen as our processing fees for each refund. Thus, please be cautious if you just want to send money and get immediate refund.

Also, to prevent scammers doing money laundering in this way, we can not refund the money to a bank account which is different from the one from where the money was sent.

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Recently we exported 40 mini trucks to USA. Owing to this popular demand, today we have added a new section to our homepage for Japanese Mini Trucks also poularly known as Kei Trucks. You can now check the Kei Truck stock at our Japanese Mini Truck Page.

Mini Trucks are small trucks from Japan which are very popular for off-road use in the U.S. The Mini Truck also known as the Kei Truck originated in Japan in 1964. In Japan they are used for everything from work on the farm to deliveries to fire engines. in Japan these mini trucks can be seen everywhere from downtown Tokyo to remote villages in the mountains. The term Kei refers to a the Kei class of vehicle in Japan which is a sub-compact class with engine displacement limited to 660cc.

There are several inherent advantages to these small vehicles, and the most obvious is their size. The compact size of these vehicles allows them to go almost anywhere, through small city streets, or on narrow country roads through the rice fields. The second biggest advantage of these vehicles is that they have a low cost of ownership. Kei trucks have many different uses like farm utility vehicles, off-road hunting vehicles, maintenance vehicles for schools, university campuses, golf courses, large factories, shipping yards, warehouse facilities, large ranches or dairies, horse stables, theme parks, camp grounds, airports, orchards, landscaping companies, nurseries, local municipalities, security companies, movie sets, cemeteries, the possibilities for these trucks are endless.

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I have a request to our customers. When you send enquiries to us, please write your address, name, telephone number and country clearly.

I won’t be able to reply to you without this information. E-mail is the fastest communication with customers for us, however, we can not reply if a person does not introduce oneself, or misses his contact information. In addition, I’d appreciate if you can keep previous correspondence as a record when you send me new e-mail. I send and receive hundreds of e-mails every day. To do this, it is so much easier to find what you are requesting from the previous correspondence. Thank you for your co-operation.

I traveled to Memphis and Jackson in the USA. Memphis is famous for Elvis Presley’s home town and Graceland is a place that Japanese President Koizumi had been invited by President Bush just recently. I visited in these towns for business travel, but I had trouble with the immigration because of the influence of the terrorist issue in UK. It was impossible taking with me such items: plastic bottles, tooth paste, and pills. I needed prescription by the doctor if I wanted to bring medicines in the airplane.

I had one hour and half transferring from Huston to Memphis, however, the airplane arrived at Huston with an hour delay, (well, this news didn’t make me laugh), it took another hour for getting out of the US custom. On top of that, in spite of I had mentioned my contact person, the immigration officers got me out of line for not providing enough information. By the time I was in line for an interview, I was exhausted of making several calls to my friends. (My friend reserved the hotel but I was not told where to stay) There is information counter for tourists in the airport. If people don’t make reservation in hotels, they cannot write information of accommodation, I wonder whoever don’t write where to stay on the custom declare form, are they suspected as members of terrorists? I think, it is easy to write false documents if a person want to do, so there is no solution for protecting us from those terrorists. It is nice of those security officers in the USA airport, but I would say…I had enough! They are wasting time. I had happened to meet a person in the plane on the way back from the USA. The person had big trouble because he didn’t have information of his accommodation. He was kept in the searching room for 2 hours. After I had been checked by the security on the way back form Memphis airport, I left my luggage in the waiting room and went to the washroom for 2 to 3 minutes. When I came back from the washroom, my luggage was gone! The security took away my luggage!

I admit that I was a bit careless, but I was going to take the first airplane in the morning and the security officer saw me going to the washroom. I got nervous because I didn’t want to miss the plane and if I missed it, I was not going to be able to make for another transfer. Fortunately, I got my luggage back at the last minute. What an experience I had in this travel! Well, it makes me think that it is not a good time going to the USA.Well, this time, I am not going to mention about the job, because my clients told me not to write about them. In this travel, I had an idea that I will get profit on non-registered vehicles in the USA. The people in the south are very friendly. They like simple life style. Although I don’t want to think about what had happened in the airport, I had a great time in there.

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One of the questions often asked by our customers is ‘When will my car get shipped?’

Well, most of the Japanese cars in our stock already have “de-registration documents” so we can start arranging the shipment next day we confirm your payment. Please get in touch with us to get an idea about the approximate ocean freight time for your country.

However, depending on the destination country, sometimes it may be difficult to book a shipment for the next available ship. For Carribean countries and Canada there are only few ships are available from Japan, and new cars get a priority for loading. Thus, the ocean Freight time will depend on the destination where you want to ship your car and may vary from several days to several months.

Please note that we can not be held responsible for any delay in shipping the vehicles purchased from us. But we always help you to sort out any problems if it is in our control.

To expediate the shipment process for certain countries with few ships from Japan, you can contact the local agent of the shipping company in your country and book a space for your car from Japan to your country. If you’d let us know the Shipping company, Vessel name, Voyage #, Estimated departure date and the Booking number, we can process the paperwork in Japan to ship your car.

Please understand that though we have good relations with the shipping companies, we do not own these companies, so your understanding is appreciated in case of any delays. Thank you !!

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Every month many of our customers from different parts of the world visit our office in Tokyo to attend used car auctions.

For such customers we have compiled useful information about Tokyo and Japan, so that they can make their trip a pleasant experience. Please check our Japan Information page for more details.

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We have a good news for customers in countries which have difficulties to send payment by Telegraphic transfer (T/T). We have now started accepting payments by Letter of Credit (L/C).
For more details about the payment terms and acceptable countries and issuing banks, please check our How to Buy page.

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