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JAPAN TRADINGS-Cheap used car wholesale and export from Japan.
About Auction
Auction house is a place where Japanese local dealers like a Toyota dealer, are buying cars for their retail and selling their trade-in cars. And only members are allowed to enter.
Your local dealers are also buying car from Japanese auction through export agent like me. Idea! why not you buy car from Japanese auction directory like your local dealers do, so that you are able to save huge money which you can use it somewhere else.
With my assist, you are able to bid directly and equally against local dealers and other buyers. There is no handy caps.
A huge auction house is looked like movie theater as you can see in the picture. Big screens show each car auctioned. The system is completely computerized. I buy cars as I see the screen with switch button in my hand.
Every minute cars are brought in one after another for Auction. About 1200-8000 cars are auctioned everyday in Japan.
Those cars are inspected by qualified inspectors and the result is written in inspection sheet and inputted the information into the computer system. Each car is graded from 1-5 or A ( Accident ). higher grading is better car.
I am be able to check auction list through my laptop and find your target before auction start. If I could find your target , I nofify you about it and go to auction to see your target more in details. You will need to find out a bit price with car detailed information which I will report to you from an auction house.
When I buy cars, I push a button for bidding, one push is 3000yen to 6000yen depends on auctions.
And highest bidder win a car!! It takes about 15seconds for one car to be sold.
Example of description
- Right front fender has a key scratch
- rear bumper corner has minor dented.
- Tyres will need to be replaced to new ones.
- drivers seat has minor tabbaco burn.
With this information you will need to find out a bit price,!
- how much cost to repair those parts?
- how much cost for shipping?
- how much for custome clearlance?
- Are there any cost other than these?
Here is my experience
when I was working for a big exporting company, I got to auction about 7:00am and started to checking cars.
I had about 100 targeted cars everyday. Normally auction start 9:30. I had to finish checking off by the time( about in 2 hours). So when I checked cars, normally there was only less than 1 minute to check one vehicle.
This is because so many cars has to be inspected in a certain time. 1800-7000cars are auctioned a day and I had to check lots of cars in 2-3hours. It was impossible to check car thoroughly. And it was not nice service to customers. However, my service was going on like that way. Of course, there were lots of complains.
In many cases , further worse, even after purchasing customer`s car, I did not have enough time to check purchased vehicle. Because auction finish late night and there was no power to check car which I had bought in auction.
So, cars were sent to the port without dubble check like this way. This is why you were realized , when the boat arrived, the car you bought is quite different from your buyer was described.
This was OK for big customers as they are able to make complain. On the other hand, it is just disaster for small company or private buyers as big exporters do not have time to discuss with you and those powerless customer result in disappointing. This happens everyday.
I believe that for providing a best service, I do not want to check more than 40cars in one auction. With more then 40cars, I have to give up the high quality service.
So now,I am sure that I spend more than 5 minute to inspect your target vehicle so that I am able to provide you more accurate information about your target. I will make sure if the car has no problem for selling.
After I buy your vehicle, I do test drive and re-check more than 20 check items, and record it and send to you with shipping document.
Auction sheet or Inspection sheet.
The auction house provides the details for each vehicle. We say this as Auction sheets or Inspection sheets.
Inspectors write all information into inspection sheet one by one. Not only basic information, the manufacturer, Year, Km, color, options,,,, buy also, detail condition, scratch, dent,,,
Those conditions are described as a symbol And position of symbols in a diagrams shows where scratches or dents are.
Symbol examples More details in here- A : minor scratch
- A1:
- A2
- A3 scratch needs paint
- D: Pin dent
- D2: dents
- D3:
- D4: Dent need panel works
Higher numbers more damaged.
Like this, very easy to know the condition of a car from symbols Finally, inspectors judge total Auction grade and interior grade ( example shown bellow)
All information is written by Japanese except numbers. Each car has a grade generally from 3-5. If a car had been in an accident no number is used; It is graded as "A" or "R". Of course, grade5 is more expensive than grade3.5. This is very important idea when you make decision on bit price. Each car has each condition, this is why I will describe your target in detail for you to make a good price decision.
sample of photos and aninspection sheet.
It shows, Kms, Color, year, grading, so on.
In this example, 1995, Skyline, Coup, 77,000km,manual transmission, Factory alloys, Spoiler, Car condition grade is 4, Steering wheel worn, and so on.
I will send the original inspection sheet with shipping document to you after I buy car for you.
Auction Grade reference
| 5 | you will not spend any, and more expensive |
| 4.5 | Almost you will not spend any, it might be needed smal pannel work or smal bumper repaire |
| 4 | You will repair 1-2 panels, and 1 bumper. I often buy this grade. most of case very clean |
| 3.5 | most of cars fall in this category (averagecondition) . you will spend 3-4pannels and 1-2 bumpers need to repaire |
| 3 |
you will spend 4-5pannels and 1-2 bumper, or you repair other part. Normally I do not buy unless ordered |
| A or R |
Accident Some people do not care this, especially sport type of cars |
In the example of silver Skyline, the auction grade is 4 as you can see Also, interior grade falls on C , which you can see under the number 4 in a picture.
Interior grade
- A: Very clean
- B: It will need cleaning
- C: It might have cigarette burns and some default
- D: Need a work, Normally I do not buy unless ordered
Just one word or symbol like "tobacco burns" this must not enough word for you to make a good decision, This is why I go to auction and to see myself the extent of burns and describe you this.