Autotraderimports.com may require a deposit of 100,000 JPY or 30% deposit of the intended purchase price. This is determined at by Autotraderimports.com depending on the individual customer.

Autotraderimports.com  will refund deposits upon cancellation PRIOR TO PURCHASE less any bank service charges and administration fees. Further more we cannot control, and will not be responsible for fluctuations in exchange rates and banking fees.

Cancellation for cars purchased through tradecarview will only be accepted prior to shipment and will be subject to re-embursment of all costs incurred by Autotraderimports up to the point of cancellation including storage, transport, documentation, bank transfer fees, and any other incidentals. This also applies to cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances of the clients personal situation, shipping delays, delays in shipment bookings, and fluctuations in exchange rates. We cannot accept responsibility for any delays or problems unforeseen or promoted by a third party.

Our service is purely used to source and secure vehicles in Japan on our client’s behalf.
Autotraderimports.com will inspect every car personally unless otherwise requested by the customer.
We will translate all auction sheets and report on the condition of the car ON THE DAY.

Autotraderimports.com is not a car dealer and it must be noted that we do not offer a warranty on any vehicle purchased on our customer’s behalf. All cars are purchased on a “as is where is basis”. The auctions provide a report on each car which will be available if requested. We do not guarantee the accuracy of this report as the auctions provide it and is compiled by auction staff, not Autotraderimports.com. All cars are purchased with a degree of risk; however we will inspect the car on the day and report to our client what we see on the day.
If you need to purchase a warranty it would be advisable to see your local car dealer for assistance.

Autotraderimports.com will not be liable or held responsible for any damage incurred leading up to, or during shipping. Nor will we enter into negotiation or accept claims from any party. It must be noted that we are not the shipper and we take NO RESPONSABILATY.

Autotraderimports.com can not be held responsible or liable for anything beyond its control relating.
This includes any damage or negligence by auction houses, shippers, transporters, shipping agents, natural disasters, mechanical failure or electrical corrosion, delays or unscheduled stops or rules and regulations governing the customer’s individual importation laws. Further more we cannot control and will not be responsible for fluctuations in exchange rates and banking fees.

All cars are sold by Auto Trader Imports and belong to Auto Trader Imports at the time of purchase until paid  in full buy the Auto Trader Imports customer.

Auto Trader Imports may purchase cars direct from dealers or car owners based in Japan prior to auction which may result in incorrect auction prices due to direct purchase.

Full payment of the vehicle or vehicles must be paid within 48 hours vehicle purchase.
This payment will include all fees applicable to the particular purchase. If the client fails to make payment in an allotted time frame we will attempt to work with the client for a further negotiated amount of time. If the client fails again to meet this deadline the vehicle will be re auctioned at the customer’s expense.

Autotraderimports.com will provide the customer with all Japanese documents necessary for importing the car only once payment has been made in full and we have received the documents ourselves. We will take no responsibility for customer’s negligence, postage failure or delays, natural disasters, or anything else that may cause delay or loss of these documents once they have left the office of Autotraderimports.com
Autotraderimports.com will not give out any personal information to third parties unless we are requested to do so legally or for the purposes of shipping and clearing of the vehicle. Nor will we sell the customers personal information without the express permission of the said customer.

Autotraderimports.com may from time to time send our customers information about Autotraderimports.com and other associated business ventures. By using our services you the customer accept this.

Arrival Notice

Bill of Lading (B/L)

CFR or C&F (Cost and Freight) (…Named Port of Destination):

CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) (…Named Place of Destination):

FOB (Free On Board) (…Named Port of Shipment):

(Ro/Ro)

Pro Forma Invoice

Commercial Invoice

Letter of Credit (LC)

Confirmed Letter of Credit

Irrevocable Letter of Credit

Confirming Bank

Consignment

Consignee

Consignor

Shipper

Freight Forwarder

Demurrage

Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 18:00pm

Saturday
9:00am – 10:00am

Sunday
Closed
(GMT+9hours) 

We will do our best to respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.
Should you have an inquiry, please email to sales@autotraderimports.com

Please try Skyping us as someone maybe online!

Please wait to receive the departure and arrival date of your shipment via email from the shipping company within 2 weeks from the date of confirmation.

In some cases we will contact you to obtain further information required before shipment, otherwise, leave it up to us. We will advise shipment details once the vehicle is confirmed for shipment by the shipping companies. Please keep a note of the arrival date and confirm with the local shipping agent in case the arrival date has been changed.

We strongly recommend you to contact your local clearing agent or shipping agent to confirm the arrival date before you collect your vehicle.

Delivery of your vehicle to your nearest port will depend on the timing of your payment and the shipping company’s schedule.
Please ask approximate delivery times for each region.

This is your first step for your purchase progress and we strongly advise that you read this email for 90% of answers to your questions!

Yes unfortunately we have to make some money even though many people think we get paid by the auction.  We wish it was that easy.

If you are buying from stock our fee is built into the price of that car and is usually about 5 ~ 7 % of the purchase price. So as you can quickly work out a 300,000 JPY car does not give us much in the way of income. You may ask why dont we add on a higher percentage? The fact is to remain competitive within this market we prefer volume. This enables us to get more exported monthly and we can help people with smaller budgets into better cars.

When we buy a car from auction for you our fee is built into the all up car cost ex Japan and this is called FOB. When we quote you we will always quote FOB which covers everything required when purchasing a car here. Below is a small breakdown of what we pay every time we buy a car.

1. Car Cost

2. Auction Fees ( yes we have to pay the auction for every car )

3. 5% tax

4. Recycle Fee

5. Customs Clearance

6. Transportation Within Tokyo ( additional transportation will be charged for vehicles purchased outside of Toyko )

7. Plus  5 ~ 7 % Buying Service fee based upon the purchase price

This total equates to 80,000 ~ 90,000 JPY per car purchased. There is no escaping these charges so be very careful if you are told there is no fee as it is false. Everything described from 1 ~ 6 is inescapable for any exporter in Japan as they are fixed charges when buying from auction.

Contact us direct if you still have more questions about this: sales@autotraderimports.com

If we allow people to bid on cars themselves we would own more cars than we ever dreamed of. Buying cars electronically is very difficult and requires weeks of practice.

Further more you must be a paid up member of the auction system here in Japan to bid.

We are here to do this for you and will be your eyes and ears on the ground.

By using our auction system you are able to place bids that we can control from our Tokyo office. Place your bid anytime and we will receive confirmation of this and contact you for further instructions. Please dont make bids less than the starting price at auction as your bid will not be registered by our staff.

You must be a member to bid ( http://www.usedcars.co.jp/register )  Guest members do not have bidding rights sorry.

Sure you can come here and buy your cars. Just make sure that it is worth while. We advise that buying 1 or 2 cars it will be best to let us do the buying for you.

However if you are going to buy multiple units it is advisable to come on over and see how it all works. You are very welcome. Please note the we do not sponsor visa`s so please do not ask as refusal often offends.

While you are here we will collect you from the airport and arrange a hotel to your specified budget, plus take you to auctions within Tokyo during your stay.

There are some minor conditions that need to be discussed prior to arrival so please contact graeme@autotraderimports.com for more information.

We buy according to demand and price. Obviously it would be impossible to stock every type of car that we are asked for as the variations and financial outlay is immensely prohibitive.

Most of the cars we advertise on our website either belong to us directly or to one of our local Japanese contacts. Remember that all stock cars are sourced from originally at auction and auction is still the preferred method of purchase for us and should be for you if your ultimate goal is to save money.

We hold around 150 cars on a monthly basis. If we dont have what you want please refer to our Car Estimate Page and we will give you and idea of what your dream car may cost from auction here in Japan.

http://www.autotraderimports.com/estimate

1. Vehicle size ( the larger it is the more it costs )

2. Distance the vessel must travel to reach its final destination.

3. Frequency of the shipping line.

Please ask one of our staff for a shipping price to your country and remember to include the vehicle Type.

sales@autotraderimports.com

RoRo Shipping

Possibly the most preferred and most economical method of shipping cars. Vehicles are driven onto huge multi level ships by trained staff and then secured to the ship floor using anchor points underneath of the vehicle. There is no way the car will move.

RoRo is great for the shipping of more than one unit and is normally less expansive than using a container as there is no *vanning required.

RoRo is used on more frequent shipping lines and is very efficient. Please ask your Auto Trader Imports contact representative for more information.

Container Shipping

Container shipping is exactly as the name suggests.

Why do we still use containers? One reason is some people want there cars protected 110% from any outside element. This is where a closed and sealed container meets the need. Vehicles are carefully placed in either 20″ or 40″ containers depending on numbers and then they are secured in place around the axles etc and fastened to the container itself. Japanese are very good at this and have perfected this to a near perfect business. Loading a car into a container is called *Vanning.

The second reason containers are still used is for infrequent shipping lines.  If your country is not a major importer of used vehicles the shipping company will use containers as they can have containers with different items going to the same country. ( dont worry your container will only have a car inside )

Mostly shipping is based on the following.

1. Distance to travel

2. Size of unit

3. Quantity of units

4. Shipping frequency

5. Fees and charges

Basically if you are close to Japan and your country is a major importer that does not impose heavy taxes it shipping will be cheap. However if you are far away and it takes a long time to ship it may be expensive.

Example: ( based upon a Mercedes Benz 500SL ) + or – depends upon country so please ask.

Canada $1,100 US

France, Germany Europe etc $1,050 + or-

Caribbean $1,700　+

Oceana $1,200 + or -

Asia $900

UAE $850

What does LIVE mean?

What this means is that we click a button on our computer to increase our bid until we either get the car, or it goes over our customer’s budget, so that we stop bidding. Now, since we are dealing with fractions of a second ( cars sell every ten seconds ) there is a risk that when we get close to the customers budget, a single click on our side could be preceded by other bidders clicking their buttons, resulting in a jump in the price taking, taking it a little over the customers’ maximum bid. We have two choices about how we approach this,

First of all, most of our customers realize that, since they are winning cars at auction for less than their budget most of the time, the occasional car bought a little over is not a problem.

For a minority of customers, their maximum bid price is a hard and fast limit. Unfortunately, what this means in practice is that we have to stop bidding a little below their maximum bid price to avoid the risk of a single click pushing the final price over the customer’s maximum bid. The unfortunate side effect of this is that there are cars which would have been buyable within the customer’s budget that end up being won at auction by other bidders. We adjust our bidding style in consultation with each customer.

It is you the customer who decides the bid!

Keep in mind that if your country is politically unstable or has issues that have arisen due to corruption or warfare we may have some trouble.

However on a whole we ship to nearly every corner of the world on a monthly basis.

Our business is selling cars, not milking customers for membership fees!

However, we obviously cannot bid on cars which we will have to pay the auction for within a few days unless we know that we are dealing with a serious customer.

Prior to live bidding you will be requested to pay a 100,000 JPY deposit to our HSBC bank account. This deposit is fully refundable if we are unsuccessful but is a requirement to show that our customer is serious about buying a car. ( you could imagine the financial nightmare if we purchased every car upon an email without a deposit )

For your information every time a Japanese exporter buys a car from auction in Japan our bank account is debited for the full amount immediately!

This is a one time deposit and will not be requested a second time once we have established a good working relationship that is developed upon mutual trust.

Basically, we will retain this deposit here for the whole period you are buying from us. If at some point in the future you decide not to buy cars from Japan anymore, you can ask us to close your account and we will refund this deposit to you, minus only the cost of the bank transfer charges, and any money you still owe us for previous purchases (if any).

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However you will not be able to make bids from this link, it is only for searching!

To sign up and make bids please use this link here! http://www.usedcars.co.jp/register

You can use your own user name and password plus place bids on cars!

Your bid can only be accepted upon notification from one of our staff members.