Many times prospective customers ask us why they should buy an used car from exporters like us and not directly from the owners. Well, yes you can definitely find many owners selling their vehicles directly on classifieds sites or on ebay auctions.  Well, I advise them that if they are smart customers, they will first read the whole advertisement and decide for themselves whether or not the owner is legitimate and the if the information he is providing about the vehicle is correct. Many of these advertisements will reveal themselves as just fraud or nonsense; others will involve the sale of used automobiles by dealers. And very few will be legitimate advertisements for cars offered by owners who are giving you a great deal for their used car. Again, reading carefully makes all the difference.

For example, I had earlier tried to shop for used japanese cars at a reasonable price through yahoo auctions and Craig’s list. There were many choices and some offers looked great, but their price was much higher than the market price. Some cars were offered at low prices but they often had some faults or accidents or some parts like the air conditioner were not working. When I shortlisted some sellers and sent them my offer and requested them for a test drive, I was unable to get response most of the times. That was sheer waste of my time.

I also found some ads which were not coming directly from the owners, but those were from dealers. They had put ads for hundreds of cars and had listed as many as six different contact numbers in their ads. So it was obvious that the dealer was not having a legitimate busines and was probably a fraud, Or he was more likely a person trying to avoid paying company taxes by passing himself off as an owner. Such behavior affects the legitimate sellers like us trying to sell a decent car.

There are many other risks involved when you buy used cars directly from owners advertising on the net. Many of them are not familiar with the exporting formalities and will not be able to deliver the car or there may be extra hidden costs in the shipping process. And there is no gurantee that the vehicle you receive will be the same as that advertised.  However, we are a legitimate company in this business for several years. We buy used cars from our network of dealers and auction houses in Japan which satisfy our quality requirements, so we can gurantee the quality of the vehicles that you will receive.

Our motto is selling high quality used Japanese vehicles at a resonable price, and  customer satisfaction is our key to be in this business for a long time.

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