Buy Used Cars from Japanese Auction

There are multiple cars in auction because of Masho fee charged by Japanese Government after every 2 years on the vehicle running on roads of Japan. The fee increases with growing years, to discourage use of cars after 2 years of production, so Japanese prefer to buy new car instead of using the existing one. Hence every moment a number of cars come in auction houses of Japan, which needs to be cleared out from Japan. The Japanese Government gives recycling fee to exporter of these cars; hence there are a number of companies working on this.


But the question is that there is a physical restriction for a person to buy a car from Japan, especially if he is on far end from Japan. The advent of internet has made things easy, as now on can buy used cars by just a single click online. But the chances of fraud are high in direct dealing, it is better that one should buy through a company having years of experience in this regard.

The initial step is to look for a genuine company, for that one should confirm through sea port, as most of the cars from Japan comes through sea port. Even if your country is land locked you can get the car on nearest port. The other way to check genuineness of the company is the online research through search engines and social media. One can even check with friends and acquaintance that buy used cars and get it well in shape.

Then one should ask for the overall process from bidding to the shipment of the car. This should be kept in mind that companies claiming that auction deposits need to be given to auction houses have less credibility because 90% of Japanese auction houses charge fee only when the bid gets successful. So make sure that while talking to the company you judge credibility on your own. One can also gauge credibility by the number of interactions the sales person does with you, as people calling you frequently cannot be involved in fraud because it cost a lot in making international calls after-all.

One should also ask for Auction sheet as well, before making the purchase in order to make sure that the car is in good condition. Knowing about the basics of reading an auction sheet is also crucial, so either one should ask an expert to tell about the condition or one should learn to read the basic symbols. It is not that complicated, like a stands for scratch, XX for replaced parts, U for dent.

If you have done your home-work well, you will get a cheap car of quality. Enjoy the process.