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With every pre-order, you first decide on what you want and what you can afford.
Once you know those two things, we can begin.
The first thing we need to find out
is how much ‘your’ vehicle sells for at the auction. To determine this, we browse
through (together) the auction history of the past 6 months to determine the average
winning bid. We then determine what we call the “maximum bid”. This will be the
value that we would use to bid from the auctions.
It is always a good idea to set
the maximum bid a little bit above average to increase your chances of landing the
vehicle. Bidding more does not mean paying more.
The great thing about the auctions
in Japan is that, even if you bid $2500, it does not mean you will pay that full
amount. Your bid will automatically out bid the next bidder by $50 until it passes
your max bid in which case you will not win. If no one bids on the vehicle or few
people did, your chance of winning at a lower amount is really high.
We are the
type of companies who like to under promise and over deliver. All our costs are
transparent to you. You will have access to all invoices along the way. You add
them up and that is what your cost is plus our fee. If I was to buy a car for company
stock, that would also be my cost--less my own fee of course.
Our service fee of
$1500 appears to be high but we guarantee 100% honesty through out the entire process.
You will likely notice that even with our $1500 fee, our competitors pricing are
still higher when they claim to only charge $1000. Go figure.
The process generally
takes 2 – 3 months. Again, we like to over deliver.
To begin, all we need is a deposit
for the amount of the ‘max bid’. Once the vehicle is won, then you will need to
wire the difference between the ‘max bid’ and the ‘Estimated Total Cost before we
ship it back.
Break Down of Estimated Landing Cost:
1992 Toyota Hilux Surf example:
Max Bid determined to be $2100
Freight: $1400 (on average)
Car Purchase and fees
(cost of car, recycle fee, shakken, inland transport, auction tax etc): $3150
Local
Duties and fees (based on landing in BC): $1300
Service Fee: $1500
Estimated Total Landing Cost: $7500 Cdn
*Plus or minus $200 depending on fuel prices at the time
of shipping.
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