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Well, I havent hit the hassle point yet. So far its been smooth, but the car is still in Japan. I expect a headache at Canada Customs.
So far I have:
Shopped, looked, bid and won.
So far I have not:
- Wired funds to Japan
- Had the car shipped to dock
- Loaded car onto boat from dock.
- Transport Car to BC
-Unload car into customs
- Complete required customers paperwork.
- Paid Duty
- Paid GST
- Had car shipped to Sask, Etc.
So Far, I probably have about 15 hours all tolled put in this. Majority of which was searching for the car itself. 2nd most amount of time was trying to find an exporter in Japan that I thought I could trust. I have spent about 3 hours on the phone with Japan. Nice thing is, he calls me, so no phone bill. Crappy thing is, they are 15 hours ahead. This means most of the events occur whilst I sleep. There is only a short communication window each day, unless you are the guy who stays up till 4 am. (I certainly am not)
It is a gamble of sorts. Its odd buying a car basically sight unseen, and with no test drive or PPI. Although the broker in Japan can go look at the car, they cannot "inspect" it. All they can really do is start it..... If it comes in good shape, I got a good deal. If it comes in rough shape, I still have a lot of money to spend before I am at the price of one of these here.
Honestly, if it works out at all, I think I will turn it into a business.
Tomorrow, I wire funds to Japan. Then I basically wait I guess.....
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