I went to the old BOE and asked their advice. They were like, "sell a car? Such a thing has never been done in Japan. What you need to do is pay someone to throw it away." Screw. That. I just payed shakken in Feb. Surely used cars can be sold somehow in a country where they are so expensive in the first place.
So I went to Fukuoka Now and posted an online classified ad. We'll see if it sells. This was the only pic I had on hand of the car:
Humour and sex. I should be in advertising.
Oh and I got the car tax note yesterday. I wonder if I still have to pay that if I sell this thing soon.
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And speaking of "Frack me," caught season three of Galactica on youku (the Chinese pirate's answer to youtube--odd how knowing Japanese lets me navigate that site). That finale was awesome! And it even made me like Lee a little. Just a little.
LOVE the ad. My license is expired, I can't afford a car, nor do I need one, nor could I realistically have one since I live in a crappy room in crowded Roppongi, but I still had to fight the urge to BUY YOUR CAR!
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you sell the car here in Saitama?
ReplyDeleteI'd have to find parking in the meantime before it sold.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmmm...
ReplyDeletedoes that hmmmmmm mean you have an idea?
ReplyDeleteWell, I get flyers in my mailbox from companies that want to buy used cars. Yet, I understand you have a problem, if you don't have a parking lot until you sell it. I also see ads in real estate companies' windows that sell parking space on a monthly basis (no idea about the rules, sorry) and then having considered all that information, and the fact that it is still GW, I kind of just went "Hmmmm..."
ReplyDeleteSeems like a waste of money if you just consider getting rid of it without getting any money for it.
Loved the cool hat, BTW.
(Alternative answer - the girl in the photo made me go "Hmmmm...")
Of course you can sell a used car in Japan. Just look at all the massive magazines and online listings of second-hand ones. There are chains (eg Cow-Cow) that specialise in buying them. However, and this is probably what the BOE was on about, the typical JETmobile probably isn't worth the shaken. Do a search on something like goo.net for the same make and model and see what it's worth.
ReplyDeleteAmerican Gis are always looking for used cars. Park it on a lemon lot on a base somewhere. Its worth a try.
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