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We are using an "Importer" to import our Skyline, which we bought at Auction in Japan. We made payment for the vehicle three weeks ago ... yet, we have not been advised of any further details (ie. shipping, estimated arrival to Aust.) and when we ask, an answer has not been forthcoming.

Has anyone else had these problems?

Brett

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We have recieved replies to our emails and telephone calls - but unless we make the contact first, we are not contacted. These replies are non-committal and they also advise us that the information we are seeking is not easily available to them.

Has anyone else experience this type of delay?

How long did your car take to be shipped from time of purchase?

At this time, we don't want to name names, as up until the purchase of our skyline, the service we received was acceptable. Though, if three weeks turns into four weeks ... watch out! :P

My car took about 2 months to get here from purchase, including compliance, and trucking from Brisbane to Canberra.

Do you know where the car is right now?

Maybe they're having trouble getting it on a ship...but if so, why can't they just tell you :confused:

I really don't know...maybe they've got some kind of communication breakdown with "their people" in Japan...but they should have a track of where their customers cars are at...i mean, either it's on a ship or it's not!

keep harassing them till you get some answers, Buster! ;)

Darren...my 400R will be back :P

(just been too lazy to upload her!)

Don't know which state your in but this is how it works for WA

Once the vehicle has been bought from auction (and it depends which auction as well) the car is sent to the closest port that ships to W A.

We usually only get one ship or so a month( problem 1) and it leaves Japan on about the 28th and arrive around the 12/14th of the next month.Yes my GTR is due in 2 days.

The car has to be at the holding yard in Japan by about the 25th to get on the ship( problem 2).The broker will get the BL ( bill of lading ) from his Japan contact about 5/7 days before the ship is due in Perth( problem 3).

All going well , it gets offloaded, transported to compliancer and down the licensing centre in about 8/10 days after(problem 4).

Ask your broker if he has the BL yet , if not go back to problem 2 and work from there.

Ken

Your situation sounds very familiar to mine. I just got my car registered and on-road after a 5 month importing experience.

I imported thru J-Spec imports in Melbourne and found their pre-purchase service to be truly excellent. Their info and auction data and communication with me was top-class and I was very happy.

Then, after purchasing the car, there were numerous delays throughout every step of the process. Dereg and transport - Delayed. Shipping - very delayed. Customs clearance - Pretty quick. Compliance work - incredibly delayed. Compliance plates - ludicrously delayed.

I'd safely assume you wont suffer the same delays I did because the import scene has calmed down a bit after the changes in laws in May.

I finally got my compliance plate on last Thurday as well!! but ,my importer seems to have trouble doing the road worthy check and registration... reason such as fail to make an appointment.

Congrate Grim GTS-t, finally gott your car!! got any pictures? btw, how do you manage to do your roadworthy check and registration soo fast? Tell me your secret ;p

And to TheJackal, you got your car yet?

yeah i finally got the car....and finally got the compliance plates in the mail yesterday. BUT the car failed a road worthy yesterday :mad:

my importer put a new battery in my car, but put one that is too high and it wouldn't secure into the car so they wouldn't give me a road worthy. and now he wants me to buy a new battery and give him his battery back :eek:

hopefully it will all be fixed up in the next day or to and finally be on the road after 4 months or 16 weeks since I made payment.

My car took about 2 months from the date of purchase to being licensed last week. The longest delay was waiting for the car to be shipped over (3 weeks until it left Japan)... and waiting for the compliance plate to arrive from Canberra once the compliance work was completed (2 weeks). After reading other peoples experiences i consider myself lucky... you just have to be patient:) Now i just wanna go drive it:D

boo5t, you were just lucky mate :mad:

fat313, I know a few roadworthy workshops. As for the rego appointment, I called vicroads and they had a cancellation in just 2 hours. I had to rush to reattach the guages and dash, reconnect the factory BOV and get the car roadworthy. I JUST made it in time but it meant I had the car for the weekend.

When I rego'd it, the compliance plates had moved so quickly from printing to my car and to rego that the numbers on it hadn't even been entered into the national database yet. But the guys at the vicroads office were nice and said they'd register it for me and process the paperwork later!

Like I said, 4 months of delays then 1 final day of absolute mayhem!! As I cruise to work weaving between the traffic I know it was all worth it :P

Thejackal, that sucks about the battery. It sounds like it was a temporary fix that maybe Craig forgot about before sending you the car?

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