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Hi Everyone,

I am new to this club, and I was wondering if anyone had imported through Monkys INC.

Please feel free to PM me with your experiences, any info would help as I may be importing a car from them soon

Thanks!

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  sukairain said:
Hi Everyone,

I am new to this club, and I was wondering if anyone had imported through Monkeys.

Please feel free to PM me with your experiences, any info would help as I may be importing a car from them soon

Thanks!

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no... but i`ve dealt with a few chimpanzees in my time

  sukairain said:
:P

Thanks for that, I meant Monkys the export company from Japan.

there is no real point dealing with these guys ,they are used car dealers that buy there cars from auction like everybody else and detail them before export ,most things they do prior to car leaving japan is done at compliance anyway ..oils ,filters ,brakes,tyres etc and a good detail is only $150 -$165 ..anything they do "extra" is charged at japan labour rates which is about twice the australian labour rate so personally i can`t see any real reason to buy from them .there is a thousand "exporters" over there ..which basically means "we take car from auction house to port for you"

just my opinion anyway :)

  jake32 said:
there is no real point dealing with these guys ,they are used car dealers that buy there cars from auction like everybody else and detail them before export ,most things they do prior to car leaving japan is done at compliance anyway ..oils ,filters ,brakes,tyres etc and a good detail is only $150 -$165 ..anything they do "extra" is charged at japan labour rates which is about twice the australian labour rate so personally i can`t see any real reason to buy from them .there is a thousand "exporters" over there ..which basically means "we take car from auction house to port for you"

just my opinion anyway cheers.gif

I actually didnt know that changing oils ,filters ,brakes,tyres were compliance.

Good stuff, good to know though.

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.....is about twice the australian labour rate .....

Im actually from Canada where importing from Japan is now just taking off. Its been said that in Canada we are where you guys were 4 years ago in terms of importing, so I figured I would see what the more experienced guys had to say

Thanks!

:laugh:

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