TradeCarView

II rate them 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. Bought my first car from trade car view n 3wks I had it in Kenya. I found them reliable n the car got home in gd condition
Please don't trade offline coz that's how many get into sour deals

I put 5 star on how quickly the seller shipped the item to avoid the pay trade to do any inspection, pay trade didn't stop the seller from shipping the car before inspection, and they passed it on without inspection, which is a service i paid for, they couldn't do much after shipping, the car had accident history undiscloused by the seller and not suitable for NZ Roads, cost me $1750 to get compliance and engineering report, be aware of this trader, dishonest, never trade again either with him or on this website either

Tradecarview.com claim that all seller in their list are reliable, but not a single company in their list is verified by Japan Company Trust Organization (JCTO) which is an Anti-fraud Organization in Japan.

My advice is DO NOT send money to any tradecarview.com recommended company. They all are scams and cannot passed JCTO Scrutiny. Be careful.

I bought my Xtrail thru Prosper. Prosper made rate by themself. But the rate is wrong. They changed all millege as low as. I found it thru cancellation paper. Then they say" Soory^^"
All the mileage on Prosper might be changed. Dont buy it there. You will cry...
If you doubt... go to the site, then ask them the cancellation paper. You will get it

This website is a complete rip off, they advertise to have carefully selected the sellers but it is absolutely not the case. I used a company reccommended by them called 41 export inc but turns out they are crooks. Their customer service is non existant! DO NOT USE THIS SITE

For those of you who want to or would like to use TRADE CAR VIEW, BE WARNED. YOU SHOULD READ THIS WEB SIDE AND PLEASE DO NOT USE AS THEY ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED, THESE ARE THE STRONGEST TERMS, I CAN POSSIBLY USE. PLEASE, PLEASE

Use Tradecarview.com If you want your money to disappear and become a slave of your own decisions forever.
I have been a victim and was never assisted, I lost my money to their raw deals. They are not to be trusted.

IAM ASKING EVERYONE NOT TO MAKE ANY DEALS WITH TRADECARVIEW, YOU WILL BE DISSAPPOINTED FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

BEWARE! I bought a 2004 Hilux Vigo in October 2014 through a dodgy agent in the name of Victor. In receiving the proforma invoice payment of the AGREED price, he demanded an extra US$2000 before he could release B/L. When the car arrived it had a dent which was not revealed in the photos It also arrived with no jack or wheel spanner and to top it all, it had an immobilizer(also not revealed in details & photos) which went off by accident and there were no reset keys supplied. Contacted the dodgy agent and he said he cant find the previous owner. If you read this review "VICTOR" or whoever you are, This is my rating for you and your company. " YOU ARE SICK"

Bought a car off the website. When I received it, the motor was blown. The company that sold it to me, SHIBAGAKI TRD just insisted that the engine was in good condition when it was shipped. The paint on the roof was also oxidized badly, which was quite obvious, but they intentionally avoided showing in their pictures, and did mention. When I first inquired about the car, I specifically asked if it would pass Japanese vehicle inspection requirements, upon which they insisted that it would. However, the exhaust also leaks, and a car that barely runs, pushes exhaust out the dipstick tub, and billows coolant smoke will not even come close to passing inspection.

When i contacted tradecarview.com, they simply said they take no responsibility for false advertising and fraud on their website, that the only thing they can help with is if the vehicle is never shipped/received, but I find it hard to believe they would even help with that.

Bottom line, if you value your time and money, do not use tradecarview.com, and most of all do not buy a vehicle from SHIBAGAKI TRD. There is a reason why these guys are not an accredited business in Japan (because they're frauds).

They all wanna be dealers. Most are rookies sitting there to rip people off. And i can confirm that the company called C. T. G Group buy cars from jap auctions wind back the kilometers to almost half and put it up for sale on tradecarview. I wont be shocked if the rest of them are doing the same. I wouldnt recomment my enemy to buy from this site. I have even heard they just take any pictures from other dealer sites and ship you a similar car or even different colors and thats IF they ship you a car for your money at ALL! SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM

I bought a Toyota Crown off tradecarview auction website, from the seller car light corporation, the car is not getting registered in UK because the export certificate has been altered from the standard as the car was registered as a commercial vehicle in japan and it has to be modified for this purpose from the new, the ministry or transport has removed its classification and specification number from the certificate, These numbers are needed for a car to go through IVA testing in UK before registration, I contacted car light corporation and tradecarview many times to offer a solution as these details were missing from the advertisement but they newer offered any solution, also the car needed new tires and engine oil leak sorting out before going through MOT, unfortunately this website serves in favor of fraudulent sellers as it gets their charges from them and don't bother about the buyer at all, I thing we should try to boycott this website till they change their operation strategy.

In Png alot of people have had their import vehicles purchased through this site breakdown only after a few months of use.

I placed an order for a car in January 2015. Shortly after sending payment in full for the amount specified on the proforma invoice (the official contract) I received a message from the supplier saying they couldn't ship it to Liverpool (as agreed) and could I pay a further $1000 to have it shipped to Southampton instead. Naturally I rejected this. After a further month, the supplier decided to tell me he had cancelled the order. However, the supplier did not inform Tradecarview, who then refused to refund my money (which they still hold) as they had not had email confirmation from the supplier that the deal was cancelled. I have sent over 37 pages of emails to the supplier, on a weekly basis, asking politely for them to send a confirmation of cancellation to TradeCarView - all without response.

Despite providing TradeCarView with five full transcripts (including ip addresses) of all correspondence with the supplier, I am still waiting for a refund. Each email I now send goes into a black hole for at least two weeks, without response. When I try to use the 24/7 'customer Support' service (online chat) I get the same useless response of, I will now escalate your case to Head Office. All I can say is that Head Office must either be on the 10,000 floor, or all of the people there have their heads up their ar$es.

I would no more recommend TradeCarView to anyone than I would sell my grandmother for medical research. They claim to be a joint venture with Microsoft and Yahoo Japan Corporation - I think that is as much flannel as their claim to respond to all customer service enquiries in two days - I'm into my third week for my latest attempt to get my money back, and if I was a betting man, I'd probably put a few quid on losing my shirt.

Appalling, unresponsive, untrustworthy, uncommunicative, unhelpful and unwilling to give me my money back, despite me being the injured party here.

If they were an animal, I would have nipped out for a shotgun by now.

Stay away from TCV, their business model is pretty simple, they have no actual car inventory, they advertise for several Japanese used car businesses, they don't keep their listing updated, so the car that you agree to purchase may already have been sold but they pressure you to pay by international wire transfer within 48 hours, once they have your money they contact you to say the car you selected isn't available and then you argue back and forth with them for the next few weeks or months while they tell you to apply the funds you've already paid to another listing, and all the while they ignore your requests for a refund. I opened a fraud report with my bank, my bank contacted their bank who recommended that I leave the fraud report in place until they issue the refund, during this time they repeatedly insisted that they couldn't refund without me lifting the fraud report, which their own bank (Sumitomo Mitsui) said was untrue. Do yourself a favor and avoid TCV, I just got my refund from their bank (minus about $60USD for the transfer fee), their own bank refunded me while they wouldn't.

Avoid Tradecarview like the plague, I spent over aus$10,000 to land a car in Australia, it was classified a statutory write off and couldn't be registered, hence I am not able to drive it on the road. Nihonsha Land Co Ltd was the dealer. In short the dealer is a crook who has many complaints against him [wish I had done more research] the worst thing is Tradecarview are just as crooked. They care about getting their commission from the deal and that is it, the dealer should have been blacklisted a long time ago, the only reason they can trade is because Tradecarview allow them and many others to do so even though they are aware off the scams been done. Think the legal term is aiding + abetting, that is the term used when one assists another commit a crime is it not, why the Japanese government allow them to carry on in business is beyond me, they surely know what is going on. Is there anyone out there who actually received help from Tradecarview after a they complained about a vehicle they received was sub standard? Or anyone know if the dealer that scammed them was blacklisted or proscecuted in any way? I would be surprised if so, I got a reply to my first two emailed complaints and nothing since, they tell you they will get back to you in two days, I'm still waiting Tradecarview. DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE YOUR BUSINESS, it is like playing Russian roulette, you may get lucky and get a decent car or you may get scammed, and if you do, well your on your own.

Toyota Prado TRJ150W TZG, Dealer: Nihonsha Company, Invoice *******-1 paid for Dec 2017. Delayed due to low season for shipping and also inspection requirement.

Finally offloaded in Dar in February 2018.
Due to taxation issues vehicle was in storage >5 months. Released in June 2018.
Found: Reasonable body and paint condition. Leather seats intact, Air conditioner works.
However,
1. For a 2012 car the price at $ 29,945 was quite steep, and I expected a
Grade 4 or 4.5 vehicle, but it is not.
2. The battery had to be replaced on day one. While in storage it was being warmed up, so it must have been weak from start at best.
3. The engine takes 5 litres of oil, but there was less than 2 l of black watery oil in it which the dipstick could barely touch with its tip! Imagine!
4. The speedometer works and the trip meter works but the odometer is stuck at *******km, the reading on shipment. I got a technician to run diagnostics on it; the report almost confirms my fears: that the seller while tampering with the odometer to falsify the mileage short-circuited the dashboard and caused the odometer damage that got it stuck at *******!
5. The spare tyre is in tatters. It has fist size holes in it. You can pick a better tyre from any rubbish dump.
6. The spare wheel rim is a shumbles too.
7. The front brake discs rotors are deeply grooved by worn disc pads. The brakes are weak and the car has a clearly extended stopping distance.
8. The famed CD /DVD player does not work here. I have to purchase a new set
9. I have only driven the vehicle a couple of days. There is a good chance that there are more surprises waiting to be discovered, and more repairs to be undertaken!
Bottom line: This is a very raw deal for me as a customer. I am very dissatisfied by what I got from Tradecarview.