10.03.2008

Introducing a new pricing system!

In Japan, everything is getting more expensive every month because of high oil prices and food costs. In our business field, Toyota raised the price of hybrid cars like Prius & Harrier by 1 – 4.1% and commercial vehicles like Hi-Ace vans & Dyna trucks by 20% to cover the high cost of raw materials such as steel. Not only the car industry but large electric stores have decided to raise whiteware appliances like fridges & washing machines by around 7% from the same reason. Normal people like us do not buy durable goods like cars and fridges very often, so if we do, we do not rush to buy them, so it may not be much of an issue. (If you want to buy a car and buy a used car from JPC, the price rise of new vehicles will not affect you anyway.) However, we cannot say the same thing for food. High flour prices worldwide caused a rise in almost all kinds of food. The food items I love such as bread, ham & sausages, pasta, mayonnaise, cup noodles, snacks, etc. seem to keep getting dearer. They announced the rise only 2 months ago and you hear on TV that they are doing it again next month. I have 2 hungry children at home, so it hits our domestic finances heavily. When I went to our usual supermarket and found that sausages were on special, I bought 6 packets instead of the 2 I normally buy. When I got home, I counted 7 in each packet, not 8 as usual: I felt betrayed! I should have checked that before buying them on impulse… But I am sure I am not the only one having trouble with the recent rise in food costs. This is one of the issues at the latest Summit, so I guess it must be a worldwide problem at the moment.

Not following this trend, we at JPC introduce a new pricing system. At the moment, our handling charge (FOB charge) changes with the numbers of cars you purchase from us; now for some of you who buy 40 or more cars within a year, we will give you a bigger discount. If you buy 40 or more cars yearly from us, you can use our service from the minimum charge of JPY 55,000 including auction fees and export service fees. You might not think it is not going to be any benefit to you at the moment but some of our customers started from 1 car as a side business and are now importing far more than 40 cars a year. Buy more cars and enjoy the benefit of our discount.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I also heard that Toyota proclaimed across-the-board price increases to 2008 and 2009 Toyota and Lexus models today.