CATDOLL: Reselling Japanese pain cars encounters difficulties. Who is willing to pay for the fancy paint jobs?

People usually find all kinds of "pain cars" very fresh and interesting, but if you have to spend money to buy a pain car, would you be willing to pay more or less than the price of an ordinary car? Recently, a Japanese netizen got a flyer of a second-hand pain car and sparked this topic. Some people think that the painting of pain cars is an added value, while others think that pain cars are embarrassing for most car owners, so they should be discounted.

There is no car that can't hurt, only people who can't hurt

A flyer advertising used pain cars

This Japanese netizen shared a used car flyer he got, in which a Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION was marked with "The Idolmaster" paint job, also known as the so-called pain car. The resale of pain cars is nothing new, but the high price of 890,000 yen has aroused heated discussions among netizens. Most netizens think the price is too high. After all, only a small number of people will buy pain cars, and other car owners will have to repaint them after buying them, so they should bargain hard.

Of course, this "Idolmaster" pain car may be just an exception, and other pain cars are much cheaper——

The price is less than 400,000 yen

This one is even cheaper, costing only 370,000 yen.

How should the price of a second-hand itasha be positioned ? Second-hand itasha are too bright and should be priced lower than ordinary cars . As mentioned in the article, it is too embarrassing to drive a second-hand itasha on the street. You need to repaint it after you buy it home, and not everyone likes the same itasha's paint taste. Itasha paint is added value, and the price should be higher than ordinary cars. The original owner's design ideas and the finished products are the added value of itasha and should not be excluded. It is with these paints that the car will be more vivid. people people

On the other hand, those who support that itasha should be priced higher than the market price believe that itasha's carefully designed paint job is an added value. However, this view was immediately opposed by many otakus, who believed that even if they liked the same work or the same character, they might not necessarily like other people's paint job tastes.

This kind of "less painful pain car" is more acceptable to the general public

As for the way itasha are sold, some car dealers separate the itasha they have from ordinary cars to differentiate their customer base. Below is the classified second-hand itasha area:

Of course, there are also car dealerships that put pain cars in the most conspicuous position as a gimmick, and anyone passing by will take a second look:

In fact, the biggest advantage of selling itasha at a higher price and not having anyone buy it is that the car will always be kept in the car dealership and will not be used by others to do strange things, which also prevents the animation from being stigmatized...

via: Otaku News

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