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Buying a New Car

When buying a new car the customer is required to have:

1. Valid Passportand KITAS (for foreigner) , or KTP (Kartu Tanda Penduduk/Identity Card) for an Indonesian.

Indonesians register their cars using their KTP identity card, foreigners must use their passports & KITAS. In many cases, the car is purchased under the name of the employing company and the individual then buys or leases the vehicle, while the paperwork stays in the company. s name.

If a company wants to assist a foreign employee in purchasing a vehicle, they must present the following documents:

a. Photocopy SIUP (Surat Ijin Usaha Pedagang/Permission to do Business)
b. Photocopy of NPWP (Nomor Pokok Wajib Pajak/Tax Number)
c. Photocopy Surat Keterangan Dominici (address of the company)
d. Photocopy Akte Perusahaan (Company Certificate)

2. Cash or means of financing the vehicle.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Foreigners should be aware that while most Indonesian banks will not give loans to foreigners to purchase a car, you may be able to get a car financed through an automotive finance company through the car dealership. A few joint venture finance companies will arrange leasing contracts for foreigners, if it is for the purchase of their affiliate company's vehicles. These companies require:

a. A photocopy of your passport
b. A photocopy of your KITAS (Limited Stay Permit Card)
c. A Letter of Guarantee from your employer, stating that they will make your payments if you default.

Upon the completion of the transaction the purchaser should receive:

a. STNK (Surat Tanda Nomor Kendaraan/Vehicle Registration Number). This document should be carried in the vehicle at all times as a police officer will ask for it if you are stopped.
b. Plat Nomor (license plates)
c. BPKB (Buku Pemilik Kendaraan Bermotor/Proof of Ownership book). This is normally a blue or red book. Never carry this book in the car as if it is stolen with your car, the car can be easily resold.
d. Faktor (original invoice for the car)
e. Kwitansi Pembayaran (receipt for the actual cash transaction)

After the purchase of a new car it will normally take approximately one week to process the STNK and the license plates. The customer can take immediate possession of the car upon the completion of the transaction and drive it home, however it can not be driven on the streets without the STNK and the license plates.

Buying a Used Car

By Indonesian Law, it is illegal to import used cars, however some unscrupulous importers do import what they say are new cars but are actually 1 or even 2 year old cars with the odemeter reset close to zero. Be cautious when buying imported cars.

It is a common practice in Indonesia that when a car is sold, the car registration is left under the name of the original owner. This is done to avoid paying ongkos balik nama or change of ownership fee, which is quite costly (the costs are listed in a table at the department that is based on the year and model of the car). By explaining these procedures we are not encouraging you to avoid paying this tax. It's just that you should be aware of this common practice and therefore understand why the paperwork for used cars is so complicated as a result of this practice. Your sponsoring company will undoubtedly have a policy and recommendations on how you should handle this situation.

This common practice makes the actual invoice a very important document. If there is an incident involving a car, the kwitansi pembayaran/invoice will be necessary to prove the current ownership of the vehicle. You would not want to be held liable for an accident which involved a car you used to own; your copy of the invoice would prove the car was no longer yours.

When a customer wants to buy a used car they should present:

1. KTP (Kartu Tanda Penduduk/Identity card) Depending upon the selling party they may or may not accept other forms of identification (i.e., passports or KITAS/Limited Stay Permit Card).

2. Cash or means of financing the vehicle. (Please refer to the financing notes under . Buying a New Car. ).

Upon completion of the transaction the customer should receive the following documents:

a. STNK (Surat Tanda Nomor Kendaraan/Registration)
b. BPKB (Buku Pemilik Kendaraan Bermotor/Proof of ownership book)
c. Faktor (original invoice for the car when it was purchased from the manufacturer)
d. Kwitansi Blangko - 3 lembar (3 copies of a receipt)

The first copy of the kwitansi blangko should contain the following information:

a. Jenis Mobil (type of car)
b. Warna (color)
c. Nomor Polisi (license plate number)
d. Nomor Chasis (chasis number)
e. Nomor Rangka (frame number)

This first copy should be signed by the person whose name appears in the BPKB on top of a Rp 6,000 meterai (Rp 6,000 tax stamp).

The second and third copy of this receipt should be left blank except for the signature of the original owner, whose name appears in the BPKB. No meterai is required. These copies would be required by the Department of Motor Vehicles in the event that the name in the BPKB was to be changed. It is very important to have these three copies! Otherwise it may be difficult to resell your vehicle in the future. In doing the research for this piece we could not find out why the blank copies were needed as none of the Indonesians we talked to had ever balik nama.

5. Kwitansi or Tanda Terima (receipt for the transaction) This receipt will include the amount of money that was paid for the vehicle.

6. Photocopy of KTP (identity card) (and in the case of a foreign resident the KITAS) for the person whose name appears on the BPKB. This will be needed to renew the yearly registration for the vehicle (STNK). Pay close attention to the expiration date on the KTP. If the KTP is expired, it can not be used to renew the annual STNK. You will then need to track down the owner and get a photocopy of his valid KTP.

Sources for Used Cars

There's always a good selection of used cars advertised in the classified section of Kompas newspaper. There is a place at Kemayoran, it is like a showground with many dealers there. You can walk around and check out the cars. Good place to start.

A web site: Iklan Baris - http://www.iklanbaris.co.id

Be careful if you're buying a used car direct from the previous owner. Get photocopies of all the documents and go to the police to check to make sure the car has never been stolen. Don't let the owner come with you; if he's geniune he won't be offended. Ask the police for a report showing you've checked the ownership history of the car. You'll have to pay an unofficial fee but it's well worth it.

Renewing your STNK

Again, your agent, or a Biro Jasa, can assist you in your yearly renewal of your vehicle. s STNK. You will not receive a notice of the expiration of this document, your driver should help you to remember when it expires. Be careful not to let this document expire as there is a heavy fine if you are caught driving your car with an expired STNK. This fine is based on the make and year of your car. It could range from Rp 40,000 for an older economy sedan to as much as Rp 300,000 or more for a newer model Mercedes. The amount for renewing the STNK appears on the back of the STNK document. Upon receipt of your new STNK you will be given stickers which can then be applied to your old license plates.

If you want to renew your STNK yourself (instead of going through a Biro Jasa), go to:

Direktor Lalu Lintas Bagian STNK
Polda Metro Jaya (Komdak)
Jl. Jenderal Sudirman
Jakarta Selatan

Bring with you:

1. Your BPKB
2. The current (valid) KTP of the person whose name appears on the STNK.
3. The required payment.

Prices of Cars in Indonesia

(july 2008 - current rate of exchange Rp 9.200= US$1) Toyota

Model	Year	Type	Price
Toyota Kijang	2006	Inova G Manual	Rp. 180.400.000
		Inova G Automatic	Rp. 193.900.000
		Inova V Manual	Rp. 206.900.000
		Inova V Manual Diesel	Rp. 222.400.000
Toyota Altis	2006	J 122	Rp. 252.500.000
		G 122	Rp.279.700.000
Toyota Camry	2006	G	Rp. 409.100.000
		V	Rp. 433.750.000
		Q	Rp. 552.150.000

Mitsubishi

Model	Year	Type	Price
Mistsubishi	2006	Gallant V6 (Manual)	Rp. 330.000.000
		Gallant V6 (Auto)	Rp. 340.000.000

Honda

Model	Year	Type	Price
Honda	2006	Streeam (Manual) 2000 cc	Rp. 257.000.000
		CRV (Manual) 2400 cc	Rp. 261.000.000
		CRV (Auto) 2400 cc	Rp.278.000.000
		Accord VTI-LTD (Manual)	Rp. 397.000.000

Mercedes-Benz

Model	Year	Type	Price
Mercedes-Benz	2006	150 Classic (manual )	Rp. 290.000.000
		150 Classic (automatic )	Rp. 300.000.000
		C 270 CDI	Rp. 740.500.000
		E 200 Classic	Rp. 765.000.000
		E 280	Rp. 910.000.000
		S 350 OBU	Rp. 2.300.000.000
		S 350 local	Rp. 1.900.000.000
		ML 350	Rp. 1.150.000.000

BMW

Model	Year	Type	Price
BMW	2006	320	Rp. 498.000.000
		325 IA	Rp. 638.000.000
		523	Rp. 748.000.000
		320 iEX	Rp. 948.000.000
		Z3-2.5	Rp. 749.000.000
		X5-3.0	Rp. 1.070.000.000

Nissan

Model	Year	Type	Price
Nissan	2006	Terano Spirit/ M	Rp. 185.000.000
		Terano XTR/ Sporting	Rp. 270.000.000
		Terano XTR Sporting Top	Rp. 280.000.000
		Kings Road FI/ M	Rp. 275.000.000

Daihatsu

Model	Year	Type	Price
Daihatsu Zebra	2006	1.3 STD ZL	Rp. 74.350.000
		1.5 Super Deluxe EFI ZSX (double AC)	Rp. 84.850.000
Daihatsu Taruna	2006	1.5 EFI STD/ CL	Rp. 124.500.000
		1.6 DLX/ FL	Rp. 127.300.000

Isuzu

Model	Year	Type	Price
Isuzu	2006	Grand Touring ManualAT	Rp. 186.500.000
		Manual	Rp. 171.900.000
		LV	Rp. 156.000.000
		Minibus LM	Rp. 147.600.000.

*Please Note: The prices quoted above are estimated prices and can vary depending on dealers involved and conditions of particular vehicles. Prices are given for comparison purposes only.

Using Other Peoples Articles To Increase Your Adsense Cash

Adsense is really making a huge impact on the affiliate marketing industry nowadays. Because of this, weak affiliate merchants have the tendency to die faster than ever and ad networks will be going to lose their customers quickly.
If you are in a losing rather than winning in the affiliate program you are currently into, maybe it is about time to consider going into the Adsense marketing and start earning some real cash.

Google is readily providing well written and highly relevant ads that are closely chosen to match the content on your pages. You do not have to look for them yourselves as the search engine will be the doing the searching for you from other people’s source.

You do not have to spend time in choosing different kind of ads for different pages. And no codes to mess around for different affiliate programs.

You will be able to concentrate on providing good and quality content, as the search engines will be the ones finding the best ads in which to put your pages on.

You are still allowed to add Adsense ads even if you already have affiliate links on your site. It is prohibited, however, to imitate the look and feel of the Google ads for your affiliate links.

You can filter up to 200 URLs. That gives you a chance to block ads for the sites that do not meet your guidelines. You can also block competitors. Though it is unavoidable that Adsense may be competing for some space on web sites that all other revenues are sharing.

Owners of small sites are allowed to plug a bit of a code into their sites and instantly have relevant text ads that appeal to your visitors appear instantly into your pages. If you own many sites, you only need to apply once. It makes up for having to apply to many affiliate programs.

The only way to know how much you are already earning is to try and see. If you want out, all you have to do is remove the code from your site.

The payment rates can vary extremely. The payment you will be receiving per click depends on how much advertisers are paying per click to advertise with the use of the AdWords. Advertisers can pay as little as 5 cents and as high as $10-12, sometimes even more than that too. You are earning a share of that money generated.

If your results remain stagnant, it can help if you try and build simple and uncluttered pages so that the ads can catch the visitor’s eyes more. It sometimes pay to differ from the usual things that people are doing already. It is also a refreshing sight for your visitor once they see something different for a change.

Publishers also have the option of choosing to have their ads displayed only on a certain site or sites. It is also allowed to have them displayed on a large network of sites. The choice would be depending on what you think will work best for your advantage.

To get an idea if some Adsense ads you see on the search engines has your pages, try to find web pages that have similar material to the content you are planning to create and look up their Adsense ads.

It is important to note that you cannot choose certain topics only. If you do this, search engines will not place Adsense ads on your site and you will be missing out a great opportunity in making hundreds and even thousands of dollars cash.

It is still wise to look at other people’s information and format your Adsense there. Just think about it as doing yourself a favor by not having to work too hard to know what content to have.

Topic to be avoided includes gambling, firearms, ammunition, tobacco or drugs. If you are being offered more cash in exchange of doing Adsense with these kinds, it is just like signing your own termination paper.

With all the information that people need in your hands already, all you have to do is turn them as your profits. It all boils down to a gain and gain situation both for the content site owners and the webmasters or publishers.

Make other people’s matter your own and starting earning some extra cash.

Future TV Prediction

British TV viewers are increasingly abandoning the traditional 'tube', or in many cases their flat screens, in order to watch their favourite shows where and when they want. As technology keeps up with the pace of the people, what else is in store for TV entertainment in 2008?

According to a recent survey conducted by independent research specialist, Tickbox, more British TV viewers are not tuning in to watch TV during their regularly scheduled time and are increasingly choosing to watch their favourite shows "on demand". On demand is a service which allows users to watch TV shows and films at the click of the remote control. This new service is allowing people to abandon previous TV watching schedules and watch programmes at a time more suited to them.

According to the research more than a third of British TV watchers are now regularly using their on demand services which is nearly twice as many as just last year.

When asked why users are choosing to use their on demand services almost two thirds reported feeling that traditional TV watching by rigid schedules restricted their viewing. Those surveyed also used on demand to watch programmes they missed, to overcome schedule clashes and to make their TV viewing more flexible.

Another big player on the TV scene, and predicted to make further advancements, are the web TV services that were launched this past year. These services allow users to watch on-demand TV on their computer; but although users still prefer TV Entertainment via their TV screen than on their smaller PC screens, the use of these on demand players online can not be denied and future growth is predicted.

The growing popularity of social networking websites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace are furthering the growth of TV viewing over the internet. Users can use these sites to send their friends clips of the choicest moments of TV and videos from sites like YouTube. The rise of social media sites which allow for sharing videos only serves to further increase the amount of time people essentially "watch" their computer.

An area that has been so far uncharted territory in British programming is mobile and wireless TV. TV on mobiles has long been discussed and some say is still a long way from becoming main-stream, although mobile network '3' has already begun limited TV broadcasting across their coverage. This could be a technical area that becomes a reality in the coming year. Although studies have shown that people currently have little or no interest in tuning in on their phones, as handsets become more advanced this may soon be history.

As people take more advantage of TV flexibility many question the life expectancy of traditionally scheduled TV. Although the end of regularly scheduled programs will not be seen in 2008, it is a possibility in the future when all TV will be on demand; either through the TV set, on the PC, on mobiles and other devices.

Google Adsense Fraud, Are You Know?

Many Adsense publishers are getting their Google Adsense account terminated when they have done nothing wrong to deserve the punishment. Considering the money that they are getting from Adsense, they would certainly want to get back into it.

Considering how much money can be made with Adsense, it is no wonder that they would want to get back into it.

It is that same consideration why Google Adsense click fraud has worried many an Adsense Affiliate.

Click fraud is the act of clicking on ads for the purpose of costing the advertiser money. It is simply the same as paying out cash for false leads. Many website owners are aware of this fraud and are sharing the same sentiment, that this is the one big problem that Adsense is facing.

How do you prevent being involved in this fraud?

A Majority of web hosts are offering access logs. Once this is offered to you, it is necessary that you hand it over to Google as well. This allows them to look for any suspicious activity on your site. Problems like this are very serious and giving it to them is saying that you would want to help them in any way you can in solving the problem.

It can also help if you have a click monitoring software. If you do not have one yet, you should try and get one. There is absolutely no major factor preventing you from having one because most of this software is free.

As usual, all the information you have received should be turned over to Google. This is showing Google that you too are fighting against click fraud and are in no way a part of it.

Study your server logs and watch for any activity that seems suspicious. Report anything that you may find odd, may it be a big or small thing.

You may want to consider disabling ads for your own IP address and local geographic area. This will certainly prevent accidents and will not make Google mistake another user as you. You can do this through a htaccess file. This will keep Google from mistaking you as clicking on your own ads and being kicked out because of it.

Keep your Adsense off of pop ups and pop unders. Your ads should not be displayed on content sites that promote illegal activity or tampering of the legal rights of other people or business. Included in this are the content that is considered adult and gambling sites. If you think that you may be breaking this rule, immediately remove your content or Adsense from the web page.

Be truthful and confess up to Google about times when you might have clicked on your own ads, whether accidentally or intentionally. Or the times when you have done something that is against the Terms of Service that they are implementing. Be honest about anything that you may have done that is wrong. Confessing is way better than Google learning about it eventually. It would mean eventual termination and no getting back money what you have worked so hard for.

Do not tell your family or friends about Adsense on your website. Chances are they may start clicking on them to help you make money without you knowing it. They may be doing more harm to you than help, by trying it in the first place.

If ever someone you know chanced upon your Adsense, make sure they understand that they cannot click on your ads under any circumstances. It would be wise to brief them on important things about Adsense and what not to do with the ads.

Most pay per click networks have different measures in hand to protect website owners against click frauds. Other search engines can track more than 50 data points, IP address, browser information, user session info and pattern recognition. They also have "systems" available to detect fraud. Not to mention the specialized teams monitoring how things are going and helping advertisers stop click frauds.

Google offers suggestions on how to avoid click fraud. Using "negative keywords" can be used to keep your Adsense showing on products and services that are in no way related to yours. Adding tracking URLs to your links so you can track the traffic coming from Google.

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