# Please note, as clients have individually tailored needs for their DABAS automotive buying journey, all information mentioned on these pages should be considered as a basic guide and general summary. Each chosen stage of a DABAS car-buying journey does attract a separate individual fee. All information and advice mentioned in our blog pages may be outdated or superseded by the time of your reading of this page. Information on this page can be discussed and clarified – if needed – upon your transition to becoming a client of DABAS.
The DABAS flexible tailored stages car-buying journey
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DABAS offers flexible personal assistance to clients on their car-buying journey tailored to suit their individual budgetary needs.
DABAS services can be delivered in a vast variety of ways, including – but not limited to – phone consultation/s, Zoom meetings, research emails, research links, LMCT yard email link referrals, face-to-face meetings at a car-yard/s, in the cafe at an LMCT car-yard or at the café of a leading Melbourne automotive auction house; even in your home if required.
The choice of our service’s delivery is totally yours pending personal needs and the urgency timelines of being behind the wheel of your next car.
DABAS services are offered flexibly – as stages in a journey – you pick what stage of your journey you may need DABAS’s assistance – maybe?, the full journey, or – just vehicle selection/clarification?, or – just a car-yard buffer zone, help with the yard process?
Question: How does it work – you may ask.
Answer – example stages in a DABAS car-buying service are outlined below.
You personally decide how many of the following individual stages/steps you require DABAS’s assistance with to complete your car-buying journey – or alternatively – stages can be bundled into a car-buyers package to suit your timelines and expedite your search to save you fees, eg. meeting at a LMCT multi-brand franchise dealer/s hub.
There is no sales pressure from DABAS – demonstrated by – After your DABAS client account is established – each stage is then invoiced individually prior to the next stages progression – hence – there is no pressure to go any further stages than you may need or desire.
Our fee structure – it’s quite simple to explain – each DABAS stage service attracts a separate individual fee for the desired stage – pending location/service-time/travel time, which in turn means there are no hidden charges or budgetary surprises for you – or ballooning bills to pay at your car-buying journeys conclusion.
Each chosen stage of a DABAS car-buying journey does attract a separate individual fee
Dabas is open and transparent of the fees charged for our services – please click here to read about them.
1 > To begin: You contact DABAS on this websites contact form, to receive via email a vehicle selection questionnaire for you to fill in and return to DABAS via email; forming a brief of detailed needs and clarifying your general new or used-car needs and budget. Within this brief of needs –DABAS – on a follow up phone call with you – will assess if any of DABAS’s services can be of help to you, whilst saving you time and money in your car-buying journey … now and in the long run!
# After our initial phone conversation regarding your needs and it is jointly decided that a DABAS service stage can assist you in your car-buying journey DABAS does charge a modest client account establishment and research fee.
# Noting this is the clients STAGE ONE – paid in advance prior to your first meeting choice with DABAS.
Noting that STAGE TWO is your chosen consultation/meetings delivery which in turn is a separate fee and a separate invoice.
2 > If it is jointly decided that DABAS can be of help in your car-buying journey DABAS can offer flexible personal assistance to clients on their car-buying journey tailored to suit their individual budgetary needs.
DABAS services can be delivered in a vast variety of ways, including – but not limited to – phone consultation/s, Zoom meetings, research emails, research links, LMCT yard email link referrals, face-to-face meetings at a car-yard/s, in the cafe at an LMCT car-yard or at the café of a leading Melbourne automotive auction house; even in your home if required.
The choice is totally yours pending personal needs and the urgency timelines of being behind the wheel of your next car. DABAS services are offered flexibly – as stages in a journey – you pick what stage of your journey you may need DABAS’s assistance – maybe?, the full journey, or – just vehicle selection/clarification?, or – just a car-yard buffer zone, help with the yard process?
The STAGE ONE establishment fee is required in advance.
Why does DABAS charge this fee in advance? Answer – ref – please see our fees page here
Noting that the clients STAGE ONE fee is paid in advance prior to your first meeting choice with DABAS.
The choice of a consultative meeting at or near a LMCT yard/s multi-brand franchise hub as your stage 2 represents the best value option for most clients by expediting your car-buying journey stages, thus saving you money in fees. With this option you also could have the chance to see touch and feel, maybe even drive? – the potentially selected vehicle/s: rather than just hearing and reading about them as consultative advice in another setting.
Each chosen stage of a DABAS car-buying journey does attract a separate individual fee.
Some other suggested general examples of stages may be found below
> Soon after your first consultation, a personalised viewing and test-drive short-list will be compiled and passed on to you.
> At this stage of your journey, you decide what car/s you would like to personally view and test drive.
> DABAS can source your choice/s, and then accompany you to the car yards throughout this process discussing the pros – and – cons of the choices, if required.
> Once your choices have been reviewed, driven and compared, you make the final decision on which car to purchase and any added extra options you may want added. DABAS can assist in this process, if required.
> Your selected vehicle is purchased. DABAS can assist in this process, being at your side, negotiating with sales staff on your behalf , if required.
> Your selected vehicle is picked up or delivered. DABAS can assist in this process, if required
> DABAS can provide a check list of things to do regarding your new car before leaving the car yard.
> DABAS can assist you by explaining the owner’s manual, service books, schedules, operating procedures, bells and whistles including the technology in your new vehicle.
Quite simply, DABAS helps you buy a car!
Contact DABAS to see how we can save you both time and money … now and in the long run!
Whatever roads your life journey takes you on, DABAS can help you find a car to travel those roads.
There is no sales pressure from DABAS – demonstrated by – After your DABAS client account is established – each stage is then invoiced individually prior to the next stages progression – hence – there is no pressure to go any further stages than you may need or desire, it’s quite simple, each DABAS stage service attracts a separate individual fee for the desired stage -pending location/service-time/travel time: which means there are no budgetary surprises for you – or ballooning bills.
We look forward to having a chat when the need arises for you to update your car; to assess your personal car-safety requirements and buying needs to suit your lifestyle. And importantly your set specified budget!
When it does comes time to update your car DABAS is aware of some things to consider within various vehicle model ranges, plus more of the opposition brands comparisons, and also things to keep in mind – including when you are trading in your old car at a LMCT used-car yard – and the special trade-in incentives offered on drive-away-no-more-to-pay deals obtainable – at times – within leading brands’ Melbourne LMCT used-car dealerships.
These will be discussed upon your transition to becoming a client of DABAS.
We hope you have found this DABAS information page an interesting read hopefully it may even shine some light on information that assists you in selecting a suitable vehicle for your personal car-buying selection journey. For more information see the main sites header tabs or alternatively the DABAS blog index.
To contact DABAS to discuss your car-buying needs, please click here
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To summarise our stages please read below
# As clients have individually tailored needs for their DABAS automotive buying journey, information mentioned on these pages should be considered as a basic guide and general summary. Information on this page can be discussed and clarified – if needed – upon your transition to becoming a client of DABAS.
# After our initial phone conversation regarding your needs and it is jointly decided that a DABAS service stage can assist you in your car-buying journey DABAS does charge a modest client account establishment and research fee.
# Noting again this is the clients STAGE ONE – paid in advance prior to your first meeting choice with DABAS.
#Noting again that STAGE TWO is your chosen consultation/meetings delivery which in turn is a separate fee and a separate invoice.
The choice of a consultative meeting at or near a LMCT yard/s multi-brand franchise hub as your stage 2 represents the best value option for most clients by expediting your car-buying journey stages, thus saving you money in fees. With this option you also could have the chance to see touch and feel, maybe even drive? – the potentially selected vehicle/s: rather than just hear/read about them as consultative advice in another setting
Dabas is open and transparent of the fees charged for our services – please click here to read about them.
