DABAS blog post mid-July 2018.
# 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All information and advice mentioned in our blog pages may be outdated or superseded by the time of your reading of this page.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.
# After your initial contact form inquiry, DABAS provides a vehicle selection questionnaire to you, when this is returned via email to DABAS , a brief is formed regarding your needs. Then following up with a phone conversation, if 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.
STAGE TWO is your chosen consultation/meetings delivery which in turn is a separate fee and a separate invoice.
Hello readers
We hope you had a fantastic school-term vacation and the roads you travelled were good.
Recently in 2018 DABAS published and had distributed its complimentary car-buyer’s help information brochure for the car-buying public, gaining new inquiries about our services, with car-buyers wanting to know more. With this in mind, for your information, this week’s DABAS blog post will walk you through a general-in-nature demonstration of a DABAS car-buying assistance package.
We hope you find it an interesting read and an example of how DABAS services can save you both time and money now and in the long run!
DABAS services the inner suburbs and metropolitan region of Melbourne, we can even come to you if needed! with pre-booked appointments.
Here we go
So you have decided to update your car?
Question: How does it work – you may ask.
Answer – A typical general example menu package of a DABAS service is outlined below.
You personally decide AFTER STAGE ONE how many of the following stages you may require DABAS’s assistance with to complete your car-buying journey.
To begin: You contact DABAS via this websites contact form, after your initial contact form inquiry, DABAS provides a vehicle selection questionnaire to you, when this is returned by you via email to DABAS , a brief is formed regarding your needs. Following up with phone conversation, if 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 for you to proceed with our services any further.
If it is jointly decided that DABAS can be of help in your car-buying journey a consultation/meeting of choice appointment is *booked and arranged – This is STAGE TWO.
DABAS offers flexible personal assistance to clients on their car-buying journey tailored in stages 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?
We can even come to you if needed, meeting with you at a car-yard for a personal consultation, discussing and listening asking detailed questions to assess your personal needs and expectations of your next car.
At your selected stage/s DABAS listens/communicates to the requirements needed of your next car, whilst taking notes and asking questions, suggesting options – relevant to your needs whilst adhering to your communicated budget – for your consideration, which could include brochures, reviews and owners’ feedback. Highlighting any points of interest within the vehicles that could save you time and money now and in the long run.
# Please note – A $195.00 client account research and establishment – STAGE ONE fee – is required in advance of our first consultation for new first-time customers.
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. Please see more information on our fees page here
Some other general EXAMPLE stages are listed below
> Once your initial contact DABAS vehicle selection questionnaire is returned to DABAS via email, soon after your first follow up phone consultation, a personalised viewing and test-drive short-list will be compiled, if you are proceeding to stage 2.
> At this stage of your journey, you decide and refine 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, for a modest fee (POA).
> 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, for a modest fee (POA).
>Your selected vehicle is purchased. DABAS can assist in this process, being at your side, negotiating with sales staff on your behalf if required, for a modest fee (POA).
>Your selected vehicle is picked up or delivered. DABAS can assist in this process if required, for a modest fee (POA).
>DABAS can assist you by explaining the owner’s manual, service books, schedules, operating procedures, bells and whistles including the new-technology in your new vehicle.
>Enjoy your new car! DABAS can provide a check list of things to do regarding your new car before leaving the car yard.
A BRIEF GENERAL EXAMPLE of STAGE/S in a DABAS journey has been outlined above.
At DABAS we know that buying a car to suit your needs can be one of the biggest purchases in your life we hope this Blog page has provided some helpful information to assist you in deciding the path of your car-buying journey.
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
Whatever roads your life journey takes you on DABAS can help you find a car to travel those roads.
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 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?
# 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.
# After your initial contact form inquiry, DABAS provides a vehicle selection questionnaire to you, when this is returned by you via email to DABAS , a brief is formed regarding your needs. DABAS, following up with a phone conversation, if it is then 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.
Each chosen stage of a DABAS car-buying journey does attract a separate individual fee.
STAGE TWO is your chosen consultation/meetings delivery which in turn is a separate fee and a separate invoice.
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.
To contact DABAS to discuss your car-buying needs . . . please click here
Thanks for visiting DABAS’s website and blog
Have a great day,
Cheers, Tim.
