Better Business Bureau
Among other areas of the auto industry, I have been a professional buyer of vehicles for more than 35 years of my life. For much of this time my specialty has been buying from the public, versus from auctions, dealers, etcetera. For 11 years my niche has been used wheelchair vans. All of this lifetime and this more recent experience combined has brought me a long list of tools, abilities, knowledge and expertise regarding buying the best vehicles at wholesale prices, with wheelchair vans being my focus for these past years. There are many ways that I can be very helpful, which can save you many hundreds or often many thousands of dollars, reduce your time and effort, guide the utilization and assistance of other professionals, etc. I provide this Buying assistance at my hourly rate, as described below.
Sellers assistance note: there is a specific program or consulting package I offer that is a group of specific assisting and guiding steps. The main components of this program include: how to determine the value of your van; how to prepare your van using the least cost and effort possible, which leads to maximum sale price; I will write your craigslist ad for you; specific advice as to photos that get the best results; how to reply and respond to ads to get the quickest and easiest sale; how to eliminate pests, scammers and crooks.
About Wheelchair Van Oasis
General advice & assistance:
When I began this business in 2007 I had no idea that I would know what I now know is true: this industry of used wheelchair vans includes much misinformation, confusion, frustration, and lack of information resources. Some of this is because this industry is still somewhat young. Wheelchair vans/mobility access vans/handicap vans as we know them to be, essentially did not exist until about 30 years ago. The relative youth of the industry, combined with the fact that two companies and their subsidiaries invented and control most of the industry, often leads to less-than-ideal experiences for consumers. Average folks and their families who need to buy or sell a used van, have a heck of a time learning what they need to know in order to make a good buying, or selling, decision. Plus there are many topics that can confound a person once they own a wheelchair van, such as: how to find an honest, reliable repair shop? How to get proper vehicle insurance? What to do after an accident or damage? Etcetera. I am here to help.
Very uniquely equipped to assist buyers and sellers:
I suppose you can imagine that because I have deliberately never had anyone acquiring vans for me (I have personally found, researched and acquired each one myself) there is countless lessons, understandings and discoveries I have had, in the process of talking with, and interacting with, thousands of wheelchair van sellers. And I have chosen over the years to not have a salesperson, rather, thousands of people shopping for vans have talked with me directly about their goals, needs, frustrations, etcetera.
Professional Communication
Folks who serve the industry in various capacities, such as insurance agents, lenders, repair shops and other businesses-concerns, discover that valuable, helpful, unbiased, honest information can be seemingly impossible to find. This is because this niche is so unique and narrow, there is extremely limited information available anywhere regarding the wheelchair van topic. And among what information there is, much of it is either greatly biased, due to the motivations of the author to sell or promote their brand or product.
All of the experiences and knowledge referenced above, during my years as a niche business owner exclusively in this industry, has brought me a special level of understanding. I have learned that there is a great need in the world for someone who is available to disseminate the information I have in an honest, sincere, unbiased manner. This lead me to make a decision in 2018 that myself, as founder and operator of Wheelchair Van Oasis, would begin offering consulting services of various types, to individuals and businesses.