repairs and carfax

#11

"Leftie" <No (AT) Thanks (DOT) net> wrote

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Who is it who is supposed to "tell" Carfax?

The seller and buyer, both indirectly "tell" Carfax by registering
the transaction, paying taxes, geting new plates, etc.

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I assumed it was Carfax getting the info from government sources.

But if we get the situation where the car transfer was not registered
than government source did not have the info.

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Otherwise, with only passive data collection, they have no basis
at all to make the claims that they make.

Do they claim actively persue collecting data? Where?

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And just to clarify what should already be clear: the car was
registered under the student's name. It had previously been
registered under his uncle's name.

:-) Right. I guess we have to believe your word...

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Does anyone really think that Carfax would have declined to defend their
claim if they had any basis to do so...? They had clearly checked, found
that it was indeed a "three owner car!" and offered only the lame
justification that *some* of the information they provided was true.

Somehow I doubt it...
They would not waste their time checking this for $40.
They just give the money back because you called and cry about it.

Do I understand correctly that you will never purchase Carfax again?

#12

Pszemol wrote:

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"Leftie" <No (AT) Thanks (DOT) net> wrote in message
news:H7TFl.53697$e_5.6394 (AT) newsfe03 (DOT) iad...
Who is it who is supposed to "tell" Carfax?

The seller and buyer, both indirectly "tell" Carfax by registering
the transaction, paying taxes, geting new plates, etc.

I assumed it was Carfax getting the info from government sources.

But if we get the situation where the car transfer was not registered
than government source did not have the info.

Otherwise, with only passive data collection, they have no basis
at all to make the claims that they make.

Do they claim actively persue collecting data? Where?

And just to clarify what should already be clear: the car was
registered under the student's name. It had previously been
registered under his uncle's name.

:-) Right. I guess we have to believe your word...

Does anyone really think that Carfax would have declined to defend
their claim if they had any basis to do so...? They had clearly
checked, found that it was indeed a "three owner car!" and offered
only the lame justification that *some* of the information they
provided was true.

Somehow I doubt it...
They would not waste their time checking this for $40.
They just give the money back because you called and cry about it.

Do I understand correctly that you will never purchase Carfax again?

Yes. Further, you're just a troll who's going in my filter. Say
hello to all the other teenaged boys in there. Ah, usenet...

#13

On Apr 17, 2:38*pm, Tegger <inva... (AT) invalid (DOT) inv> wrote:

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Leftie <N... (AT) Thanks (DOT) net> wrote innews:H7TFl.53697$e_5.6394 (AT) newsfe03 (DOT) iad:

* * Who is it who is supposed to "tell" Carfax? I assumed it was
* * Carfax getting the info from government sources.

Collision info goes to no government. Only the insurance company knows. And
even then they know only if a claim is made and/or if a police charge is
laid.

As for ownership changes and emissions failures, those could only come from
the government agencies that administer those things.

Otherwise, with only passive data collection, they have no basis at all
to make the claims that they make.

That's what I gather from what I've been able to discover.

--
Tegger

"'CarFax gets reports from 22,000 sources,' said company spokesman
Larry Gamache. He said CarFax has more information than any other
provider of car history data but said it doesn't have access to all
information."
http://www.courant.com/business/custom/consumer/hc-carfax-complaint-watchdog-go.artapr05-col,0,1031345.column