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how having a clean carfax HURTS
Posted by sonett43 [Email] (more from sonett43) on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:52:13
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So, 3 years ago, we bought a 2002 9-5 aero, with only 11,000 miles, very clean, I had no complaints.
Just last week, my wife and I start talking about upgrading it, we head off to the dealer, about to do a trade-in, they tell us book value on the car is $9000, but once the carfax comes back, they offer us $6000. Yup, $6000. This is a 2002 9-5 aero, very clean, no damage, and only 40,000 miles.
The carfax was clean when we bought the car, now it lists "frame damage" back in 2003, before our purchase.
So, since the report was clean when we bought it, we paid full retail. We did no harm to the car during the past 30,000 miles, and now, we can't even get a reasonable trade-in value, because carfax has data now that they did not before.
Carfax (who has NO telephone number for these types of complaints) says that their buyback guarantee did not apply back then, and the only guarantee they did have at the time was if the title was branded (theft recovery, flood damage or a totaled vehicle) and carfax did not report this.
My statement after all of this is that carfax is Useless....it actually can have a negative affect on you.
-Lewis
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Posts in this Thread:
- how having a clean carfax HURTS, sonett43, Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:52:13 <-- Viewing This Message
- Remember the expression buyer beware?, Oscar, Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:29:12
- yeah, but, sonett43, Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:42:55
- Legal remedy - small claims court?, Bill Homer , Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:00:52
- Re: how having a clean carfax HURTS, CWilson, Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:00:14
- Make a report to your state BBB, consumer protect>, Mike in Anchorage, Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:29:39
- Re: how having a clean carfax HURTS, Justin VanAbrahams , Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:53:04
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