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Old Apr 16, 2015
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Hey everyone! My name's Tom and i wanted to share my disappointing story. I just want to help you not to make my mistake again
I bought a vehicle that had front end damage from a collision, which wasn't disclosed by the seller. And he’d shown me a CARFAX report, which also didn't show any accident records — the car was absolutely clean according to it. However, I ran a report on another website, epicvin.com, and it showed that the car was in an accident and then repaired. I don't know why this information wasn't disclosed by CARFAX, but now I'm aware that CARFAX isn’t a service that can be trusted, and I won't use it again.
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Re: Fraud alert !

Always check for the many original vin stickers affixed from factory.....and buyer beware.

Car fax is a joke, I want to see a maintenance log.
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Re: Fraud alert !

CARFAX report
A good report is absolutely worthless.
A bad report is worth something.

A PRE-purchase inspection is even more valuable.
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Re: Fraud alert !

Yeah I shouldn't have relied on Carfax solely
But the other site gave me a pretty profound insight, with photos of my car wrecked at the auctions that were never even in Carfax
You can see for yourself

https://www.epicvin.com/en/check-vin...8c798f2120f5d6

Carfax report there

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9med1oe4o...00252.pdf?dl=0
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Re: Fraud alert !

Originally Posted by ezone
A good report is absolutely worthless.
A bad report is worth something.

A PRE-purchase inspection is even more valuable.
Absolutely agree with you, tried Carfax a couple of times, but didn't find any useful information .. epicvin more much better in my opinion
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Re: Fraud alert !

Originally Posted by CraigW
Always check for the many original vin stickers affixed from factory.....and buyer beware.

Car fax is a joke, I want to see a maintenance log.
You are right!
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Re: Fraud alert !

Originally Posted by CraigW
Always check for the many original vin stickers affixed from factory.....and buyer beware.

Car fax is a joke, I want to see a maintenance log.
100% u r right!
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Originally Posted by TomSchaeffer
Yeah I shouldn't have relied on Carfax solely
But the other site gave me a pretty profound insight, with photos of my car wrecked at the auctions that were never even in Carfax
You can see for yourself

https://www.epicvin.com/en/check-vin...8c798f2120f5d6

Carfax report there

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9med1oe4o...00252.pdf?dl=0
What is this links? I cannot open even
I just checked the website https://epicvin.com/ and omg! This guys they really do good job
Tried to check my honda and look hoooow many photos they have ! 39! I am super exited
https://epicvin.com/check-vin-number...cm66567a017060

Thankyou Tom for this find!
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