I bought a car on E-bay a few months ago and got their "Autocheck" before buying. It came up good and I bought the car. Recently I bought a Carfax and a accident showed up on it. I was pissed because I was planning on reselling soon when I found a car that I really wanted. I contacted them and this is one of the replies I got.
"I understand your frustration. Our BuyBack insurance assures you that we have all the information that is recorded for this vehicle with the DMV. We do not however cover accidents. If you have any further questions, please let me know."
So if your buying a car------CARFAX is the only way to go!!!
E-bay Autocheck, Carfax and other reporting agencies
Re: E-bay Autocheck, Carfax and other reporting agencies
I use to work at my family dealership . We had access to both carfax and autocheck. We find both carfax and auotcheck unreliable. Carfax and AutoCheck are not instant it takes about 2-3 months on average for AutoCheck and Carfax to receive title and accident records from the DMV/Police. When you buy a used car you or your mechanic should check for any bodywork such as any over paint, misaligned frames, Non-OEM parts etcrotorimp wrote:I bought a car on E-bay a few months ago and got their "Autocheck" before buying. It came up good and I bought the car. Recently I bought a Carfax and a accident showed up on it. I was pissed because I was planning on reselling soon when I found a car that I really wanted. I contacted them and this is one of the replies I got.
"I understand your frustration. Our BuyBack insurance assures you that we have all the information that is recorded for this vehicle with the DMV. We do not however cover accidents. If you have any further questions, please let me know."
So if your buying a car------CARFAX is the only way to go!!!
Re: E-bay Autocheck, Carfax and other reporting agencies
Im not saying Carfax and AutoCheck are completely useless. I'm just saying Carfax and AutoCheck can be really slow to report accident and title information.infiniti_lineup wrote:Ok, ok so you have the mechanic check the car out...but how do you get previous DMV/financial/accident records WITHOUT using CarFax or AutoCheck?