http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2011/may/18/incorrect-carfax-report-costs-pinellas-w-81567-vi-22553/

Once again, a naive person fell for the hype of both the Carfax folks and a used car huckster. It would be nice if this thread could be “stickied” so that new arrivals to the forum would see it, but I doubt that this will happen. Regarding this aggrieved consumer, she made several fatal errors in…

Um, were they expecting a “history report” to predict the future? Doesn’t insurance cover a situation like this? $4400 for a 1999 Hyundai? People are such fools. Journalistic malpractice at its best!

While I agree that a so-called history report cannot predict the future, if this car had as much rust on the undercarriage as is claimed, it sounds like it was a flood car or that it was involved in some kind of accident that led to being submerged in salt water. But, unless an incident of that typ…

Has anyone actually proven there was something wrong with the car that should have been reported on the Carfax report? Why would a rusty fuel tank be on a Carfax report? CSA, as most of us know, a Carfax report is a good indication of problems, but not an indication of a lack of problems. There’s…

I’ve said it more then once here…those reports are almost worthless. They MAY report a problem…but I suspect there are far fewer things NOT reported then reported.

Whitey, Whitey, Whitey, . . . Hold On A Minute Before You Go Into Assume Mode. I saw the link to the video this morning. I thought it would start a good coversation. I began downloading it and put the link up here. I figured that about the time I could view it, others would have a chance to see it…

I haven’t been able to view it, either. The “paper”, or whatever seems to have it designed in such a way as to only be viewable in certain browsers. I cna’t see it in IE nor FireFox. I refuse to run Chrome.

Whitey, I emphatically agree with your statement that a Carfax report is a good indication of problems but not an indication of a lack of problems. Unfortunately, CarFax represents themselves as being some sort of accurate and complete representation of the history of vehicles. As you suggested, mos…

CSA, are you saying your posting of this video isn’t an expression of sympathy for this woman’s plight? My mistake. I thought it was a tacit expression of concern. I took it for granted you would at least watch the video before posting it. Oops! Hay, this video advocates a position, and you pos…

I was finally able to view the video in IE9, but only after leaving the site and then returning about 30 minutes later. When I first opened that link, nothing that I did was successful in getting the video to run.

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Psychic Friends Network? Hilarious! If only I hadn’t bought that car from Dionne Warwick!

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