Carfax experts, what makes the entry "Vehicle offered for sale" show up on a Carfax report?
01-02-2007, 06:45 PM
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Not a trick question, how does CarFax know the vehicle is for sale ?
What triggers the entry in the CarFax report ? Is it because the car is CarFax certified and thus they think that its for sale ?
01-02-2007, 06:58 PM
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A guess
Maybe they check cars.com or autotrader.com and/or others. Why they would bother, tho, I'm not sure.
My personal reaction to a "vehicle offered for sale" reference would be, so what? People offer cars for sale all the time, and I suspect cars for sale is the main reason people use Carfax. Am I missing something?
There are ways to email carfax IIRC. Maybe you should ask them. If you do, please post results!
My personal reaction to a "vehicle offered for sale" reference would be, so what? People offer cars for sale all the time, and I suspect cars for sale is the main reason people use Carfax. Am I missing something?
There are ways to email carfax IIRC. Maybe you should ask them. If you do, please post results!
01-03-2007, 01:38 AM
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My guess is that the dealer inputs that information somewhere and Carfax picks it up.
Is it only consistent with dealers and not private sales? Only in certain states? Not sure if a pattern can be detected.
01-03-2007, 09:25 AM
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Answer from CarFax, interesting
This information was supplied to us by a data source that collects personal vehicle sale information. This record indicates that an owner listed this vehicle for sale via an online listing site. CARFAX is unable to release the names or contact details of our proprietary and confidential data sources.
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01-03-2007, 10:25 PM
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Velly eentresting -- Thanks!
My guess was close, or so it seems, except that Carfax says they use "proprietary and confidential data sources" rather than collecting info themselves.
Since the source remains undisclosed, they're clearly not doing it for free publicity. So Carfax must pay them, right? But why bother? As suggested earlier, cars for sale comprise the biggest reason for visiting Carfax in the first place. Why, then, would they pay a data source to provide info that's already obvious to most Carfax users?
Since the source remains undisclosed, they're clearly not doing it for free publicity. So Carfax must pay them, right? But why bother? As suggested earlier, cars for sale comprise the biggest reason for visiting Carfax in the first place. Why, then, would they pay a data source to provide info that's already obvious to most Carfax users?
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