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Originally Posted by maninblack
You're kidding, right? Am I the only person here with any experience in data analysis? Statistics? Even basic math for God's sake? If I need to explain to you why your personal experiences don't amount to data, we're going to need a much bigger forum.
If we're going to have a conversation about the value of Carfax - a tool many people use and others might consider using based on what they read here - we should at least try to be reasonably factual in our comments. And if you'd like to be taken seriously in this conversation, you should refrain from using numbers like 99.9%.
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So would me saying that in my 19 years in the collision business it has been MY experience that 99.9% of all repairs that we have done do not end up on carfax change things for you? If you were to ask me I would tell you that I have repaired roughly 12,000 cars. Is 12,000 cars not an ok sample to use for me to form a conclusion? I gave the benefit of the doubt that not every single one of my clients followed up with carfax or with me for that matter so perhaps 80% is more realistic number. Another member ventured to guess 50%. In any event is 50% adequate to be reliable? Hell no. Are you arguing just to argue? Give me your fortune 500 companies input on carfax like you did with Yelp. Come on enlighten me, tell me what percentage of car accidents end up on carfax. Give me a number and tell me how you derived that number. I am not only using my personal experience but that of thousands of other repairers that all discuss this **** on our collision groups as its a hot topic. I'm combining those opinions and experiences with the fact that no one likes carfax, no one cooperates with them, they are a greedy, ****ty company that gives false hopes and does not disclose how virtually no accidents end up on carfax.