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Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Submitted a VIN to research a car, and the report returned virtually zero useful results. Everything was "nothing found" including accident history when it turns out the vehicle did have a significant insurance claim on it.
Price is too good to be true - don't bother with them - they won't refund if you're not satisfied. All they do is hide behind some fine print that says their data comes from multiple sources, accuracy and completeness cannot be guaranteed. Well what good is that then.

Date of experience: May 25, 2023
Texas
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Avoid this scam
November 5, 2023

As others have said, this site is scammy - insofar as sending emails to sellers acting like potential buyers, when the reality is they're just trying to swindle as many people as possible to buy their $15 misinformation about their vehicle. (They say under $12 in their bot email - can't even get that right.)

I can't confirm whether or not the scam goes beyond taking $15 from you, as I was lucky enough to look up reviews prior to purchasing.

Do NOT give them your card info, and report the site as many places as possible!

Date of experience: November 5, 2023
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't buy this report
August 3, 2023

It doesn't say anything. I was checking a car with issues and accidents which was detailed out in Carfax but this report I bought doesn't show anything. All it says is no information. Don't buy this report!

Date of experience: August 3, 2023
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY WITH THIS SERVICE
August 12, 2023

This is the worst site to use to try to get information ever! I wanted to get basic information like lean details,,Mileage and Warranty info. The owner had already disclosed to me that the vehicle was written off last year because it was stolen and the interior was set on fire and he purchased it back as salvage. This report showed there was not salvage, theft or fire details - indicated that everything was ok. It did not even include simple data such as the city or hwy fuel consumption. I found more details on the vehicle on free sites. Very disappointing.

Date of experience: August 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It's a scam
August 8, 2023

When first entering their canadian website, they claim that they can make reports of canadian cars which I found out ain't truth after falling for their trap. Once you get your report, the.ca website you were on become the.com website and you find yourself with a reports made with data from the US when trying to look up a car from Canada. I know this since carfax canada says that the car have been in an accident and is now a rebuilt but vincheck up says that there never was an accident at all and there is 0 information about the service the car got.

Date of experience: August 8, 2023
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM SCAM SCAM
November 12, 2023

Do NOT use this website. I purchased a report on a vehicle where I knew that it had been in an accident and totaled because I just bought the engine from that car from a junkyard. VINcheckup sent me a report that claimed there were no accidents or salvage info on record when I found out that information for free on other sites! The only information in the report was specs about the car and even that information inaccurate.

Date of experience: November 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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If you want to pay for a internet search to find out the manufacturers ratings of the make, model, and year of the vehicle you are interested in then this is the search for you! Why use the convenance of a free search when you can pay to get the public data this paid service will provide.

The search I paid for returned no service history, no registration history, or any accident history. In my opinion, not worth paying for at all.

Date of experience: March 1, 2023
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Total rip-off, not even my truck
March 15, 2023

I entered my Vin number from my truck and then paid the 14.95. The only correct info in the report was the year and make. Report said longed, I have a shortbed, report says 4 doors, my truck has 2, report says v8 5.7 liter motor, I have a v6 4.3, report says only 1 owner for 18 years, the truck is 20 years old and was a county truck from Oakland and I'm at least the 4th owner, report says I have a 34 gallon fuel tank, its a 26 gallon and so on. At the very bottom in tiny writing, after I paid for the bogus report, it says the report may be inaccurate and they don't create or guarantee the accuracy or amount of information in they're reports. Total joke.

Date of experience: March 15, 2023
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I entered a VIN, it came back and said there were recall notices, problems, accidents, service records. I bought the report and every item said no problem found or no data reported.
Complete waste of money.

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Date of experience: January 11, 2023
Maryland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Avoid. No real data
January 26, 2023

Based on the VIN Check Up report it shows a car with 28,000 miles reported, and no issues. Yet the car seems to have close to 200,000 miles with a prior accident and obodometer rollback, per CarFax. Will be requesting a refund but based on other reviews it will end up being a chargeback.

Date of experience: January 26, 2023
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Total scam!
October 4, 2023

Here is a screenshot of a message that I got from a "prospective buyer" who provided a link. They're just drumming up business and the reports are bogus.

Date of experience: October 4, 2023
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Useless
October 16, 2023

Terrible vin checker gives no useful info, doesn't even give you the color, or in service date, even got the type of brakes wrong, big waste of money, use Carfax.

Date of experience: October 16, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Nothing of value
January 23, 2024

There was very little data given. Some of the data provided was incorrect. I wish I would have found all of these reviews prior to having purchased this useless paperwork

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
Colorado
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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GO SOMEWHERE ELCE! They gave me a report with invalid data and won't give a refund. They just send you pages of a long legal writeup blah blah they have. Yet I got another report from a different company that was perfect! They can't explain that though. What a RIP OFF company AMHED P has there.

Date of experience: January 21, 2023
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Fake "Free" Report
March 26, 2022

When you do the free report summary, it will automatically give you some red flags making you think you should pay for the full one to see them. After paying for the full one... there are no issues reported.

Date of experience: March 25, 2022
Colorado
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Terrible... False information and no refund.
August 7, 2022

The report was for the wrong vehicle... They said because they are an info company they don't guarantee the accuracy of their information because their SOURCE may not be accurate. BEWARE! They gave me miss information for my money! Seems to me it is a SCAM!

Date of experience: August 7, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Total Ripoff
November 12, 2023

Nothing in the report that isn't available for free. No sale information, no current mileage, no owner information. Total ripoff.i
Getting reported to BBB

Date of experience: November 12, 2023
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Very Little Useful Info
December 22, 2022

The website claims the report provides vehicle title and sales info, it DOESN'T! Called customer service multiple times and no answer; I left 2 voicemails with my telephone # and account ID but no response! NOT even close to what you pay for. Although CarFax is triple the price, you at least get all information about a vehicle. I CANNOT recommend VinCheckup!

Date of experience: December 22, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The Preliminary Report indicated accident records were found. After paying, full report said that no record actually exists. Website LIES!

Date of experience: March 12, 2024
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I requested to view 1 vin. 1.38$
I haven't checked my banking in 4 weeks an these guys charged me over 900$ in 4 god damn weeks. YOU GUYS ARE CRIMINALS

Date of experience: February 6, 2024

Overview

VIN Check Up has a rating of 1.5 stars from 27 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. VIN Check Up ranks 564th among Car Buying sites.

service
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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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