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Purecars.com - is it worth it?

As a consumer I was looking around the web and saw this.  I think the reports are worthless.  There's no way to confirm what they're showing for a consumer.  For example, one vehicle shows it's 1800 more, but the mileage to the car I was looking at is 20000 miles less.
I can't select the other vehicle to even verify the data.
 
Purecars is a horrible service. Their servers are down more often then not, and when they are up, the load times are ridiculously slow. When I contacted Purecars about the problem, they said it was my website provider's fault, not theirs. When I contacted my website provider, they walked me through how it was Purecar's issue, and that they see that type of problem with Purecars all of the time.
 
It seems that Purecars has a lot of problems that they aren't fixing, and trying to blame everyone else for it.
 
I am an independent automotive consultant who has seen countless products that profess "to do this or that" for the consumer or retail automotive sales team. Most are hollow claims. However, PureCars is the single BEST internet sales tool I've found, period. It is a terrific tool for the consumer in that it provides them a good "pricing" frame of reference for the type of used vehicle they are interested in purchasing. My experience with PureCars has been nothing but positive, and every dealer I work with has had the same experience.
 

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Dealers and industry insiders debate the value of PureCars.com, a used vehicle pricing transparency tool that generates comparison reports for customers on dealer websites. Opinions are sharply divided: some dealers and consultants praise it for helping justify pricing and shifting conversations toward value, while a consumer and one dealer criticize it for unreliable data and frequent server outages. The PureCars president himself responded publicly to the reliability complaint, suggesting the company was actively monitoring its reputation.

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