I was looking at a used car. The dealer gave me a report from a competitor of Carfax that showed the car was clean with no accidents. I had looked at several cars and decided to purchase this car. I was out of town for Christmas and told the dealer I would be in on the Sunday following Christmas to purchase the car. I decided that I would pay for a Carfax to double check the report I got from the dealer when looking at the car. I purchased the Carfax and to my surprise found that the car had in fact been in a front side impact accident. I ended up purchasing a different car. Had I not pulled a Carfax I would have purchased a car based on an inaccurate report by a competitor and would not have known what secrets the car had.