CarCostCanada.com

I have had a terrible experience with Car Cost Canada.
Bottom line: Don’t use Car Cost Canada — especially if you are shopping for a Honda. The Car Cost Canada «Invoice» is not an accurate dealership cost in my expereince.
The business model is based on providing dealer invoice price of vehicles and providing recommended dealer and a dealer’s real-​time quote.
Unfortunately, what they don’t advertise is that Honda Canada does not participate with Car Cost Canada — which meant no referral system or quote. Further, the report reads «Since we do not currently have a local recommended dealer which sells this vehicle, we would like to offer you a free Wholesale Invoice Price Report courtesy of our participating recommended dealers of other makes and models in your area». I take this to mean that Car Cost Canada acknowledges the report was fundamentally deficient.
I immediately requested a refund and was eventually contacted with a phone call. The phone call from Car Cost Canada explained that while Honda doesn’t participate, they could get me in contact with a dealer, it just wouldn’t be ‘openly participating’. It seemed shady at the time of the phone call, and it seems shady now. I did decline this back-​room deal referral.
Further, while I was discussing the purchase with a finance manager at a local dealership, he disclosed the invoice price of the vehicle — which is less than the «Car Cost Canada» report. Car Cost Canada says that «the core value [of the service] being the confidential pricing information» — and they don’t even get that right.
I have discussed my concerns with the President of Car Cost Canada and Armada Data Corp, but he believes that my opinions are not valid and would not grant a refund.
I hope to save one consumer from this misleading organization.