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Terms

The rules for using IsThisCarOK. Read them before you pay. The disclaimer you tick at checkout is part of this.

Last updated 30 August 2026.

The product

IsThisCarOK sells one PDF briefing per private-sale listing. You paste the ad. We research that vehicle and send a downloadable report. Price is $34.99 CAD on isthiscarok.ca (tax included in that sticker). No subscription. One included update within seven days if the VIN, kilometres, or engine turns up after you pay.

By creating an account, ticking the disclaimer, or paying, you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, don’t use the site.

What this is not

Private sales are typically as-is. In British Columbia there is no cooling-off period on a private sale. PST still applies at Autoplan. You still need a shop with a hoist before you buy. If the seller refuses, don’t buy it.

Your job

Give us a real listing you’re considering, photos that are yours to share, and an email you can read. Don’t use the product to harass a seller, scrape the web, or resell our PDFs. Don’t paste someone else’s personal data you have no right to share. You’re responsible for the purchase decision. We are not at the driveway with you.

Our job

We write the report in good faith from the listing, photos, public research, and shops we’ve actually checked. We do not invent a VIN or a shop phone. If we don’t have a verified shop in that city, the PDF says so and still tells you how to book an inspection. Research can be incomplete when the ad is thin, photos are missing, or a model isn’t in our files — we’ll say what’s unknown rather than guess.

Research usually takes minutes. Reports wait for a human skim before we email the PDF — that’s on purpose. Delivery is usually the same day, not sixty seconds.

Payment

Payment is processed by Stripe. We accept card and, where Stripe and your device allow it, Link, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Currency is CAD.

The seven-day update is the usual remedy if details arrive late. Refunds are not automatic — the research is the product, and it runs when you pay. If the PDF never arrived or we clearly failed to deliver, write us and we’ll make it right.

Intellectual property

The site, the wording, and the report format are ours. The PDF we generate for you is for you and anyone helping you buy that vehicle (a partner, a shop). Don’t republish it as your own product, don’t bulk-harvest /cars pages, and don’t pretend we inspected the car.

Listing photos remain the seller’s (or the platform’s). We use them only to research that job.

Accounts

Keep your email inbox under your control. You’re responsible for activity on your sign-in. We may refuse, rate-limit, or close an account that looks like abuse, card testing, or automated scraping.

Availability

We run daily caps so a bad day doesn’t run up an unbounded bill. If we’re at capacity, checkout or a new job may fail with a “try tomorrow” message. We’ll still honour a report you already paid for.

Liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, IsThisCarOK and John Jensen are not liable for the car you buy, the car you pass on, a missed defect, a tax bill, a lien, an accident, or a seller who lied. Our total liability for a given report is limited to the amount you paid us for that report. Some places don’t allow these limits — in those places, they apply only as far as allowed.

Governing law

For isthiscarok.ca, these terms are governed by the laws of British Columbia, Canada. Consumer protection statutes in your province still apply and win where they must.

Changes

We can update these terms. The date at the top is the current version. Changes apply to new purchases after that date. If a court knocks out one clause, the rest still stands.

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