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Article #565Re: HELP VIN' requested
From: Bill Seurer
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 18:06
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 18:06
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In article <2p68i9$lrg@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, adr5@merhaba.cc.columbia.edu (Alex D Rodriguez) writes: |> In article <2p60ab$1c6k@locutus.rchland.ibm.com>, |> Bill Seurer <BillSeurer@vnet.ibm.com> wrote: |> > |> >Let's see. I am an auto theft and I am looking for, oh, Mercedes (one of |> >the examples he used). I post a message here and get a nice long list of |> >them. Using the poster's names I look up their addresses and voila! |> |> This information is readily available, for a fee, from your state department |> of motor vehicles. How do you think the local dealership got your name and |> address and flooded you with special deals and offers? You can get the type |> of car owned and the address for all cars registered in your state. My local dealership doesn't flood me with offers. The one I bought my newer car at does and the one where I service my older car does. Not too hard to figure out where they got the info is it? Whether this info is available from the DMV probably varies from state to state. -- - Bill Seurer Language and Compiler Development IBM Rochester, MN Business: BillSeurer@vnet.ibm.com Home: BillSeurer@aol.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: fa37c,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa37c,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: f765b,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf765b,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-21 11:06:18 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!doc.ic.ac.uk!aixssc.uk.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!locutus.rchland.ibm.com!nordruth.rchland.ibm.com!seurer From: seurer@nordruth.rchland.ibm.com (Bill Seurer) Newsgroups: general,tx.general,nj.general,ca.general,ny.general,dc.general,mn.general,ca.driving,chi.general,umontreal.general,rec.autos,rec.autos.misc Subject: Re: HELP VIN' requested Date: 21 Apr 1994 18:06:18 GMT Organization: IBM Rochester MN Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2p6faq$1n6n@locutus.rchland.ibm.com> References: <haws.766793397@cambridge> <2p3b9c$vuo@locutus.rchland.ibm.com> <1994Apr20.203244.19212@mprgate.mpr.ca> <2p60ab$1c6k@locutus.rchland.ibm.com> <2p68i9$lrg@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> Reply-To: BillSeurer@vnet.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: nordruth.rchland.ibm.com Keywords: VIN (vehicle identification number)