I first heard about Compnine from a number of posts (perhaps Sperry's?, may he R.I.P) in various child boards on the CAFCNA forums, and since the Sperry Tech Center is read only, I wasn't sure where the best catagory would be to let everyone know that this vin decoding website is apparantly back up and running now.
Compnine
It looks a little different from before it shut down, in that they charge various fees depending on usage. It looks like $5.00 a month is the cheapest... and that's for 50 VINs a month! Seems like the one week free trial is probably good enough for most of us checking on own vehicle. They say their service fees are really directed toward businesses, like insurance companies, used car dealers, salvage yards, etc that need to know what options and equipment is really supposed to be in a particular VIN. Now that makes sense. I had always wondered when Compnine was online before how they paid for and justified the bandwidth. At least there is an online resource again, instead of bugging GM technicians who post on forums.
I found the last post on CAFCNA that gives a rough time stamp when Compnine had last shut down:
Well, looks like they are back up again. By charging fees to insurance companies and auto dealers, hopefully they'll stay up and running.
Compnine
It looks a little different from before it shut down, in that they charge various fees depending on usage. It looks like $5.00 a month is the cheapest... and that's for 50 VINs a month! Seems like the one week free trial is probably good enough for most of us checking on own vehicle. They say their service fees are really directed toward businesses, like insurance companies, used car dealers, salvage yards, etc that need to know what options and equipment is really supposed to be in a particular VIN. Now that makes sense. I had always wondered when Compnine was online before how they paid for and justified the bandwidth. At least there is an online resource again, instead of bugging GM technicians who post on forums.
I found the last post on CAFCNA that gives a rough time stamp when Compnine had last shut down:
02/24/10 03:50 PM
Give this a try, their beta VIN decoder listed not only the usual build information but the entire list of installed RPO codes and what each one was. Says it works from 1980-2010
http://www.compnine.com/
dead link looks like they went under
Well, looks like they are back up again. By charging fees to insurance companies and auto dealers, hopefully they'll stay up and running.