Yeah police not interested, not surprised, as you say thinly spread. Just wondered if there was anything else I could as he is so openly dodgy. You are right don't NEED to show receipt as part of history but it's nice to have as full a history as possible in my opinion. Just upset at this dealers business practises.

Yes True True! Being positive. My husband called the dealer who admitted on the phone that that is how he runs his business as he doesn't want the responsibility of any problems with the cars. My husband advised that this was not right and the dealer said if my husband buys a warranty for the car he would issue you a new receipt but if not then he would not. The dealer did not seem to grasp any future implications such as reducing the value of the car in future sales, just shouted at my husband and advised that is what you get for £3500. I have reported this guy to trading standards and am going to report him to the police as my husband thinks this is not only unfair and shady but criminal. I am unsure if the police would do anything about it, but I don't want this to happen to anyone else. We will keep the car and just deal with any problems that may arise. I will also search for any Slough based forums ( I am more north Bucks ) and see if I can let people know to avoid this [EDIT]. If anyone has any other ideas for how I could get word out about him, please let me know. Thanks again for your time!

Thanks for everyone's replies so far. I feel like a complete idiot, I should have done some searches and research prior to the sale. I will in future. I will send a reply email this afternoon using the advice I have received from you all and I'll post the reply when I get one. Really not what I need, got a little one on the way, this was supposed the family car. Can not afford for this to be happening

I've recently bought a car, and after speaking to some friends a question has arisen about the receipt. When the car dealer wrote the receipt they put "spares or repairs" on the receipt, this seemed strange, as the advert said that the car was in excellent condition. When I asked the dealer why he had put this he said it was just a way of writing sold as seen. My friends seem to think that both of these are shady practices, that a dealer selling to the public cannot mark a receipt with sold as seen, and that advertising a car in excellent condition, and then writing spares or repairs on the receipt may be the dealers way of trying to absolve themselves of responsibility in the event that a problem arises with the car. Can you please advise if I should be worried about this? and what if anything I can do about it - I bought the car from a dealer rather than a cheaper private sale because I wanted some reassurance that I would be able to seek recourse in the event of an issue, and my friend seems to think that this may complicate that? I emailed the garage the following: Hiya, myself and my dad bought a car from you the other day. So far it is fine but I have spoken to people and I am not happy with the receipt that you gave me. I bought a car that was described as 'excellent' condition, the car is in excellent condition but you wrote a receipt saying spares or repairs. This is not the terms the car was sold under, I would like a new receipt to reflect this. Would you be able to post a receipt or should I come and collect one? And this was the reply: Hi Becki, We sell all our cars as spare/repairs unless you buy warranty from us, that's the reason our cars are better priced than others. If you are not happy with the vehicle or the receipt,please bring the car back within 48 hours so that we may re-advertise it. This is just out of curtsey as you were not fully aware of what spares/repairs mean. After 48 hours of this email your receipt will stand and the offer of refund will expire. Just to put it in perspective the retail value of your vehicle is £4200 according to Parkers but we sold it to you for £3400. Kind Regards Professional Cars LTD 01753 780182 07788 929755 This seems fairly dodgy to me. I've emailed trading standards but I don't think I'll get a quick response. Please can someone give me their opinion? I'm really worried and stressed as only just dealt with one dodgy car and now landed this. My husband thinks the clutch seems high also, so if it goes I need to know what rights I have. Sorry for the long rambling post, I look forward to replys, thanks for your time! Becki:help: