Bought car, not as described and found receipts for work are fake.

Woody._2

funkycoldribena wrote: »

Might be easily done,wont happen though.

And you say that based on what?

funkycoldribena

Woody. wrote: »

And you say that based on what?

Seriously if you think the police would bother with this you are deluded,theres thousands of instances of ebay scammers who arent investigated,burglaries where the police dont even turn up,I could go on and include other instances, but its general knowledge that this sort of thing is the lowest of the lowest priority to the police theres no theft involved just low level fraud/deception.Do you think the cps would bother with this?Not a hope in hell.

Woody._2

funkycoldribena wrote: »

Seriously if you think the police would bother with this you are deluded,theres thousands of instances of ebay scammers who arent investigated,burglaries where the police dont even turn up,I could go on and include other instances, but its general knowledge that this sort of thing is the lowest of the lowest priority to the police theres no theft involved just low level fraud/deception.Do you think the cps would bother with this?Not a hope in hell.

How do you know the seller has only done this once?

asbokid

Tilt wrote: »

If a crime has been committed the police have an obligation to investigate... that's what they are there for.

Is there an obligation? The police normally do take a statement just to assuage the aggrieved. But then the CPS doesn't pursue a prosecution. The typical justification is "insufficient evidence" or "not in the public interest". And the CPS makes that determination itself.

As for a bundle of dodgy receipts... They are not worth much in the great scheme of things.

funkycoldribena

Woody. wrote: »

How do you know the seller has only done this once?

Thats a whole different ball game.If hes done this on numerous occasions then theres probably a higher chance the police would investigate as it would probably be more worth their while and a higher chance of conviction,but if its a one off-forget it.

funkycoldribena

asbokid wrote: »

Is there an obligation? The police normally do take a statement just to assuage the aggrieved. But then the CPS doesn't pursue a prosecution. The typical justification is "insufficient evidence" or "not in the public interest". And the CPS makes that determination itself.

As for a bundle of dodgy receipts... They are not worth much in the great scheme of things.

Sums it up really.

Tilt

funkycoldribena wrote: »

Thats a whole different ball game.If hes done this on numerous occasions then theres probably a higher chance the police would investigate as it would probably be more worth their while and a higher chance of conviction,but if its a one off-forget it.

And how will they find this out if the OP follows your advice and chooses not to report it?

Tilt

asbokid wrote: »

Is there an obligation? The police normally do take a statement just to assuage the aggrieved. But then the CPS doesn't pursue a prosecution. The typical justification is "insufficient evidence" or "not in the public interest". And the CPS makes that determination itself.

Maybe... but how will we know if the OP chooses not to report it?

asbokid wrote: »

As for a bundle of dodgy receipts... They are not worth much in the great scheme of things.

How do you know? Have you examined them?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

i would be more inclined to investigate THE CAR ITSELF rather than the reciepts, HPI it to find out if theres anything alse hidden about it.

if the car turned out to be of hidden identity or stolen, then run to the police with it.

techspec

If the car was bought outside of ebay - then surely the desription and work described within the ebay listing is totally irrelavent - and the car was bought as seen.