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Oh how awful Christie   I can imagine your excitement at buying your first caravan & thinking that you were safer buying from a dealer than an ebay seller. Then your disappointment when you found this problem.

I really think that you should contact the dealer & explain your findings, and ask them to supply you with a new water container which you will fit yourself. I wouldn't let them get away with such a shoddy service & selling a caravan which is not fit for purpose. Why should you have to pay out extra yourselves to put things right which should have been sorted by the dealer

ok, he told you he had checked it for damp - but it was wet???? the leaking water tank would create a damp area/stained area. you can show it wasn't checked for damp and found to be clear. I wouldn't bother asking for a new water tank, I would be asking for a full refund on the basis that you found additional damp areas around the leaking water tank and heading to the local trading standards dept

please don't tell me you paid cash to the dealer?

if he wont refund/offer replacement, I would park outside his pitch with a sign on the caravan, offering a damp and dodgy caravan for sale - recently purchased from a 'local dealer' - no need to even name him, and try and get some publicity - you might still get nothing other than the satisfaction of actually doing something rather than nothing!

if you don't want to go and confront him direct, use the internet and start a blog and direct him to it, he gets the choice of giving you your money back and all he has lost is one sale. or the potential loss of lots of sales due to adverse publicity