Her Two Friends Let Her Have Sole Ownership Of A Boat They Bought Together, But Now That She’s Sold It, They’re Angry They Were Not Involved
A twenty-eight-year-old woman and her two friends, Rick and Lucy, decided that they wanted to go on an adventure and sail down the coast. But first, they obviously needed a boat.
So, she and the two friends decided to all pitch in and bought an affordable one for three thousand dollars.
After purchasing the boat, though, the group was hit with a ton of unexpected expenses.
“There were countless things we needed to buy for it if we were going to take it anywhere. But, the biggest problem was where to keep it,” she recalled.
At first, she and her friends were keeping the boat at one of their boss’ unused moorings.
Then, when winter came, they split the cost of pulling it out of the water and did the same come springtime.
But, last summer, her boss filled up all of their moorings and did not have an extra to spare.
At that point, the friends realized that getting their own mooring would be way too expensive and opted to just anchor their boat in the harbor.
Nonetheless, this decision came with its own plethora of problems. The boat was constantly dragging its anchor, moving around the harbor, and getting caught in other boats’ gear.
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This seriously stressed her and her friends out– because if their boat hit someone else’s well-kept and expensive boat, they would be stuck paying for the damages.
So, eventually, the stress of continuously needing to re-set the boat’s anchor became too much for her two friends, and they decided she could just keep the boat for herself.
They only gave her one condition: she would need to assume all responsibility for the boat. And she did.
For about three weeks, she went out to check on the boat and re-set its anchor daily by herself.
And after realizing how badly the engine worked, she decided that fixing up the boat was no longer worth the investment.
So, she decided to put it up for sale for one thousand dollars– her initial investment cost– and it was bought the very next day.
After telling her friends, though, she could tell they were butt hurt– even though they did not initially bring it up.
Then, just a few days ago, they confronted her about their share of the sale.
Apparently, the friends believe they are entitled to six hundred and fifty dollars. Then, they even called her an idiot for selling the boat for so cheap.
“I reminded them that they told me I assumed all responsibility of the boat, so that should mean I was free to do what I wish with it,” she explained.
Nonetheless, her friends have still been sulking, and now she is wondering if selling it without involving them was a rude thing to do.
If someone relinquishes ownership of a boat, are they still entitled to future profits? What if that “profit” was even lower than the initial investment cost?
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