pony sold on after giving him away? help please

Parents probebly no nothing of her trying to get money from you! The pony belonged to the parents - they sold him for some wood and legally signed over the papers.

The pony never belonged to the child - a child under the age of 18 cannot legally OWN anything (legal eagles please correct me if I'm wrong) therefore she cannot sell the pony so cannot demand the money.

Please don't give it to her - she needs to learn that you have to earn money by hard work not emotionally blackmail it out of people.
 
Thanks everyone, just rang my husband and he said don't bother replying to her, apparently she is a bit of a loose cannon and a bit of a tear-away. OH says not to worry and he will sort it out with his dad and the girls father. Her parents probably don't even know shes FBing me.......
 
The parents probably have no idea whats going on, the kid is just trying it on. Tell her to sod off, block her from face book and forget :-)
Seriously these people are not worth even trying to reason with because they think the world owes them a living.
 
Quite clearly a young girl, OH says she is around 14/15 :rolleyes: wants me to cover costs of shoes/tack and transport!! says i *robbed* them. They said they don't *need* wood as they have gas!! and how they can't afford another horse because they never had the cash for him, oh and the passport was in her name so it was her pony despite her probably being around 12 at the time!!
Oh dear someones going to be grounded me thinks......i've just ignored the rest of the messages now. Even though its very tempting to put her in her place.
 
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For a contract to be legal there has to be the exchange of something for something. You exchanged wood for pony. If wasn't a gift, by signing the ownership section of passport & accepting the wood in return to pony has been sold to you & a contract exists. I would not offer her a penny, as it makes it appear you believe the pony wasn't legally yours. Tell her pony was sold to you & you don't want to hear from her again. End of.
 
Am tempted to FB her mother, have just seen her friends list and recognize her, make her aware what her daughter is up to and also to clarify a few things.
Or shall i just leave it for OH to sort??
 
OldNag said:
She hasn't got a leg to stand on, so why not just block her and ignore?
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I will block her, she has sent me 3 messages now without me replying each one getting more and more angst!! now shes saying it wasn't her dads pony to sell blah blah so i really don't think her parents don't know what she is up too.
Will do it now before my FB crashes with messages!

Thanks for your support everyone, its reassuring to know am not in the wrong! :)
 
lucky7 said:
owners got in touch and spoke to father in law and said we could keep pony in exchange for some wood, the owners gave me the passport and signed it all etc.
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Unfortunately as you will be told time and time again on here, passport is not proof of ownership.

lucky7 said:
I tried several times to contact the owners and even told the FIL to tell them that it wasnt working out and wanted to send the pony back, basically i heard nothing, other than FIL saying for me to contact him myself (hopeless FIL) i left messages and rang solidly for around a month with no luck. My situation was getting worse (think 3 horses on less than 3 acres of mud) and had no choice but to sell him on. so i did to a family who really liked him and paid £400 for him..
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Even you call them the owners, not the previous owners, but the owners, and state that you wanted to send him back because it wasn't working out.

lucky7 said:
Fast forward 2 years later and i get an email via FB from the daughter stating that they would have had him back and he was theres to sell not mine .
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I think perhaps I may agree with them, since you keep referring to them as the owners, there is a possibility that you still viewed them as such.

lucky7 said:
What would you do in this situation?? did i do the right thing?
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I honestly have no idea how I would have handled, or how you should handle it now. However, I would have ensured that I had a bill of sale for the pony to begin with (sorry, I know that doesn't help you!)
 
You might want to point out to her that a person under the age of 18 cannot legally own an animal!
So no.....pony was not hers....it belonged to her parents!
 
lucky7 said:
Yes, the pony was given in exchange for the wood.
As mentioned they gave me the passport and signed the change of ownership section.
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oops, dipsy me, didn't read the entire thread! In that case, I still think in retrospect a bill of sale would have been a good idea, but that is by the by. You were within your rights to sell him and I personally would not be offering them the money. :) hope it resolves for you.
 
Send one last message saying (as mentioned earlier) you have taken advice (which you have!). Pony was swapped for wood and signed over. It belonged to you and you are no longer continuing this conversation and are therefore going to block the daughter. Your OH seems to have a handle on it as well so I would then leave him to do it. I would then leave it at that.
 
Sounds like the pony was affectively abandoned and you did your best to try and contact the original owners.

I'd stop corresponding with them - and just let them get on with it.
 
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