Two former friends ended up facing off in a legal dispute over personal belongings, including mukluks and a TV, valued at hundreds of dollars.
The applicant in a BC Civil Resolution Tribunal case said that she had bought a watch from her former friend for $160. The respondent had demanded the watch back, but allegedly never reimbursed the applicant.
Two other claims were made by the applicant, including that she sold the respondent a TV for $100 and mukluk boots for $60 under a “delayed payment agreement” which was never fulfilled.
In total, the applicant claimed $320 in damages.
In response, the respondent stated that when the friendship ended, she texted the applicant to retrieve the items, but they were never collected. The respondent added that the watch was still on her account and asked the applicant to pay off the balance or return it. The applicant returned the watch.
The tribunal said, “I infer it is the respondent’s position that she owes the applicant nothing.”
Addressing the watch, the tribunal decision states that the applicant paid the respondent $160 for a watch and associated monthly fees, because the watch was still on the respondent’s account. The applicant claims that the respondent demanded the watch back but never returned the $160.
“The respondent does not dispute these allegations. However, she says she gave the applicant the option to either pay off the balance owing on her account for the watch or to return it, and the applicant chose to give it back to her,” the tribunal decision states.
Unfortunately for the applicant, she lacked sufficient evidence to support her claims regarding the watch.
Turning to the mukluks and the television set, the applicant claimed she sold both items to the respondent for $160 on the basis that she would be paid back later. Because the respondent never denied the claims, the tribunal said it was likely true.
“I order the respondent to pay the applicant $160,” the tribunal decided.
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