Friend of mine sold his season tickets to a sporting team to a buyer last year and around the time of the Olympics the buyer asked about renewal for the upcoming year. My friend said something along the lines of yeah, same price + difference in any additional price increases from the team.
Anyhow, since then things changed and for some reason or another he no longer wanted to sell to the buyer. So he notified him that he's not going to sell him the tickets. (I think he found out the buyer had sold some of his tickets on SH and Ebay throughout the last season and didn't like that considering he was just being nice and gave it to him at a good price and wasn't out to make a fortune).
Several days ago the buyer sends him an email saying he has contacted an attorney and that my friend is in breach of contract and must sell him the tickets at their previously agreed upon price.
No money was ever paid for the tickets. No contract was ever signed (just exchanging of emails). The "agreed" price was over face value if that matters and approximately 5000$.
Additionally the seller is a Canadian citizen who resides both in the US and Canada if that matters
Is the email exchange earlier in the season binding or can he blow it off and assume this was just a scare tactic? Options? Can he just transfer the tickets into his wife's name and be done with it?
Anyhow, since then things changed and for some reason or another he no longer wanted to sell to the buyer. So he notified him that he's not going to sell him the tickets. (I think he found out the buyer had sold some of his tickets on SH and Ebay throughout the last season and didn't like that considering he was just being nice and gave it to him at a good price and wasn't out to make a fortune).
Several days ago the buyer sends him an email saying he has contacted an attorney and that my friend is in breach of contract and must sell him the tickets at their previously agreed upon price.
No money was ever paid for the tickets. No contract was ever signed (just exchanging of emails). The "agreed" price was over face value if that matters and approximately 5000$.
Additionally the seller is a Canadian citizen who resides both in the US and Canada if that matters
Is the email exchange earlier in the season binding or can he blow it off and assume this was just a scare tactic? Options? Can he just transfer the tickets into his wife's name and be done with it?
