http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4122842.stm A Birmingham radio DJ discovered hell hath no fury like a woman scorned after his wife sold his £25,000 luxury sports car on the internet for 50p. Tim Shaw's wife, Hayley, put the Lotus Espirit Turbo on eBay after her husband propositioned glamour model Jodie Marsh live on-air on his Kerrang! FM show. Mrs Shaw, 27, said the flirtatious interview had been the "last straw" in their relationship. The car sold within minutes of it being posted on the internet site. Mr Shaw upset his wife when he announced over the air that he would leave her and their two young children for Ms Marsh. The item description for the car on eBay read: "I need to get rid of this car immediately - ideally in the next two to three hours before my husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street." Mrs Shaw, who admitted she had sold the car after a few drinks, said: "When he said he would leave me and the kids for Jodie Marsh, that was it for me. "I am sick of him disrespecting me and this family for the sake of his art. I didn't care about the money, I just wanted to get him back." Mercy dash She added: "There is no hope for a reconciliation. There have been a few things but this was the last straw." The controversial DJ was suspended from the Birmingham-based Kerrang station after he broke into programme director Andrew Jeffries house during a live prank in which he caused damage to the property. On another occasion at the station he choked on a sausage while simulating a sex act and he has been investigated in the past for pretending he was doing a live mercy dash to rescue a suicidal listener while working at Birmingham's BRMB station. Mr Shaw was unavailable for comment but a spokesperson said: "We are not going to make any comment on what happened as this is a personal issue and not work-related." £25,000 is around $45,000
I'm no lawyer, but I imagine that if the car was in both names, then she would have some rights over it?
Probably not in a community property state. Technically, half of the car is hers. All she has to do is give him half the proceeds.
I agree, the worlds largest email client. It's funny that following this thread Notes costs about $45,000 to integrate an is only worth $.50.
Hmm.. Sounds awfully like a common urban legend modified for British purposes. http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/porsche.asp
Sorry to spoil it, but I imagine the husband can get the car back. There's probably not a valid contract because 1 pound would only be nominal consideration: not enough to support the contract. You don't need to pay the fair value of an item, but where it's clear that the consideration is so nominal, it's not sufficient. Essentially, it's because the law presumes a purchaser couldn't be in good faith. He'd have to know that some sort of monkey business is going on when the price is that low.
Um, if the car was registered in the wife's name, why wouldn't she just take the car and sell it for full value? What a dumb woman.
DUMB WOMAN???!! she didnt give a crap about the car, but i bet he loved it so selling it for pennies instead of full value was just insult to injury. And she had to get rid of it in only a couple hours so explain to me how could she have done that if she listed it at full value???
i think what vwiggin was trying to say is, if it's not his car, why should he care what she does it with it to an extent. so, if that is the case, then she really is dumb b/c she's hurting herself more than him. it's another matter if it was his. she could have listed it at half value and i'm sure it would have sold a few minutes later.
