Family Discount/Preference?

🎀 𝒯 𝓇 𝒾 𝓃 𝒾 𝓉 𝓎 🎀 • LEO Wife 💙 Mama to Lili and Theo!

So this is a very controversial topic in my family currently, and wondered what others thought/would do. It’s more of a morals thing really.

Say a loved one passes away, and leaves behind something worth a lot of money (in my case, a fully paid for Harley in beautiful condition, but could be anything). This thing has a lot of sentimental value and memories to certain family members, and they would prefer to keep it in the family if possible.

the Will left everything to one person, including this object. This person was given many verbal instructions on how to divide things, but those instructions were not included in the actual Will so are not legally binding, and it’s unknown what the deceased actually wanted to happen to this. This object is NOT sentimental to the benefactor nor is it practical for her to keep it.

She has 2 family members specifically interested in this object. One is expecting it to be given to him for free, since he helped keep it maintained and it has the most sentimental value to him. He also claims the deceased promised that this object would go to him, but no one else has heard that nor can it be proven. The other is interested in purchasing it, and is willing to pay half of its value in cash up front and pay her monthly under the table for the rest, but would like to receive a discount off of the full market price of it since he’s family.

Would you, if you were her:

- A: give it away to the family member, since it means so much to him.

- B: sell it to the family member at a discount; you want to keep it in the family but also aren’t willing to just give away something so expensive.

- C: sell it to a stranger who is willing to pay the full market value for it/sell it to a dealership/whatever gets you the most money for it.

Note: I’m not the person he left this to, thank God 😅 I couldn’t handle the stress.