Should I intervene in daughter's dispute?

[Gingerpig50]

My 9 year old daughter has a close friendship which until recently has been absolutely fine but has been complaining in last couple of weeks that said friend is trying to get her into trouble at school. They are madly into these loom band bracelets and daughter has been asked by other friends to make them - one boy offered her £3 to make one! Anyway, she did, and boy paid her (separate discussion to be had regarding market value of these bracelets)! Since making this bracelet, daughter and friend decided to make them for charity, which I think is a great idea. However, the friend demanded that DD give her the money for the original bracelet as she says she is in charge of the money. DD is now upset because this bracelet wasn't part of the charity arrangement and she feels that she has let herself down by allowing this girl to take the money. I am good friends with the mother but she thinks her daughter can do no wrong so I don't know whether I should broach the subject with her. DD has subsequently decided she doesn't want anything to do with the bracelets but is scared to tell her friend. Should I mention to the mother about the money or just leave it? I really don't know how to advise DD either. Any advice??

Are they actually going to send the money collected to a charity? If yes and you will monitor this (all too easy to have good intentions but end up spending the money collected on sweets!), then the easiest way to resolve this would be for you to give the three pounds to the pot for charity.

The first bracket wasn't for charity. She keeps it.

Also the money for charity needs monitoring.

I think I would be giving the boy his three pounds back as it's excessive. Or at least the difference between what he paid and what they are going to sell them at for charity.

I wouldn't have let her keep the money as soon as I found out about it.

This has been the craze at our school since February and there were a few 'selling' incidents at the beginning but it was stamped out by the children who would say 'I'll make one for you jonny'.
And the dc soon taught each other how to make all the different styles.

The nicest part about it was that they were all making them for each other. It was a very social craze. It was great seeing children who probably didn't play together before teaching each other to make a starburst.