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Concerning Wilburn's case, he undeniably had a contract with Jimmy's shop, which was completed by choosing his desirable product and then paying for it, the price for which is $2000. According to the advertising email by Jimmy, a free delivery service was available for any purchase of goods worth more than $500. Thus meaning that Wilburn, with his $2000 purchase, was provided with the choice of using the delivery service provided by Jimmy's shop since his purchase was well over $500. Wilburn did not take advantage of the service (or rather did not know about it), and decided to complain. The problem now is does Wilburn's complaint stand?

Considering the case of R. v. Clarke (1927) 40 ...

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stated that the consent of the terms of an offer was vital, without a consent there would be no contract. Therefore if the offeror and the offeree did not agree on the same terms of contract, it would be equivalent to not having a contract at all.

The same applies to our case concerning the contract between Wilburn and Jimmy. Wilburn made a contract with Jimmy's shop only concerning the purchase of the DVD player, not of the delivery service, i.e. Wilburn made an acceptance of the contract while being completely ignorant of the free delivery service, he was only aware of the service in retrospect, after purchasing the DVD player. Given such a fact it was safe to say that Jimmy would not be bound by the terms of delivery since Wilburn was not aware of it and did not demand for it during his purchase. Wilburn's complaint is not valid according to contract law.

Susan

According to the present case, Susan made a promise to Kitty, or rather the beauty salon, that if she won the ...

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Added: 4/8/2011 10:21:52 AM
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