B/S/T Etiquette

[Peter_Spaeth]

If I see a card with a sticker price on a dealer's table at a card show and say I'll take it, do I have a binding contract?

If a dealer sends me a price list for wax boxes and I call up and say I'll take 3, do I have a binding contract?

If I see a sweater with a price tag in a shop window and I walk in and say I'll take it, do I have a binding contract?

If I see a list of coins for sale on a website (with prices) and I call up and say I'll take your 1943 steel penny, do I have a binding contract?

If I take a cereal box with a sticker price off the shelf in the grocery store and bring it to the check out counter, do I have a binding contract?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Has anyone ever sued someone for offering a card for sale and then not selling it to the person who claimed it?

[gabrinus]

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[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If I see a card with a sticker price on a dealer's table at a card show and say I'll take it, do I have a binding contract?

If a dealer sends me a price list for wax boxes and I call up and say I'll take 3, do I have a binding contract?

If I see a sweater with a price tag in a shop window and I walk in and say I'll take it, do I have a binding contract?

If I see a list of coins for sale on a website and I call up and say I'll take your 1943 steel penny, do I have a binding contract?

Peter, your examples do not match the circumstances present here. The seller did not simply provide a price. He provided sufficient other terms such that he manifested an intent to sell to anyone who wanted to accept.

[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

The buyer always makes the offer in contract law. The seller always accepts.

Here is another legal statement that is so far off base it's actually funny. In reality (and in the law) the seller (or buyer) can make an offer or accept an offer. It depends on the circumstances.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

Here is another legal statement that is so far off base it's actually funny. In reality (and in the law) the seller (or buyer) can make an offer or accept an offer. It depends on the circumstances.

LOL, yeah, when you take statements out of context you can draw strange conclusions. However, I made it quite clear that I was talking about this circumstance (an ad on a message board), and I qualified it by stating that the only way that changes is if there is a clear statement of intent to be bound.

Keep cherry picking statements, and ignore the fact that your assertions of the law are dead wrong.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

Peter, your examples do not match the circumstances present here. The seller did not simply provide a price. He provided sufficient other terms such that he manifested an intent to sell to anyone who wanted to accept.

What were those terms sufficient to manifest an intent to sell to anyone who would accept?

You keep saying that, but they have never been posted here. And the legal standard is a "clear statement of intend to be bound," not sufficient terms.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

What were those terms sufficient to manifest an intent to sell to anyone who would accept?

You keep saying that, but they have never been posted here. And the legal standard is a "clear statement of intend to be bound," not sufficient terms.

All he did was list prices and say he took Paypal and Venmo. No different than a store showing Visa and Mastercard logos or whatever the right word is. That doesn't change anything. IF that's a binding offer then so too are the ones in my examples -- but we know those are not.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I find endless discussions of T206 backs and combinations stifling and boring, so I don't read them. How hard is that?

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I find endless discussions of T206 backs and combinations stifling and boring, so I don't read them. How hard is that?

So you wouldn't like it if people starting talking about t206 backs and combinations in a conversation you were following on a different but somewhat related topic?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Musashi

So you wouldn't like it if people starting talking about t206 backs and combinations in a conversation you were following on a different but somewhat related topic?

I would just skip over them. As anyone not interested in the law easily could have skipped over posts by Tim, Greg and myself once it was obvious that's where our focus was.