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Any Merchant Quote Is A Firm Offer

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • Contracts1

Example wrong choices

  • 14448_scripture_laminator · CONTRACTS · Choice ANo, because Ruth's sale to a buyer who paid value ended Daniel's claim against Ruth.

    Why it's attractive

    The call is Daniel against Ruth, not Mary against anyone.

    Why it's wrong

    The call is Daniel against Ruth, not Mary against anyone.

  • 14448_scripture_laminator · CONTRACTS · Choice CYes, because Ruth's mailed offer was a firm offer that Ruth could not revoke for a reasonable time.

    Why it's attractive

    A firm-offer answer must point to a held-open assurance; the stem gives none.

    Why it's wrong

    A firm-offer answer must point to a held-open assurance; the stem gives none.

  • 14448_scripture_laminator · CONTRACTS · Choice DNo, because Daniel's letter demanded a new term and therefore operated as a counteroffer.

    Why it's attractive

    The condition has to add something before it can turn the answer into a counteroffer.

    Why it's wrong

    The condition has to add something before it can turn the answer into a counteroffer.

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