Merchant Additional Terms
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
14452_olive_lamp_liability_cap · CONTRACTS · Choice AThere is no contract because Lydia did not consent to the $250 liability-cap clause in Galilee's form.
Why it's attractive
No consent explains why the cap is out, not why the contract is gone.
Why it's wrong
No consent explains why the cap is out, not why the contract is gone.
14452_olive_lamp_liability_cap · CONTRACTS · Choice CThere is an enforceable contract whose terms include the $250 liability-cap clause in Galilee's form, because liquidation of damages is expressly authorized by the Uniform Commercial Code.
Why it's attractive
The choice talks about a nearby UCC damages rule instead of the added-term gate.
Why it's wrong
The choice talks about a nearby UCC damages rule instead of the added-term gate.
14452_olive_lamp_liability_cap · CONTRACTS · Choice DThere is no contract because the $250 liability-cap clause in Galilee's form is a material alteration of Lydia's offer.
Why it's attractive
The material alteration is real, but the consequence is cap-out, not no-contract.
Why it's wrong
The material alteration is real, but the consequence is cap-out, not no-contract.
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