Gabe has engaged in an online business transaction with Voltage Tech through their online ordering service. Gabe has been invoiced $350 for the storage of the software at Voltage Tech’s head office and is angered. He later finds out that out of the many detailed terms there was one term that stated” A storage fee of $50 per day would be payable on collection for every day that Voltage Tech holds the purchase stock after the order is placed”. The primary issue on which Gabe requires advice on is whether he is bound by the term to pay the invoiced fee of $350 issued by Voltage Tech. Although the case in question above is primarily an e-commerce issue, traditional contract rules and laws still apply; Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; 219 CLR 165; 79 ALJR 129; 211 ALR 342 , L'Estrange v Graucob [1934] 2 KB 394, Stipulating where there is a written contract which is signed, a party is bound by all the terms in the contract irrespective of whether they were aware of the terms it contained. The exception being If a clause is particularly onerous or unusual then …show more content…
The usual rules of offer, acceptance consideration and intention to create legal intentions apply. When Gabe placed his order online, he was shown a “browsewrap” contract where the general terms of contract law apply, stipulating that when Gabe clicked accept to the terms and conditions, he was bound to every one of those terms in the hyperlink whether or not he read or understood it; L'Estrange v Graucob (1934). However, we can argue that the term implementing the penalty was indeed onerous and unusual in the nature that the fee set out by Voltage Tech was well above the average fee of $10 per day, which was charged by other companies. For such a clause to be valid as part of the contract, as stipulated in Interfoto Picture Library v Stilletto [1989] “more steps are required to bring it to the notice of a reasonable
-The Reasoning: the face that the appellant did not like the fee indicated does not preclude the finding of a binding contract. Appellant intended to negotiate, but never did so. Appellant
Both parties must be bound.” Both parties must be required to perform under the contract, “in other words, it must be enforceable originally, or not at all.” Sayres v. Wheatland Group, L.L.C., 79 Va. Cir. 504 (Va. Cir. Ct. 2009). As stated by The Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia "if it appears that one party was never bound on its part to do the acts which form the consideration for the promise of the other, there is a lack of mutuality of obligation and the other party is not bound." Busman v. Beeren & Barry Invs., LLC, 69 Va. Cir. 375 (Va. Cir. Ct. 2005).
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The Great Western Bank of San Diego placed an order of 12 special purpose accounting machines with the Data Max Corporation of Cincinnati, OH. Great Western Bank and Data Max, both agreed to a firm-fixed price of $9,500 per unit and FOB the shipping point. The purchasing manager of the bank designated a particular carrier (yellow freight) and Data Max returned the signed acknowledgement without making any changes to the terms and conditions.
This report is dealing with the case of ACME Electronics vs. Otto Gunter. Gunter purchased a computer from ACME Electronics in 2002. In 2004, the hard drive crashed and he brought it in to ACME Electronics to have it replaced, as well
b. The firm is required to make a cash payment for the goods or services.
Certain business situations necessitate that customers take title to the goods purchased, agree to pay for them and yet not be in a position to accept delivery of the goods. In such cases, the sellers fulfill the manufacturing requirements and segregate the goods in their warehouses so as to make the goods available to the customers for shipment. Such transactions are labeled ‘bill and hold’ agreements (Grant Thornton, 2010).
“For a sales incentive offered voluntarily by a vendor and without charge to customers that can be used or that becomes exercisable by a customer as a result of a single exchange transaction, and that will not result in a loss on the sale of a product or service, a vendor shall recognize the cost of such a sales incentive at the later of the following:
FUTRONICS Inc. is a private company located in Lexington mainly categorized for modems, monitors, disk drives and terminals. It is moreover in to sales and services. This case is about the replacement of Futronics’s central office stores by an outside service provider. In this case supply management manager have an opportunity for investigating selected outsourcing in-house services.
5.3 Late payments will incur interest at 15% per month. After 60 days work will cease and unpaid invoices will be referred to a debt collection agency. All costs incurred by Virtual Assist’s for the collection of unpaid invoices will be the responsibility of the Client. 6.0 Virtual Assist’sCommitment to Client 6.1 Virtual Assist’s will endeavor to deliver all work agreed upon with the Client, in the agreed scope, budget, and time-frame discussed, to the best of our ability. Additionally, we undertake to respond promptly to requests for urgent assistance.
In this scenario StockNet is a company that provides “full service securities transactions to customers by e-mail and the World Wide Web.” StockNet had posted an “advertisement” via the web inviting new customers to “make a one-time stock purchase at no commission if the order is placed electronically through the World Wide Web” on their website prior to the “close of the market” that day. If the order is placed as directed by StockNet then the new customer will not be charged a commission on the order they place “electronically” through StockNet’s website. Joe Netsurfer sees the advertisement; calls the StockNet broker and places an order over the phone for 100 shares of IBM, but his “purchase order confirmation from StockNet” has a charge
Within a contract consideration must be made to the creation of the contract. The terms of the contract define the obligations of the parties. It is by analysing the terms that you can find out what has to be done to discharge those obligations. For example in Cehave NV v Bremer Handelsgesellschaft mbH [1976] QB 44; [1975] 3 All ER 739, the buyer Cehave did not want to accept the delivered goods because they were not in ‘good condition’ although they were in satisfactory condition to perform their purpose which was to be used as animal feed.
Law 1: Under common law, a party can agree to expressed terms within a contract that hasn’t been written and signed (eg agreement to Conditions of Carriage), so long as the party has had reasonable notice of the statement or is included in a document that is reasonable person might consider to be not a contractual
The non-refundable portion of the license fee specified in the agreements should be recognized either upon delivery of the product or at the time