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The Finished Goods in 2028 in Table 4  is ____________(1 point) 

Piper paid Lulu $200 in advance to hang Christmas lights at Piper’s home. The contract for the deal specified that Lulu was to hang the lights so they hung down three inches from the roofline of Piper’s home. Shortly after Lulu hung the lights and left, Piper noticed that they hung down four inches from the roof line. Piper immediately called Lulu and told her of the issue. Lulu responded “too bad, so sad,” hung up, and then blocked Piper’s number. If Piper sues Lulu for breach of contract, which of the following is Lulu’s best defense?

Susan purchases a water heater from a large retailer. The sales contract includes a clause stating that the water heater is sold “with all faults.” The water heater works initially but begins leaking after six months. Susan contacts the manufacturer, who refuses to repair it, citing the “with all faults” language. Susan sues, arguing that the water heater was not merchantable. Does Susan have a viable claim for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability?

Buyer sent Seller, a gadget merchant, a signed written purchase order for the purchase of 100 gadgets for $1,000. The purchase order specified that the gadgets were to be delivered in ten boxes of ten gadgets. Seller sent Buyer a signed written confirmation of Buyer’s purchase order stating, among other things, that the gadgets would be delivered to Buyer in five boxes of twenty gadgets. The confirmation also stated that acceptance is expressly made conditional on assent to any additional or different terms. There was no further communication between the parties until a week later when Seller informed Buyer that Seller would not be filling Buyer’s purchase order because the price of gadgets had since quadrupled as a result of OPEC’s decision to reduce oil production.  If Buyer brings an action for breach of contract, the probable result would be that:

During a post-game celebration, Alex, a professional football player, signs a contract while severely intoxicated to sell his rare sports memorabilia collection to a fan. The next day, Alex realizes what he has done and attempts to void the contract. Can Alex void the contract?

A seller orally agrees to sell 1,000 computers to a buyer for $550,000. After shipping 500 computers, the seller decides to cancel the remaining order, and the buyer sues for breach. Will the buyer be successful in enforcing the contract for the remaining 500 computers?

At the start of the academic year Professor announced to her class that she would pay the tuition of the bar review course of the student’s choice for the student who receives the highest grade in Professor’s Contracts course. If the Professor’s announcement to her class was held to be an offer, it would be an offer for:

On December 31st, Sully and Nate contracted that Sully would install a new deck on the back of Nate’s house. Because a harsh winter was upon the area, Sully and Nate agreed in the contract that Sully would begin work on the deck on April 21st, and that he would be finished before the start of summer. Fifteen days later, Sully called Nate and told him that he had sold his business to his brother and would no longer build his new deck. If Nate sues Sully for breach, who will win?

On March 1st, a construction company and a contractor agreed in writing that the contractor would purchase a steam roller for $45,000. Three weeks before the deal was set to close, the contractor found a seller of essentially the same steam roller who was willing to sell it for $40,000. Thus, the contractor bought that steam roller and refused to pay the construction company. To offload the steam roller, the construction company, in a commercially reasonable manner and in good faith, set up a public auction for the steam roller, selling it for $35,000. On March 1st, the market price of the construction company’s steam roller was $42,000. If the construction company wins in court on a breach of contract claim against the contractor, what is the court likely to award the company?