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In an ordinary retail shop, how is the display of goods with a price tag generally classified in…

An ordinary retail display with a price tag invites the customer to make an offer. In the ordinary transaction, the customer offers to buy and the retailer accepts or…

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In an ordinary retail shop, how is the display of goods with a price tag generally classified in contract law?

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An ordinary retail display with a price tag invites the customer to make an offer.

In the ordinary transaction, the customer offers to buy and the retailer accepts or rejects that offer.

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Option A

An ordinary display invites customers to make offers and is not itself the retailer’s proposal to sell to each customer.

Option B

The display is an invitation to offer. A customer can offer to buy the item and the retailer can accept that offer.

Option C

A counteroffer responds to an existing offer with different terms. There is no earlier offer in the display scenario.

Option D

The display has a recognised classification as an invitation to offer.

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