A print cartridge company sent a letter to a business office offering to supply a free premium printer if the business office would agree to purchase all the print cartridges the office would need from the print cartridge company. This letter arrived in the hands of the business owner on the same day the office printer failed. The business office had experienced a slow month and the business owner was trying to decide whether to pay the office rent for the month or fix the printer. Based on the offer, the owner paid the rent. A week after she put the rent check in the mail, the owner received a second letter from the print cartridge company indicating that the printer program was being canceled due to a lack of printers. The next day, before she read the second letter, the owner mailed her acceptance letter to the print cartridge company. The print cartridge company refused to supply the business owner with a printer. If the business owner brings a breach of contract action against the print cartridge company, how should the court rule

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Answer:

B. For the print cartridge company, because its revocation latter was received by the business owner before she dispatched the acceptance letter.

Explanation:

The print cartridge company had issue a business offer to customers for a free premium printers if they buy cartridges from them. The print cartridge company should have communicated that this is limited time offer or offer is valid till stock lasts. The company can still have option to revoke its offer but it should communicate to all its customers whom they have sent this offer. The business owner has received mail before she had provided the acceptance.