In his attempt to purchase the chocolate sauce which he saw in an advertisement, Todd agreed to the online contract of Foodmart stating that sales prices are applicable to items not included in advertisements and the stocks will be dependent on the existing inventory of the nearest store to the customer. Todd demanded to be offered all of Foodmart’s chocolate sauce stocks in the 3 stores within the 10 miles radius and demanded to get them at the discounted price or else he will sue. Todd will lose the case because he initially agreed upon the terms and conditions of the grocery store that limits the sales of chocolate sauces from the inventory available at the nearest store and Todd had no right to attain the chocolate sauce at a discounted price because it was stated in the terms and conditions that items in advertisements are not included in the online promotion. Todd’s claims are based on the inventory not provided by him and the sales price of the advertisement not given to him; because of his agreement to the grocery store’s online contract, he will lose the case. The standard Uniform Commercial Code is still followed in the e-commerce contractual issues but the UCC cannot fully cover contracts under the e-commerce law. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code purposely does not give notice to the electronic commerce sector but courts are invited to apply Article 2 of the UCC when goods are associated with the transaction (Towle, 2003).
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