Conned Straight…On eBay
A real-life fact pattern for a Contracts final exam: “How I got an uncooperative eBay buyer to pay for her purchase”.
Via Consumerist who asks: “Unethical? Yes. Illegal? Probably not. An eBay bid is a binding contract. An email is not.”
I believe in California a binding contract can result via e-mail, but you’d still need all the elements of contract formation to be present. Were they present here? Are there any defenses?
