From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 06:35:12 +0800
To: amp@pobox.com
Subject: Re: Contracts on the Net (NYT)
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> One deal in particular led to a dispute - a $1,020 purchase of a card
> collection last year from a 14-year-old, Ted Clark of Haddonfield,
> N.J. 
> 
> Deak said ``youngsters'' selling cards sometimes do not understand
> the meaning of ``near mint.'' So, after examining the cards he had
> agreed to purchase in several installments, Deak decided they were
> not in near-mint condition and canceled a couple of checks he had
> written to Ted Clark and sold the cards for less than the original
> purchase price. 
> 

Sounds like someone else didn't understand the meaning of "contract."

If the merchandise he purchased was not up to his expectations, he should 
have returned it if he decided to cancel payment.