Question:
Discuss about the Significant And Impactful Terms Of Contract.
On the basis of the above discussed aspect, it can be mentioned that the statement that OFFICE PRO X9 is the best chair in the market and/ it is an amazing chair can be considered as a term of the contract i.e. express warranty between Peter as the buyer and the seller which was stated by Samantha who assisted Peter at Forever Furniture. It is due to the fact that, it is with the help of the terms of the contract that OFFICE PRO X9 is the best chair in the market and/ it is an amazing chair Samantha assured or promised Peter the mentioned facts are true in nature i.e. the particular product is the best in the market to meet his purpose of buying [2]. In addition to this, it is the reliance of Peter on the particular term of the contract basing upon which he decided to buy OFFICE PRO X9. On the basis of the above discussed facts, it can be stated that statements like OFFICE PRO X9 is the best chair in the market and/ it is an amazing chair can be considered as the term of the contract i.e. express warranty. To mention the scenario of Peter in a specific manner, sales representatives may unintentionally with the help of inflated or careless statements or conduct or even by their silence to the inquiry of customers may create warranties as it was observed in case of Peter. In his case, Samantha due to inflating her sales talks to convince Peter to buy the product made statements. On the basis of which it can be considered as a terms of contract i.e. unintended warranties. In order to establish the above discussed fact the case of Ford Motor v. Lemieux 1967; Grady 1983 can be mentioned[3]. In the particular case, an advertising brochure of Ford truck which depicted the picture of the truck off-road driving on mountains, ditches and streams used by the sales person to convince the buyer. Due to the same reason, when the buyer faced mechanical problems, the company was held liable for breach of warranty, though it was not the intention. In case of Peter as well, it can be observed that when such promises regarding the product were made by Samantha as inflated statement resulting in the creation of unintended warranties as the term of contract.
On the basis of the above discussed facts it can be mentioned that the term specifying that OFFICE PRO X9 is effective in providing required lower-back support to Peter, which would allow Peter to work comfortably the entire day, can be considered as an express term of contract. If the particular scenario of Peter is analyzed it can be observed that, in the process of buying the chair, Peter has clearly specific his terms for the purpose of buying the chair which is sufficient back support [5]. On acknowledging and accepting his term, Samantha provides him with OFFICE PRO X9. This clearly reflects that it is a term of contract, as it was clearly mentioned by Peter that in order to buy the particular product, the particular terms on the part of Peter i.e. requirement of sufficient lower back support which was mentioned by him verbally is needed. In addition to it, Samantha was aware of the term mentioned by Peter and on agreeing upon the term she provided him with the particular product making the term- OFFICE PRO X9 is effective in providing required lower-back support, a term of contract. However, in this context a complication may arise due to the specification of the statement by Peter verbally. It is due to the fact that terms which are mentioned verbally during negotiations prior the conclusion of the contract and it is not mentioned when the contract is put down in writing, such terms are usually considered as representation. It is due to the fact that, as the term is not mentioned in the written agreement it is assumed that on the part of the involved parties the statement is not viewed as important [6]. In case of Peter as well it can be observed that the particular term was mentioned during negations prior the conclusion of the contract, which may end up in considering the particular statement as representation rather than a term of contract. However, there are certain other factors which are also taken into consideration in such scenario, i.e. strength of statement and importance of the statement which in case of Peter can be observed that, the term was considered to be vital and integral aspect in buying the product. From this context the particular statement will be considered as term of contract.
In case of Peter, it can be observed that the particular term i.e. the need of sufficient lower-back support has been clearly mentioned by him, regarding which Samantha was aware and agreeing to it she provided him with the particular product [8]. Thus on the basis of the above discussed fact, it can be stated that the particular term that OFFICE PRO X9 is effective in providing required lower-back support to Peter which would allow him to work comfortably the entire day is express term of contract. The reason being it was clearly motioned by Peter that it was the pre-condition for buying the product which was agreed upon by Samantha.
This does prevent Peter form suing Forever Furniture for breach of contract terms due to the lack of performance of the product in meeting the need of Peter. It is due to the fact that the need of the particular product to be effective in providing support in order to help Peter work for the entire day was a pre-condition for buying the product [10]. The statement had strength and significance associated with it, making it a term of contract, to which Samantha agreed to, making it an express term of the contract. As the express term of the contract was breached by Forever Furniture, because OFFICE PRO X9 failed in providing him with required lower-back support to work comfortably the entire day and caused his pain to exasperate, he can sue Forever Furniture for breach of contract, having not impact of exclusion clause on suing the company by Peter.
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