Well I would say OBO does not explicitly or implicity mean ANY offer
accepted. Isn't that the crux if this? Do you grok what I'm saying?
You're right any sale should follow fair business rules, but if they did
then I wouldn't need to be calling my attorney about William Robb and his
dog house and then all the lawyers would be sleeping on city sidewalks in
tent cities.
Think of the big picture... :-)
Tom C.
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Subject: Subject: RE: Or Best Offer: a misleading--and dishonest--phrase
> Private sales don't have rules? The more's the pity. Time was, a handshake
> was binding, and an oral agreement was not dismissed for want of a piece
of
> paper.
>
> My teenage son in Israel has spent the past year studying the Talmudic
> tractate that deals with personal business agreements: "I agree to do this
> or that for you, on the condition that you pay me such-and-such in
return."
> Or: "I agree to lend this tool to you, and you agree to take good care of
> it."
>
> While some of the legal analysis and debate hinges on written contracts,
by
> far the greater share deals with implied or spoken agreements and implicit
> responsibility:
>
> 1. I lend you an axe, and while you use it the head comes off. Who is
> responsible?
>
> 2. I agree to watch your sheep while you are away, but I do it as a favor
> (for free); if a wolf kills one of your sheep, must I remunerate you?
>
> 3. I say I returned the money (or tool) that you lent me; you say I
didn't.
> On whom lies the burden of proof?
>
> I am not suggesting that the conclusions adduced by the Talmud are the
> "right" conclusions for all societies and economies. But say what you will
> about being overly legalistic: The alternative--no rule of law--may be
> worse.
>
>
>
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>
> Leonard Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Auctions have rules. Private sales don't.
>
> Paul Franklin Stregevsky
>
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