In the order instructions - Essay Example

Cassie visited the gym and asked whether or not Zak would like to buy a new rowing machine. She said that she knew that Zak did not generally order goods through his gym managers, but that this was a one-off opportunity to buy at a bargain price. Alex said that he would email Zak to see whether Zak did want to buy the machine. Alex could not connect his computer to the internet. Fearing that Zak would lose a good opportunity, he untruthfully told Cassie that Zak had approved the purchase. Zak has now told Alex that he will not be bound by either contract which Alex made.

Zak already owns several spare sets of weights and the rowing-machine was very overpriced. Duncan, a customer of the gym, offered to buy an old display cabinet which was placed near to the reception area of the gym. Alex thought that the price which Duncan offered, £200, was very generous and so he accepted the offer on Zak’s behalf. Zak is refusing to be bound by this contract as he has subsequently discovered that the display cabinet is an antique worth about £3,000. Four months ago Zak decided that the gym which Alex was running should have a carom billiard table.

This was a new venture as none of his other gyms had ever had a snooker or billiard table. Zak agreed to buy a carom billiard table from its manufacturer, Billiard Ltd. The table was to have a heated cloth so that the billiard balls would travel across it more quickly. The billiard table was delivered one month later. Three weeks after delivery, the heating system intermittently broke down. Zak contacted Billiard Ltd, who said that they would send an engineer out to look at the problem. The billiard table had proved very popular and Zak told Alex to let customers keep playing on it.

The engineer told Zak that the billiard table would have to be taken back to the manufacturer’s factory for repairs, which would take about five weeks. Zak said that he would have to think