Question: A store owner Mailed the signed order to a warehouse that read. Please ship us 10,000 widgets at your current price. The warehouse manager received

A store owner Mailed the signed order to a warehouse that read. "Please ship us 10,000 widgets at your current price". The warehouse manager received the order on January 7th and the same day mail the store owner of properly stamped. Interest in signed letter stating that the order was accepted at the warehouse. Current price of $10 per widget. On January 8th. Before receipt of the manager's letter, the store owner telephoned the manager and said "I hereby revoke my order." The manager protested to no avail. The store owner received the manager's letter on January 9th because. Of the store owners January 8th telephone message the warehouse never shipped the goods.

Under the relevant and prevailing rules, is there a contract between the store owner and the warehouse as of January 10th?

  1. No, because the order wasn't offered. That could be accepted only by shipping the goods. And the offer was effectively. Revoke before shipment.
  2. No, because the store owner never effectively agreed to the $10 price term.
  3. Yes, because the order was an offer that the warehouse effectively accepted before the store manager attempted to revoke it.
  4. Yes, because the order was for a reasonable time. And error revocable offer.

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