Question $2$

$2\mathrm{.}5pts$

A retail store runs an advertisement in the local newspaper stating: "Only $3$ cashmere sweaters remaining; highest quality; real Polo; one grey, one maroon and one beige; on closeout, starting $9$ a$.$m$.$ Saturday, $$5\mathrm{.}00$ each, first$-$come, first$-$served." A store customer was the first to arrive on Saturday morning. He located the three advertised sweaters, picked them up$,$ handed $$15\mathrm{.}00$ to the clerk, and demanded all three sweaters at $$5$ each. The clerk stated that the store's price on each sweater was actually $$50$ each. The customer demanded the advertised price. Who has the superior legal position?

The customer, because the terms of the advertisement were definite enough to constitute an offer and the offer was duly accepted.

The store, in that a contract was made at $$50$ each, which was the store's actual intended price for the sweaters.

The customer, because this was a contract of adhesion favoring one party only, and as such, the store could not enforce it$.$

The retail store, because the terms of the advertisement were merely an invitation to make an offer, and the offer made was duly rejected by the store.