Pauline's Print Mart (PPM) discussed with Martin Mason printing up elegant brochures advertising Mason's business, at a price of $700. Mason took possession of about 500 brochures; then, pressed by a big national competitor, he quit that business. He then refused to pay for the 1000 brochures still stored in boxes at PPM, denying he had ordered any more than the 500 he'd taken. As to the remaining 1000 brochures . . .
A) Mason will win: the relevant statute of frauds requires contracts in excess of $500 to be evidenced by a writing.
B) Mason will win: the parol evidence rule precludes admission of contemporaneous oral agreements that alter the terms of otherwise unambiguous written contracts.
C) Mason will win: the brochures were printed by normal printing mechanisms, nothing special.
D) Mason will win because under Article 2 if a person accepts goods, he admits a contract for that much.

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The Answer of Pauline's Print Mart (PPM) discussed with Martin Mason printing up elegant brochures advertising Mason's business, at a price of $700. Mason took possession of about 500 brochures; then, pressed by a big national competitor, he quit that business. He then refused to pay for the 1000 brochures still stored in boxes at PPM, denying he had ordered any more than the 500 he'd taken. As to the remaining 1000 brochures . . .
A) Mason will win: the relevant statute of frauds requires contracts in excess of $500 to be evidenced by a writing.
B) Mason will win: the parol evidence rule precludes admission of contemporaneous oral agreements that alter the terms of otherwise unambiguous written contracts.
C) Mason will win: the brochures were printed by normal printing mechanisms, nothing special.
D) Mason will win because under Article 2 if a person accepts goods, he admits a contract for that much.

Pauline's Print Mart (PPM) Discussed with Martin Mason Printing Up