carolinajazz
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No thanks. I think I prefer the $100. Please remit payment immediately.
....we never shook on it?
No thanks. I think I prefer the $100. Please remit payment immediately.
....we never shook on it?
60 posts and one broken promise.
60 posts and one broken promise.
But, to stand up for my homey, CJ, he has a point. You have to formally accept his bet before you search out the answer, and he has to agree with you in particular to make the bet. He was not offering a "reward" to anyone who would do the research to find a particular thing, and he's free to retract his offer to bet at any time before he formally agrees to bet a particular individual.
Aint that right, CJ?
What's definitely true is that CJ can fairly be described in this instance to be a rat who owes me $100 in the eyes of anyone who fairly reads this thread.
This is purely academic given that CJ will never pay but the subject isn't that open and closed.
One could clearly argue that CJ set up a unilateral contract structure through an offer of open wager on a forum of his choosing and that the only means of acceptance of his wager was by proferring a "best guess" to test the veracity of his claim. Offers for reward, performance contracts for services, etc are frequently upheld without a formal bilateral offer/acceptance structure.
The better argument, for both you and CJ, would be that such a form is precluded because there's no way for CJ to win the bet given that he can't bind any individual to a "loss" if no one comes forward with their own winning entry. As a result it's inherently one sided. However, given the freedom of contract in America and that CJ wrote the bet himself and as a result the terms of the offer would be construed against him, I'm not completely certain its a winner.
What's definitely true is that CJ can fairly be described in this instance to be a rat who owes me $100 in the eyes of anyone who fairly reads this thread.
What would be the point of makin a bet if ya didn't intend to Welsh if ya lost?
I'll keep that in mind for any future discussions on relativity.
But, to stand up for my homey, CJ, he has a point. You have to formally accept his bet before you search out the answer, and he has to agree with you in particular to make the bet. He was not offering a "reward" to anyone who would do the research to find a particular thing, and he's free to retract his offer to bet at any time before he formally agrees to bet a particular individual.
Aint that right, CJ?
This is purely academic given that CJ will never pay but the subject isn't that open and closed.
One could clearly argue that CJ set up a unilateral contract structure through an offer of open wager on a forum of his choosing and that the only means of acceptance of his wager was by proferring a "best guess" to test the veracity of his claim. Offers for reward, performance contracts for services, etc are frequently upheld without a formal bilateral offer/acceptance structure.
The better argument, for both you and CJ, would be that such a form is precluded because there's no way for CJ to win the bet given that he can't bind any individual to a "loss" if no one comes forward with their own winning entry. As a result it's inherently one sided. However, given the freedom of contract in America and that CJ wrote the bet himself and as a result the terms of the offer would be construed against him, I'm not completely certain its a winner.
What's definitely true is that CJ can fairly be described in this instance to be a rat who owes me $100 in the eyes of anyone who fairly reads this thread.
I have a homey who had his car stolen once. He put up a bulletin offering a $500 reward for it's return, "no questions asked." When a guy brought his car to him, he didn't try to welsh and start axxin questions.
As soon as he got the keys, he just went upside the guy's sorry head with a long-*** chunk of lead pipe.
You're a rat?but then on the other hand gave me the loophole I needed to get out of this mess!!!
...well, it's obvious to even the most casual observer, that Sirkickyass is a college kid who majored in philosophy and other semi-worthless courses, because on one hand, what he says makes sense, but then on the other hand gave me the loophole I needed to get out of this mess!!!
Heh, Eric, ya never made that bet. I'm still willing, but the futility of that thread was already patently obvious. Then I got a little extended vacation, courtesy of County, and I aint never made it back. Ya still wanna bet?