Re:Farmer ordered to pay >$92K after confusion over meaning ...
by 0cf8612b2e1e on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:46PM
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That was a confusingly terse response to give verbally. If someone only said, “Ok”, I suspect I would have assumed the same as the rentee (although, I hope I would have been astute enough to confirm the confirmation). Regardless, for what was likely never much of a money making operation, definitely poor taste to stick to their guns and enforce the deal.
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Re:Farmer ordered to pay >$92K after confusion over meaning ...
by arp242 on Sunday July 09, 2023 @02:08PM
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It's not that uncommon to say "okay" as merely a verbal acknowledgement; I do it all the time! In this context it's indeed ambiguous I guess, but I don't think it can reasonably be assumed to mean "we accept the terms" since where I'm from these type of "verbal contracts" are extremely uncommon – I'm highly skeptical it would have stood up in court (it came as a surprise to everyone that this was enforceable) but we weren't really eager to test that.
Re:Farmer ordered to pay >$92K after confusion over meaning ...
by DropInIn on Sunday July 09, 2023 @11:07PM
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If I say to you "pay me $50 to cut your lawn" and you respond with "okay" and Nothing else, there's only one reasonable interpretation.
It frankly seems like you're being willfully obtuse...