Q Browne offered to sell Houlihan his recently purchased 50-inch plasma screen television set for $6400. Houlihan sent Browne an e-mail accepting the offer but asked if she could pay Browne in four equal monthly installments of $1600. Browne did not acknowledge Houlihan's e-mail and instead sold the television set to Drew for $6200. Houlihan then purchased a new set for $7400 and sued Browne for $1000, the difference in price. Did Houlihan and Browne have a valid contract and will Houlihan be able to recover $1000 form Browne? You will see this again in Chapter 8: The Offer and Acceptance. For this chapter, do you feel we have a 'meeting of the minds', a contract? Try to state what Houlihan's position is, and what Brown may argue:
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