From what I recall, this guy was sloppy or just naive and routinely accepted contracts with vague responses like "yep" or "sounds good". Eventually a thumb up emoji was accepted by the seller. When it came around to the court hearing, his previous casual messages were used as evidence to force him to pay for a shipment he didn't want. Moral: if you're spending more than 1% of your capital on a purchase, get a formal arrangement worked out first. It's good clickbait but also a basic business lesson
From what I recall, this guy was sloppy or just naive and routinely accepted contracts with vague responses like "yep" or "sounds good".
Eventually a thumb up emoji was accepted by the seller. When it came around to the court hearing, his previous casual messages were used as evidence to force him to pay for a shipment he didn't want.
Moral: if you're spending more than 1% of your capital on a purchase, get a formal arrangement worked out first. It's good clickbait but also a basic business lesson
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