Clean Machines Company is correct that no contract exists. The governing law in this case is the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) due to the items in question being goods that if there was a contract would be severable by the seller (pg. 359). Clean Machines Company offered to sell Dealers Appliance Outlet washing machines for a price over the phone, keeping the offer open for ninety days. Clean Machines Company did not incur any legal detriment in the offer and thus, no consideration was valid. Both common law and the UCC state that “an offer can be revoked at any time prior to acceptance”, unless there is valid consideration included in the offer (pg. 367). The only exception is when the offer is considered a firm offer, which must be in writing
