A manager at Blue Cross asks Office Supply, Inc. (OSI) if it will provide 500 boxes of letter size paper. OSI agrees, arranges f

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A manager at Blue Cross asks Office Supply, Inc. (OSI) if it will provide 500 boxes of letter size paper. OSI agrees, arranges f

or the delivery of the paper, and sends an invoice to Blue Cross. The invoice contains an arbitration clause. Blue Cross accepts the goods and pays OSI. Later, the two companies get in a dispute, and OSI attempts to force the dispute into arbitration. A court would likely find the arbitration clause
Group of answer choices

valid, because the UCC does not apply to this sale

invalid, because under the UCC the acceptance must mirror the offer

invalid, because common law requires the acceptance be a mirror image of the offer

valid, because under the UCC the acceptance does not have to mirror the offer

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BigorU [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-13T12:22:32+03:00

Answer:

Invalid, because under the UCC the acceptance must mirror the offer

Explanation:

§ 2-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) enforces the mirror image rule. The mirror image rules states that in order for a valid contract to be formed, the offeree (Office Supply) must accept all the terms included in the offer (by Blue Cross) and cannot modify or add any terms. Any term that changes the original offer results in no contract.