CONTRACTS explained :)

Current mood: cheerful

A convo about a contracts case:

XXXXXXXX (4:23:18 PM): why would RR company pay 6.85 for something, to sell it for 6.85 for someone else
XXXXXXXX (4:23:28 PM): unless they planned on selling it for more to the original customer
XXXXXXXX (4:23:32 PM): who was supposed to get teh coal
XXXXXXXX (4:23:44 PM): but figured they'd just ask for market from the Prison to be fair?
CraZRnR (4:23:52 PM): rr company wasn't in the business of buying or selling
CraZRnR (4:23:58 PM): rr company had to ship it
CraZRnR (4:24:17 PM): its like, fed ex loses your stuff that you were sending to me
CraZRnR (4:24:22 PM): and they pay you for whatever your stuff cost
CraZRnR (4:24:33 PM): fed ex never owned that stuff
CraZRnR (4:24:36 PM): they never paid you for it
CraZRnR (4:24:38 PM): but they lost it
CraZRnR (4:24:47 PM): so theyre paying you back for the value of what they lost
XXXXXXXX (4:25:06 PM): ok, I see
CraZRnR (4:25:09 PM): except, say the reason it got lost is because fedex delivered the cookies you made for me - but delivered them to jake instead
CraZRnR (4:25:13 PM): and jake took them and ate them
CraZRnR (4:25:14 PM): so
XXXXXXXX (4:25:17 PM): So at that point, C is out of the picture, they don't give a shit anymore
CraZRnR (4:25:32 PM): fed ex says, i'll pay you for the cookies - but then turns to jake and says, jake, you owe me because you ate the cookies
CraZRnR (4:25:53 PM): so jake says
CraZRnR (4:26:03 PM): no, i dont want to pay you for the cookies because
CraZRnR (4:26:08 PM): i thought these cookies were from...
CraZRnR (4:26:11 PM): professor hylton
XXXXXXXX (4:26:15 PM): hehe
CraZRnR (4:26:22 PM): and hyltons cookies cost 1/2 as much as kaj's
CraZRnR (4:26:26 PM): so
CraZRnR (4:26:32 PM): the whole argument is just fed ex and jake
CraZRnR (4:26:38 PM): nothing to do with the coal companies
XXXXXXXX (4:26:56 PM): and the key is that the cookies are identical, cause if one was of better quality, then this would turn out differently
CraZRnR (4:27:09 PM): yes
CraZRnR (4:27:11 PM): i think so
CraZRnR (4:27:13 PM): good point
CraZRnR (4:27:17 PM): i so didn't think of that
CraZRnR (4:27:18 PM): lol
XXXXXXXX (4:27:18 PM): well, the cookie example was freakin' brilliant