On Monday, Pam visits a consignment shop and sees an antique dresser that she is interested in buying.

On Monday, Pam visits a consignment shop and sees an antique dresser that she is interested in buying. The price is right but she needs to go home and measure the space that she would like to put the dresser in and make sure that she can arrange a pick-up for the dresser. She asks the clerk at the consignment shop to hold the dresser for her until Sunday and tells her that she will call her to let her know whether she is going to buy the dresser or not. The clerk says that she will hold it until Sunday.

The clerk does not hear from Pam and sells the dresser to another customer on Saturday evening. On Sunday, Pam shows up with a truck and the full purchase price for the dresser, and is angry to discover that the dresser is sold. She decides to sue the consignment shop.

Which of the following BEST describes what transpired between the clerk and Pam in regard to the dresser?

  a)The clerk and Pam had an implied contract which the clerk breached when she sold the dresser to someone else.

  b)The clerk and Pam had an express contract but it was not breached because the dresser was sold on Sunday.

  c)The clerk and Pam did not have a contract at all because there was a lack of consideration for the agreement to hold the dresser.

  d)The clerk and Pam had a quasi-contract because the terms of their agreement in regard to the dresser were vague and a reasonable person would assume there was a contract.