If only all the Cases I have to study could be like this:
Ask anyone who had studied Contract Law and they will no doubt have heard of this advertisement!
What is the first thing that comes in to your mind as an impressionable youth when you see this advert on tv? Safe to say its not "I need to raise 7,000,000 Pepsi Points so i can get my hands on a Harrier Jet!"
Unfortunately the good people (sic) at Pepsi didn't count on the stupidity of the American public.
In Leonard V. Pepsi Co. The Plaintiff impressed by the advertisement set out to drink enough Pepsi to purchase a Harrier. Although he failed to do so, he discovered that the promotion rules enabled additional points to be bought for 10 cents each. The plaintiff the managed to raise $700,000 dollars, and submitted an order form claiming his harrier jet.
Unsurprisingly the defendant replied stating the ad was merely humorous, and did not constitute an offer capable of acceptance. This was ultimately accepted by the court on a motion for summary judgment, the court holding that no reasonable person could have believed that the advertisement actually offered Pepsi drinkers a fighter plane.
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