My jurisdiction is: south carolina
I responded to an online ad to a women selling office equipment. One the phone I asked about a specific item which she gave me a price of $2000 each. My friend and I drove over to check out what she had for sale. When we got there I went to this specific item and checked them out, which there were 2 of them. I asked how much again, she said $1500 each. My friend and I continued to look around and agreed to buy a number of other items. My friend and her agreed on a price for the other items and agreed to pay it. I said to her "I will take the tables, how much of a deposit do you want from the $3000?" She said "OK, how about $500." So me and my friend went down the street to the ATM got the the money for the deposit and was back with in 10 minutes. When we return she said "you are going to hate me! I can't sell the items that cheap" (she is referring to the $1500 item). Then she said she looked it up online and they are worth $3000-$4000 each, while we were gone. I offered to pay $4000 the price I was originally expecting, but she would not go that low. We left it at that and did not reach another agreement on the 2 items.
My friend was there and witnessed the initial $1500 each price, when we agreed to the price when I asked about the deposit, and when she tried to raise the price. Do I have grounds to sue her on our oral contract?
I responded to an online ad to a women selling office equipment. One the phone I asked about a specific item which she gave me a price of $2000 each. My friend and I drove over to check out what she had for sale. When we got there I went to this specific item and checked them out, which there were 2 of them. I asked how much again, she said $1500 each. My friend and I continued to look around and agreed to buy a number of other items. My friend and her agreed on a price for the other items and agreed to pay it. I said to her "I will take the tables, how much of a deposit do you want from the $3000?" She said "OK, how about $500." So me and my friend went down the street to the ATM got the the money for the deposit and was back with in 10 minutes. When we return she said "you are going to hate me! I can't sell the items that cheap" (she is referring to the $1500 item). Then she said she looked it up online and they are worth $3000-$4000 each, while we were gone. I offered to pay $4000 the price I was originally expecting, but she would not go that low. We left it at that and did not reach another agreement on the 2 items.
My friend was there and witnessed the initial $1500 each price, when we agreed to the price when I asked about the deposit, and when she tried to raise the price. Do I have grounds to sue her on our oral contract?
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