Quality Computer Company Agrees to Sell One Hundred Servers to Social

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Essay

Quality Computer Company agrees to sell one hundred servers to Social Media Networks Inc. The servers, which Social Media Networks expressly requires to have certain amounts of memory, are to be shipped "F.O.B. Social Media Networks distribution center in Memphis, TN." When the servers arrive, Social Media Networks rejects them and informs Quality Computer, claiming that the servers do not conform to Social Media Networks' memory requirement. A few hours later, the servers are destroyed in a fire at Social Media Networks' distribution center. Will Quality Computer succeed in a suit against Social Media Networks for the cost of the goods?

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Communication

The process of exchanging information, ideas, thoughts, feelings, and messages through spoken or written words, visual symbols, or nonverbal cues.

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Participant Observation

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