1. Does theSale of Goods Actapply to the following transactions? Note: Justify your answers as results can change depending on the specifics of each case.

a) Two people trading baseball cards with eachother.

b) An artist commission to paint a picture

c) Ordering food at a White Spot restaurant.

2. Paige and Eve are best friends. Eve's primary hobby is building and repairing computers, and she has a lot of spare computers in her workshop. One day, Paige requires a computer with the capability of processing a large amount of data in a short period of time.

Paige visits her friend Eve and says, "I need a computer that can process large quantities of data, and fast! I don't know much about computers. Can I buy one of yours from you?"

Eve replies, "I don't normally sell my computers. Building computers is just a hobby, so I prefer to play with them. But because you're my friend, I'll sell you this Acer computer for cheap. It should do the job you're looking for."

Paige bought the Acer computer. Later, she discovers that the computer is unsuitable for the job she was trying to do.

Is there an implied condition of merchantable quality in the contract?

3. Susan trades in her cell phone for another model at a Bell cell phone dealer. The trade-in value of her phone is the same as the value of the other model she is getting, meaning she pays no money. Later, it turns out the new phone she just got has a weak signal because of a design flaw, and it sometimes cuts in and out of service even when she is in the middle of a city. She wants to sue Bell under the Sale of Goods Act for selling a phone not of "merchantable quality." Will she succeed? Why or why not?

4.Describe the purpose of theBusiness Practices and Consumer Protection Act

5. Consumer Protection BC is a government regulator in BC that applies theBusiness Practices and Consumer Protection Act. Review the list of topics they cover here:https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/consumer-help/

Choose one of the topics and describe a situation where having knowledge of the relevant consumer protection could have helped you, a friend, or a family member. If you are not located in BC or have not been in need of consumer protection, then describe a situation where you anticipate having knowledge of the consumer laws of that topic could be of help.