Read the facts below Mike is an avid player of board games and is founder and president of the League of Fire Gamers (LFG) social
Read the facts below Mike is an avid player of board games and is founder and president of the League of Fire Gamers (LFG) social club. Every year, Mike travels to the Vietnam Convention of Board Game Players where he mixes with fellow enthusiasts, sees the many displays and experiences different board games. He usually returns with new or collector board games that he has purchased and which he on-sells at cost price to members of the LFG. This year he bought a chess set which, he was told by the German seller, was once owned by Emperor Nguyen Hue. Mike placed the following entry in the newsletter that was regularly sent to LFG members: Gamers, a special find this time! Emperor Nguyen Hue's chess board and pieces. $10,000 for this piece of history. Pitt is a wealthy collector of rare historical pieces. He was in the bedroom of his son Matt, who was a member of the LFG, telling him that he needed to go out and get a job. After delivering his lecture, he noticed the LFG newsletter, which was open at the advertisements section, and saw the entry about the chess set. Pitt knew that the Nguyen Hue chess set was a much sought-after historical piece. However, he thought that the chess set was in the collection of an American buyer, and in any event would be worth much more than $10,000. Accordingly, Pitt wrote down the phone number in the advertisement, arranged to meet Mike, inspected the chess set and paid him the money. Pitt arranged a conference to which he invited other well-known collectors of historical pieces. However, his moment of triumph was destroyed when a friend of him loudly proclaimed to Pitt and the assembled audience: 'Oh, my dear boy! That's not the Nguyen Hue chess set. Where did you get this - some backstreet bazaar?" The conference ended in a humiliating farce for Pitt. Sitting alone after everybody had left, he suddenly suffered a fit of pique, picked up the chess set and flung it against the wall. As a result the board was cracked and several pieces were badly chipped. Pitt now wants to direct his ire against the person he blames for his humiliation - Mike - based on the representations he made about the chess set. What do you think about this case? (Open question) (Analyze the case/What is the advice for Pitt and Mike?)
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