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... so intend can conclude a contract for sale even though the price is not settled. In such a case the price is a reasonable price at the time for delivery if: (1) nothing is said as to price; or (2) the price is left to be agreed by the parties and they fail to agree; or (3) the price is to be fixed in terms of some agreed market or other standard as set or recorded by a third person or agency and if it is n...

...er to use best efforts to promote their sale.

... all goods called for by a contract for sale must be tendered in a single delivery and payment is due only on such tender but where the circumstances give either party the right to make or demand delivery in lots the price if it can be apportioned may be demanded for each lot.

...s residence; but (B) in a contract for sale of identified goods which to the knowledge of the parties at the time of contracting are in some other place, that place is the place for their delivery; and (C) documents of title may be delivered through customary banking channels.

...(A) The time for shipment or delivery or any other action under a contract if not provided in sections 1302.01 to 1302.98, inclusive, of the Revised Code or agreed upon shall be a reasonable time. (B) Where the contract provides for successive performances but is indefinite in duration it is valid for a reasonable time but unless otherwise agreed may be terminated at any time by either party. (C) Termination of a c...

...Unless otherwise agreed: (A) Payment is due at the time and place at which the buyer is to receive the goods even though the place of shipment is the place of delivery; and (B) if the seller is authorized to send the goods the seller may ship them under reservation, and may tender the documents of title, but the buyer may inspect the goods after their arrival before payment is due unless such inspection is in...

...(A) An agreement for sale which is otherwise sufficiently definite as provided in division (C) of section 1302.07 of the Revised Code to be a contract is not made invalid by the fact that it leaves particulars of performance to be specified by one of the parties. Any such specification must be made in good faith and within limits set by commercial reasonableness. (B) Unless otherwise agreed specifications relating t...

...this section there is in a contract for sale a warranty by the seller that: (1) The title conveyed shall be good, and its transfer rightful; and (2) the goods shall be delivered free from any security interest or other lien or encumbrance of which the buyer at the time of contracting has no knowledge. (B) A warranty under division (A) of this section will be excluded or modified only by specific language or by cir...

...(A) Express warranties by the seller are created as follows: (1) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise. (2) Any description of the goods which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods sha...

...able is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind. Under this section the serving for value of food or drink to be consumed either on the premises or elsewhere is a sale. (B) Goods to be merchantable must be at least such as: (1) pass without objection in the trade under the contract description; and (2) in the case of fungible goods are of fair average qua...

...Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under section 1302.29 of the Revised Code an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.

... of trade; and (4) with respect to the sale of livestock between merchants, except sales of livestock for immediate slaughter, both of the following apply: (a) There is no implied warranty that the animal is free from disease. (b) There is an implied warranty that the seller has no knowledge or reason to know that the animal is not free from disease at the time of sale and that he has complied with all state and f...

...Warranties whether express or implied shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if such construction is unreasonable the intention of the parties shall determine which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention the following rules apply: (A) Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description. (B) A sample from an exis...

...A seller's warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person who is in the family or household of his buyer or who is a guest in his home if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, consume, or be affected by the goods and who is injured in person by breach of the warranty. A seller may not exclude or limit the operation of this section.

...(A) Unless otherwise agreed the term F.O.B. (which means "free on board") at a named place, even though used only in connection with the stated price, is a delivery term under which: (1) when the term is F.O.B. the place of shipment, the seller must at that place ship the goods in the manner provided in section 1302.48 of the Revised Code and bear the expense and risk of putting them into the possession of the carri...

...(A) The term C.I.F. means the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. The term C. & F. or C.F. means that the price so includes cost and freight to the named destination. (B) Unless otherwise agreed and even though used only in connection with the stated price and destination, the term C.I.F. destination or its equivalent requires the seller at his o...

...e of identification to the contract for sale or delivery or on the passing of the risk of loss. (C) Unless otherwise agreed where the contract provides for payment on or after arrival of the goods the seller must before payment allow such preliminary inspection as is feasible; but if the goods are lost delivery of the documents and payment are due when the goods should have arrived.

...(A) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged. (B) Under such a term unless otherwise agreed: (1) the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the ...

...(A) Where the contract contemplates overseas shipment and contains a term C.I.F. or C. & F. or F.O.B. vessel, the seller unless otherwise agreed must obtain a negotiable bill of lading stating that the goods have been loaded on board or, in the case of a term C.I.F. or C.&F., received for shipment. (B) Where in a case within division (A) of this section, a tangible bill of lading has been issued in a set of pa...

...Under a term "no arrival, no sale" or terms of like meaning, unless otherwise agreed: (A) the seller must properly ship conforming goods and if they arrive by any means he must tender them on arrival but he assumes no obligation that the goods will arrive unless he has caused the nonarrival; and (B) where without fault of the seller the goods are in part lost or have so deteriorated as no longer to conform to the ...

... credit is a breach of the contract for sale. (B) The delivery to seller of a proper letter of credit suspends the buyer's obligation to pay. If the letter of credit is dishonored, the seller may on seasonable notification to the buyer require payment directly from him. (C) Unless otherwise agreed the term "letter of credit" or "banker's credit" in a contract for sale means an irrevocable credit issued by a financi...

...e contract, the transaction is: (1) a "sale on approval" if the goods are delivered primarily for use, and (2) a "sale or return" if the goods are delivered primarily for resale. (B) Goods held on approval are not subject to the claims of the buyer's creditors until acceptance. Goods held on sale or return are subject to the claims of the buyer's creditor's while in the buyer's possession. (C) Any "or return" ...

...(A) Under a sale on approval unless otherwise agreed: (1) although the goods are identified to the contract the risk of loss and the title do not pass to the buyer until acceptance; and (2) use of the goods consistent with the purpose of trial is not acceptance but failure seasonably to notify the seller of election to return the goods is acceptance, and if the goods conform to the contract acceptance of any part i...

...(A) In a sale by auction if goods are put up in lots each lot is the subject of a separate sale. (B) A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer so announces by the fall of the hammer or in other customary manner. Where a bid is made while the hammer is falling in acceptance of a prior bid, the auctioneer may in his discretion reopen the bidding or declare the goods sold under the bid on which the hammer was f...

... goods cannot pass under a contract for sale prior to their identification to the contract pursuant to section 1302.45 of the Revised Code, and unless otherwise explicitly agreed the buyer acquires by their identification a special property as limited by Chapters 1301., 1302., 1303., 1304., 1305., 1307., 1308., 1309., and 1310. of the Revised Code. Any retention or reservation by the seller of the title (proper...