Question

5. The British Columbia Business Institute (BCBI), because of its vast purchasing power, arranged a special plan through which its students could purchase new computers at a greatly discounted price. BCBI took orders from a number of students, along with a deposit, and then bought that number of computers from A. Pwee Ltd, the manufacturer. When the students came to BCBI with the balance of the purchase price, a specific machine was selected and sold to them by a serial number, and it was then theirs to take away. By Friday afternoon of delivery week, all but three students had picked up their machines. Jackson had stopped by and completed the purchase arrangements, and a particular machine was identified by number as hers. But because she was going out of town for the weekend, she arranged to pick it up on Monday. The two others, Pollock and Kline, had not yet showed up. Unfortunately, sometime on the weekend, despite reasonable care by BCBI, thieves smashed into the storeroom and stole the final three computers. Assume the thieves cannot be caught. For the above scenario, which party will bear the loss for each of the stolen computers? Why? (15 marks).

Answer 1

The above mentioned senario,and in my opinion tthe two students Pollak and Kline are fully bear the losses of stolen computers . But the student out of three promised to pick it up on monday.So in this case the loss incurred for this computer is equally bear the concerned student and BCBI.But it is not strictly to say to bear these loss from BCBI because of the following reasons

1 All the students is to be properly informed to pick up the computer at thr right time

2 Friday afternoon of delivery week Jakson had stopped by and completed the purchase arrangements