Agreement of Sale via e-mail

[helpinwa]

I am in Washington State. I made an agreement with another party via e-mail to purchase an item. We agreed on a price back in March, even though the item would not be available until late May. The item is now available and the seller has found someone else who is willing to pay more. The party now wants me to pay that much or they are going to sell the item to the other person. Do I have any kind of recourse in this matter? If an agreement in e-mail binding at all?

Thanks for any help.

 

[lawrat]

It is enforceable but here is what you can do: ask him to enforce the agreement with you. If he doesn't, treat it as a repudiation and sue for specific performance, making him sell it to you OR he must pay you the diff between CONTRACT PRICE AND FAIR MARKET VALUE.

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