Serafina's Boutique places an ad in the Sunday paper for finely tailored, top-of-the-line designer suits for $10.00, which is a misprint. Alice sees the ad in the paper and goes to the store to stock up on business suits for her new job. Serafina apologizes for the misprint. Alice has just finished a class in contract law and insists that the store sell her five suits for $50. Alice threatens to sue Serafina for breach of contract.

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The ad in the newspaper is generally considered an invitation to treat or a solicitation for offers, rather than a legally binding offer. This means that Alice cannot successfully claim a breach of contract because a formal offer that could be accepted to form a contract was not actually made by Serafina's Boutique through the ad.

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