Uncle Jim tells his niece as she goes off to Creepy U. that if she maintains a 3.5 average that he will buy her a BMW convertible when she graduates. At graduation she has a 3.7 GPA and so she wants the BMW convertible. Uncle Jim says that he doesn't have to give her the BMW convertible because what she did was for her own good. Niece wants to sue Uncle Jim to get the BMW convertible. There probably is:
A) no breach of contract because the benefit to Uncle Jim is trivial compared to the BMW convertible
B) no breach of contract because what the niece did was a benefit for herself only
C) no breach of contract because it would violate public policy
D) no breach of contract; there was only a moral obligation
E) a breach of a valid contract

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Uncle Jim's promise of a BMW convertible in exchange for maintaining a 3.5 GPA constitutes a valid contract based on the principle of consideration, where the niece's action of achieving the GPA is the consideration for Uncle Jim's promise.

Uncle Jim Tells His Niece as She Goes Off to Creepy