Crafted Metal Works,Inc.,offers to design,make,and sell Downtown Transit Agency fourteen streetcars.Crafted Metal authorizes a particular mode of communication,but Downtown Transit sends an acceptance via a substituted means.This acceptance is effective when it is

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The general rule is that an acceptance is effective upon dispatch only when the offeror prescribes the mode of communication. In this case, Crafted Metal Works authorized a particular mode of communication, but Downtown Transit sent an acceptance via a substituted means. Therefore, the acceptance is effective upon receipt.