LAW3235 Business Law Assignment

Alfredo who is 16 years old, surfs the web and finds an offer for the sale of Macbook Air lap tops at an incredibly low price of $200 each. He is fully aware that the current retail price was about $2000 and he knows that the low price must have been a mistake. He decides to purchase five of them since it was quoted at such an unbelievable price He enters the credit card number of the supplementary card given to him by his father. The purchase goes through and the system responds with a confirmation of a sale of five laptops at the total price of $1000. The shop that offered the sale now refuse to deliver the laptops to Ahmad. They argue that the online price information was a mere invitation to treat and that Ahmad has no capacity to enter into a contract. They also insist that $200 is not a sufficient price for a laptop that costs $2000. In addition, they insist that their employee had made a genuine mistake and hence even if there were a contract it would be void. 1. Explain the provision related to capacity to contract, taking in your consideration the impediments, which effect to the capacity of performance?