From: Jonathan Bryce 
Subject: Re: Do shops/garages take =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A350?= notes
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:11:06 +0100

Alan Frame wrote:

> Double ukf thread-score!
> 
> Is it 'settlement of a debt' or is it 'non-accptance of an offer made in
> response to an invitation to treat' ?
> 
> I'm guessing that the petrol station wouldn't like the suggestion of
> syphoning the fuel back out of the tank...

Where you have already filled your tank with petrol, I would argue that it
is a settlement of a debt.

The other stuff you pick up in the shop would be an offer made in response
to an invitation to treat.