Singer could have done much better on this score. The car salesman misled him about the price, but Singer was a victim as much of his own assumptions as of the salesman’s guile. The salesman spoke clearly and carefully:” Would you buy it today for $8500?” Singer might have fleshed out this curiously phrased question before drawing his conclusion that the car was available at that price. “Are you making me a concrete offer at that price?” he could have asked.