Which one of the offers is a valid offer?
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A garment store gave the following advertisement in a newspaper - “special sale for tomorrow only. Men's night suits reduced from Rs. 200 to Rs. 100.”
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P says to Q, “I will sell you a digital camera.” P owns three different types of digital cameras of various prices.
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An auctioneer displays a refrigerator before a gathering in an auction sale.
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A advertises in a leading daily newspaper that he would pay Rs. 2000 to anyone who finds and returns his lost dog.
A valid offer must be certain and complete. Option D is a unilateral offer - a promise to pay upon performance of finding the dog. Unlike sales advertisements (invitations to treat) or vague statements lacking specificity, this creates a binding obligation once the act is completed, established in Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.