HRS §490:2-712
Buyer can buy replacement goods after seller breaks contract
If the seller breaks the contract, the buyer can buy substitute goods from someone else. The buyer can then sue the seller for the extra cost, plus other damages, minus any money saved. Not buying replacements does not stop the buyer from using other legal options.
buyers
The statute, as written — "Cover"; buyer's procurement of substitute goods
(1) After a breach within the preceding section the buyer may "cover" by making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any reasonable purchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those due from the seller. (2) The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference between the cost of cover and the contract price together with any incidental or consequential damages as hereinafter defined (section 490:2-715), but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller's breach. (3) Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar him from any other remedy.
Sections this one refers to
§490:2-715 What a buyer can recover when a seller breaks the deal
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