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  Pulled off a snipe.
 
and I feel kinda bad about it. I've never actually successfully sniped anyone before. This was for: (URL) is not even for me... my father in law asked me to get it. I got it with 10 seconds left, the other bidder outbid me at 20 seconds left but (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Pulled off a snipe.
 
(...) wow. i wish i could find a swarovski rifle scope for that little :) -- David Wiggins o: (214)574-1443 Sr. Facilities Engineer, Dallas P-NAP p: (888)674-8906 InterNAP Network Services m: (214)912-8854 dwiggins@internap.com [This space for (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Pulled off a snipe.
 
(...) Hehe, do they make scopes? (...) You may want to change your sig, as you give up confidentiality on material you post to Lugnet... you retain rights but we're not bound by your confidentiality, I don't think... Todd?? (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Pulled off a snipe.
 
(...) I don't get it. You could have just bid $100, and since the second-highest bidder bid $95, you would still get the item for $96. If the other bidder really wanted this item as bad as you did, s/he should have set a higher maximum bid up front, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Pulled off a snipe.
 
(...) IF they didn't decide to go 101. By sniping, they didn't get the chance to decide to do that. They tried to snipe me at 95 with 20 seconds left... I sniped back and it was in fact the fact that I did it with only 10 seconds left that denied (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Pulled off a snipe.
 
(...) Yah, I suppose pretty much anything you post anywhere on the internet that's viewable without a password has lost its confidentiality. Not sure what he meant by proprietary and "confidential" but what he posted certainly wasn't confidential (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Pulled off a snipe.
 
(...) yeah, that line in the sig block is pretty much non-applicable in the case of netnews posts. its not in there because i like the look of it. the legal folks wanted it in everyones sig block, so there it is. of course, if i posted from home, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)

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