"thunder" wrote in message

Damn, and all these years I thought competition was the root of capitalism
strength.

Generally speaking, it is; but in extreme scenarios there are compelling
reasons to make the process move quickly by overriding the bid procedure.

Of course, you already knew this.

Damn, and all these years I thought competition was the root of
capitalism
strength.

hmmm, I suppose they could have let Burger King bid on it.