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But unlike some forms of auction, “bulk” sales are first-come, first-served — meaning that any buyer who qualifies can buy a condo at its advertised price, rather than participate in a bidding war where the advertised price is just an opening ask.
“Bulk Buying”: Works at Costco, Why Not for Condos? « PubliCola
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The John Lewis bond is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis, and applications must be received by 11 April, although the issue will be closed earlier if total applications reach £50m.
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Numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis at a cost of about 9.6 cents per month.
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Space is limited, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Big investors now race to trade covertly, commonly slicing up their orders into smaller blocks using algorithms and routing them through "dark pools," the secretive electronic-trading networks that anonymously match buyers and sellers, usually on a first-come, first-served basis.
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General availability of dot-xxx domain names—which will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis—is scheduled to begin Dec. 6.
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They will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The screening is free, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Birthday announcements are for ages 6 to 13 and are printed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The current system, which dates to 1986, was first based largely on giving kidneys to the patients who matched the organs best, but it evolved to take a first-come, first-served approach made possible by safer, more powerful anti-rejection drugs.
Under kidney transplant proposal, younger patients would get the best organs
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