He was apparently outbid by a certain Reginald the Italian, but that bid was refused. Soon a bidding war started, and Shancai was easily outbid. Runza was outbid by a combination of two vendors bidding together. After threatening a man determined to outbid her, Morgan wins the auction. Then in October 2007 the consortium outbid Barclays and acquired ABN AMRO. However, Skyworks walked away from the deal, having been outbid by Microsemi. He always outbid the opposition and eventually acquired the finest collections. SNC-Lavalin were awarded the contract even though they were outbid by $60 million. When TVNZ outbid them for their previous "Disney Media Distribution" contract. The league was ultimately outbid by former Arena Football League executive Jerry Kurz. Amazon Studios recently outbid the competition to secure the screen rights to the series. The marque was bought by Alan Good, who outbid Rolls-Royce Limited. Ironically, they outbid Liverpool who also showed interest in the 19-year-old Lawrenson. Smith had outbid ISC by $15 million to make a total $215 million purchase. Silverstein Properties was outbid by $30 million by Vornado.