I think he's saying "tongue in cheek" that he was hoping that that auction would stay under the radar and he'd have a chance to take a shot at it with a lower price himself ....

It's pretty hard to keep anything a secret on the Internet today, particularly when you have a lot of milsurp collectors and several forums all talking "shop" most of the time.

Before I saw stencollector's post, I already had received two emails (addressed to ~Angel~) from two different forums, pointing her to this auction.

In fact, I had already prepared an advisory ad in the For Sale or Auction section of the Quartermaster Stores, which I've sinced published.

Regards,
Badger