Snap bids

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by AchtungBaby80

What if, say, DEF calls her to offer a snap bid and she'd be willing to take it [i[if[/i] ABC (her first choice) doesn't offer her one? It would suck if she said yes, thinking that a bid to DEF is preferable to no bid at all, and then ABC called.

Well, she hasn't signed anything with DEF yet... so I guess some girls might not see that "yes" as binding.

[AchtungBaby80]

Originally Posted by dgdramadawg

Well, she hasn't signed anything with DEF yet... so I guess some girls might not see that "yes" as binding.

Well, yeah...but wouldn't that seem kind of...rude? I don't know. It just seems like a catch-22--if she says, "Can I think about it?" then DEF will probably guess that she's hoping for another bid, but if she accepts DEF and then ditches them for ABC, I can see some hurt feelings.

There was a girl in my pledge class whom everyone said was a snap bid. I always wanted to ask her about it because I was curious as to how the whole thing worked, but I was too afraid because I didn't want to bring it up if it was something she didn't want to talk about.