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"legit" txn. Instead his node sees the double-spending txn first. Worse, it turns out that the miner who is going to mine the next block sees the legit txn first.

So Alice is standing
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there while Bob waits for a valid txn. Alice has a tough choice.

She can tell Bob she doesn't want the goods any more, and leave. In a few minutes the next block will get mined and
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Alice will have paid for goods she didn't receive.

Alice can send another legit txn and purchase the goods. In a few minutes the next block will get mined and Alice will
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have paid twice.

Any form of double spending is susceptible to double-paying.