Sorry Ian, I have to agree with magic3. I havent had a duck and I usually buy one scout a season, except for this past one as I stopped paying $10/month.
You cant possibly buy a better player in the TM as none of them are 6*. They may perform better, which is probably what you are saying, but the odds are that they should be the best players on your team.
50T is a bit much, we almost all agree. Of course someone always pipes in that they have to be that expensive or you would easily have a team of scouts on the cheap.