A lot of people playing the game don't know how to bid at all. I've witnessed countless times people bidding multiple times per round. If they want to throw tokens away ... that's their problem.

I wish negotiations were a bit better, if we could offer up which players we wanted for negotiation it would be much more fun. And also block offers on players we DON'T want to sell! But ... it'll never happen, I've suggested this numerous times. Deaf ears N.