I can see where neonwired is coming from, cause its the same from me. You're only looking at it as the seller side, Potemy, while being the bidder side is very tiresome.
I've just turned lvl 4 a few days ago, and I saw the good offers on the negotiation list. So far I've bid about 4-5 times, each with 1-2 tokens to the seller (for me it costs 10-12, which is not so low in my lvl), and all I got is the "joy" to wait 24 hours 5 times...
Only now, reading this thread, made me realize that I might be bidding for players that people don't want to sell. The problem is that I can't withdraw my offer and have to sit without those tokens (as I said, 12 is a lot for me) for 24hrs, as none of the people I've approached so far didn't even bother to reject the offer.
Alas, I think I'll just go back to auctions, cause I need that position upgrade for the team, and waiting all this time without even being noticed is very frustrating.