Bidding

[BridgeGoth]

1: Yes
2: Yes
3: No, Yes
4: No idea
5: Probably

You can also watch my video on auctions for some tips and strategies.

[Barca FC]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes, there are three different colors (green, yellow, red) indicate your bid situation.
4. Some people like to scare an opponent bidder a bit, like me, I bid 2-3 times in one round to let other bidders know that I have a ton of token.
5. As some people come late for that particular player, he/she thought the previous bidder has made a bid and left the scene.

[Sully]

4. Some people like to scare an opponent bidder a bit, like me, I bid 2-3 times in one round to let other bidders know that I have a ton of token.

That does not bother me, because I only bid on a player that I deem worthy of wasting a ton of tokens on. If you want to waste your tokens, by all means, do so. I will happily waste 49 tokens on a player that I want. I dont have a ton of tokens and dont buy any, but I stock them up with smart bidding and am not afraid to run up the cost to 49 tokens and then stop, just so the other player pays 50 tokens and could have bought a scout. I have done that several times just for fun. and I do laugh when I see people bid several times in a round, and I have won many times because I always bid first, every time, for every player, so everyone knows I am not playing around hoping to bid at the last second. 99% of the time, I win this way.

and this is not personal Barca FC, I am just saying to the OP that tactics that you employ dont always work.