Buying at the auction?

[gogs67]

Seen loads of threads from people about trying to sell players with the new system, but not too many complimenting the buying side.
I replace my first 11 every season, usually buying mid 5 star players for 1/2/3 tokens each, then selling them off again at the end of the season.
Now, whenever I've looked at the new lists any player that's decent 5* seems to be going for crazy tokens, 10 and upwards, sometimes as high as 35 or 40.
Is this the norm? Has anyone had good success picking up mid 5 star players for a couple of tokens? Am I just going to have to give up in a few days at the start of the season as I just wont have the tokens to compete?
Also noticed the auction doesn't end at the four minutes, just watched 3 guys there continue bidding up another 15 tokens after the 'end'.