Tanja;
Understand here that my opinion is that in the long run, the best way to build your business is to build up points and a residual income. My strategy for spending TCredits follows that aim.
People with TCredits will likely want to go straight for the auction tab. I suggest you hold back on that instinct--but I'll get to that a bit later. First allow me to lay out how you should marshal your credits to achieve the maximum beneficial effect.
1. Let's presume here that you've bought 125 TCredits on Standing Order here for your 1500VP.
2. Apportion out 30 TCredits to spend on Double Points (DP) auctions. You will spend 1 credit per day bidding once ONLY on any DP auction. This will net you 60 AVpoints over the month.
3. Set aside another 30 credits to play one game of Card King where you pay 1 credit. This means you have to play three games with the third one being where the doubles spin is live. This will also net you 60 AVpoints over the month. (I recommend Card King to pay for the game because the of the MRP and VP prizes available.)
4. For months with 31 days, you obviously have to set aside 62 TCredits instead of just 60 (or 56 in February)
5. Subtract 60 or 62 from your 125 and that tells you how many TCredits you're free to spend--but wait!
6. Do you want to participate in the new PSA welcome programs? If yes, you will need to reserve a few more TCredits for that. How many? That depends on which program and how generous you feel. I'll suggest you should have at least 50 credits on the ready.
7. So from your 125 package, you have only 10-15 TCredits to spend on an auction. Do you think you will win with only 10-15 bids? Not likely.
8. So carry that remainder over to the next month where you buy another 125. That plus the 10-15 gives you about 140 and the unspent TCredits from the new PSA welcome also carry forward.
9. By the second month you might have sufficient reserve to bid on an auction with a chance of winning. So what do you bid on? I will cover that later. The most important thing to remember here is that NOT winning an auction is a waste of T-Credits (Unless it is a single bid in a DP auction). If you can't win then don't play yet. Carry the Credits over again if unlikely to win.
10. Play T-Time regularly as every win is one day spared from your reserve.
11. If you DO plan to go for it, pick a DP auction and choose well.
https://www.tripleclicks.com/indexAuctions.php
1. Pick what you want to go for. I suggest either PSA or CSA with the nod going to the PSA unless the CSA auction is a DP.
2. Go back into the price history to decide on a price and the optimal time to play.
3. Play smart. (I won't go into what playing smart is in this Answer)
To conclude here I will say this. The point is to buy the TCredits every month and to spend the 60-62 every month - that represents the most valuable thing to spend T-Credits on. The point is also to have credits on hand for the New Member welcome programs and to not waste TCredits on lost auctions. If you need to carry forward for 4-5 months then so be it. It is better safe than sorry.
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