I don't know if you were exaggerating but I think it's pretty absurd to say that you'll learn more in 15 minutes than you will from looking at the results they've had in the hundreds or thousands of tournaments they've played. I do agree though that commenting on markup should be reserved for those people that have a very deep knowledge of the seller, and those people only. I think people in this thread are largely discounting the amount of luck that is involved with playing tournaments. If you look at the majority of the most successful tournament players out there, I would guess that I very high number of them had big scores early on in there mtt careers. Timex may actually be the biggest example of this, Being the youngest ever to win an EPT. This is not a jab at his skill level whatsoever, just merely speculating on what his career would have been like without that win. I think that the confidence that comes from winning a big tournament is an extremely invaluable skill to have as an mtt player. Not even just winning but having a big score to boost your bankroll is huge early on in your career, and can make you play a lot better. I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are a ton of factors that come into play when determining someones skill level as an mtt player, and all you can really do is look at their stats, and ask other people who may know them better than you. When you investing there are going to be good deals, and bad ones, obviously this is true in the marketplace.
As far as including the main in your package goes I think that Ezmogee makes a very good point, but I also do feel for the sellers. As someone who has sold two big packages over the last two summers, There are definitely days when I have a very profitable tournament on my schedule and I wake up and I just don't want to play. Maybe I went deep and busted the night before, or maybe I am just feeling burned out from the amount I have been playing altogether. What ever it is, it's important to understand that if I am opting out of playing a tournament, it's not only for my benefit but it is for the investors as well. If I'm not in the right mind state to play a tournament, then I think my investor is much better of getting his money back for particular tournament. Now if people are doing this only for the Main Event, then I definitely feel like that is a little shady and that they should probably be outed. Sorry for the long winded post. Good day