Yes, not ideal. But seems to me that otherwise a genuine Good Guess (GG®) is penalised harshly by scoring only say 1.5 - yet the LIU merchant might be tempted if they know they can score to the likely max in that one go (OK, I know some got 4 this round)

But hell, it's a game - I must be bored this afternoon to be debating it I go with whatever you say