First, Congratulations @inventor16 for your BOScoin.
Yeah!! Your strategies are correct and safer to play.
Today's ICO's are totally controlling by Whales. Many tried for EOS & IOTA and ended up sticking their transaction on pending list because of the high gas paid by WHALES.
Maybe your point
"You can just wait until the new crypto coin hits the exchange before buying in.
may get them land on the safe harbor rather missing the whole opportunity.
I decided to stay out of EOS due to unlimited capping