i worked out that i'd be better off sticking the bitcoins i spent on my miners in something like CoinLenders or something BUT i actually did by 2 when they were first released for 4.2BTC and now have again bought 3 at 3.25BTC - reducing the overall cost of my original miners... so far i have mined (since 6th june) 0.75BTC after spending 4.2BTC. so fingers crossed that in 6 weeks time i may actually have paid one off 
When I first joined here (what, six weeks ago now?), I spent my first posts scratching exactly this itch. I just could not understand why people were buying them. And they are still selling like hot cakes (even though the reduced price will still never break even). At first I thought it was some sort of SR thing, but I've now come to the conclusion that peeps are bored with humdrum reality, and just want to play at something different. There are more expensive habits, so what am I to complain? So I've chillax'd about it (and reduced my risk of RSI to boot). Just thought I'd share (and I've not posted for a few days, so getting really itchy here
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