People who were here for earlier prices of buying 1000 bitcoins for 10 bucks got lucky , thats well and fine.
How about us? I have 35 mhash/s and lets say I dont want to buy. From the obvious choice of minning (which makes me about nothing , barely over the transaction fee) I can go for 'free bitcoin' websites or faucets and I can offer services . Thats about all I can think of. If I am missing anything please fill in.
When I started with BTC people where saying the same about <$2 coins. $10 seemed VERY EXPENSIVE, because only a few months before BTC was below $1.
So, cheap or expensive, lucky or unlucky, depends on how you see it and what you compare to.