It's sort of the way everybody gets in this hobby. But the silver lining is in less than one more month I've paid off most of my risk, and by that I mean I bought all my gear at deal prices - and say I lose 20% in resell value - I'll have that 20% covered in the next couple weeks - so from there it should gradually start becoming profitable - because the profits should grow significantly faster than the lose in resale value. Full ROI is well over a year at current profit levels. I spend between 1/4 and 1/3 of that gross on electricity. My setup only make $25-$35 a day on average. Now I have 8 1080TI and two RX580 in one machine At that time a single 1080TI was making $8 + a day. In late June I built a highend PC specifically to sell on ebay as an experiment. I learned/investigated mining a little late.