I can understand where you are coming from a 
bit... I haven't even been collecting a year, and 
when I started, FY was the cheapest of the series 
I was interested in ^^;;  I was lucky enough to 
get a few really nice cels before the prices shot 
up recently, and while it is disheartening a bit, 
I have to remember that a lot of those people who 
are spending the money for the higher priced cels 
are able to do so because they work thier butts 
off for the money.  I'm graduating college this 
year, and will either be going to grad school 
(bad for cel collecting) or getting a job (good 
for cel collecting) but right now, I know I'm on 
a limited budget, and while it can be sad to see 
some cels I really like go by, I know I'm not 
shelling out money that I don't have or driving 
up credit, and can still have a collection I love 
because I don't feel I overspent on anything.  
Now, time to go package up stuff to mail that I 
sold to get some cel money ^^;