They thought they had it made, and no matter what words they use, their argument is all simply one statement: I wanted to be rich. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's hard to respect such round-about weaselwording. I haven't seen a single person there say "Damn! I thought I struck it big. Shit.", which is an attitude I would respect.
You know what they say - easy come, easy go. That phrase was made for situations like this.
I for one
wanted to buy at 0.01$, but could not (Mt Gox wouldn't take my order). For a few moments i really thought "what a great opportunity I missed". But right now, i'm really glad I didn't make it.
Not making the deal of your lifetime is one thing, but feeling like you did and then seeing it all slip away... ouch!