The only fucking research you should have to do is what coin to mine, not making someone think they are getting a "fair price" while in reality you know you are ripping them off. I know about mining coins dude. I spent over $5k on my GPU set-up and have already paid that off. The hardware still retains value as well.
you can't use GPU economics with asics. that's your first mistake. just becuase you start with a mistaken assumption that doesn't mean everyone else investing in asics is 'scamming' somehow.
do you even know what the purpose of mining is? it seems to be short term ROI for you, but in reality mining is to maintain the blockchain. value has to come from somewhere.
you joined this forum in march. the GPU gold rush was over before you joined, so i'm happy you broke even. if you started mining in march, you've never mined scrypt without the influence of asics.