If you had bought all available I dont think we'd be using btc.   All these posts of losing out also means alot of btc was circulated / used which helped spread the value about and increase the market in btc ?    I think it had to be dirt cheap and rise fall a few times to raise awareness and give opportunity to get involved.     Right now BTC is falling and again it might mean more people buy who would have skipped it altogether at 1000