0.12BTC for the lot.

As I see it the only way to get your money back and make a little extra is to buy hardware around or Above $2000. As ASIC mining technology advances shortly after so does the difficulty. When that happens the only way to be profitable is to run the newest machines for Several weeks or a few months following their mass production debut. That's why I'm looking at co-op or possibly overclocking the previous generation machines (I'm even contemplating my own ASIC design, but it will be a couple years before I start my Masters degree and get to play with that sort of hardware).

On the other hand I find it interesting that the bitcoin has increased in value so much that the USB erupters that I purchased my actually pay for themselves before the difficulty increases one or two more times.

If I'm wrong About this, someone Please correct me.  I'm always up for good lesson.

What if you're trying to solve a block and someone else solves at first, was all your time wasted?

Perhaps you did not read the agreement on the  sign-up page  but it says  new users cannot post Anywhere but in the newbie forum and may not send private messages until you have at least one post. Now that you have made this post you should be able to send a PM(And now me, yay!). You can read the full policy here-->https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0.
Cheers!
Max