If you buy something and cannot turn around and sell it for the same price [minimally], YOU PAID TOO MUCH FOR IT! I KNOW THAT FEELING.
When people find out they paid too much for something, often times they will make excuses to make themselves feel better. I’ve never been very good at this personally.
Often times God and man failed to console us. The difference is that GOD always knows when to do so and when not to do so; whereas man does not! GOD is always aware; man, and far too often, is not.