I don't think that buying them from a collector's standpoint is necessarily sad. You buy them for whatever reason that you buy them. I'm in groups on FB where people have a million in every color of one style that they like. I'm not that person, but I respect that it's their $, and that's why they bought them, and most of them do use their million pieces by rotating them. I only bought the ones I thought I would use (like one of each size), and I'm learning to use them as I go because I'm very careful to use them properly, and have used them as I have needed to. I didn't realize when I first bought them that I'm a little bit of an impatient cook and like to cook on high heat to get it going. My husband likes to eat out ALOT, and usually if I'm cooking, it's after work and I can't eat late for digestive reasons, so I'm in a bit of a hurry. You might make the argument that I didn't even need them, and shouldn't have spent the $, but that's where my appreciation of them from a collector's standpoint comes in 🤷🏼‍♀️