I was blessed to have disposable income at the same time I was in my "research" phase, right when the gear was available through a single email for dirt cheap. Once I discovered gear was sold in kits internationally for the same price as 2 domestic vials, I pretty much got at least one kit of everything I saw.
I thought everyone was being a drama queen when they said it was coming to an end. Just seeing the war on drugs from American soil fail so miserably, I didn't realize there's more to this game than being a typical dope dealer.
The one place I did get burned is homebrewing. I was JUST starting to do the research and look into it when all the purity tests started coming back low and shipments were getting seized. I'm going to take that as my sign to not get greedy and just keep it chill for a while. Not like I "need" to brew anyways.
RIP to the spirit of the guys who just started cycling though. Now they've got shut down test levels and gear prices are doubled. That's gotta burn lol