Posted By:
peter chaoTed,'
Actually your post made me feel a lot better. Since I consider you to be "the Man" when it comes to shrewd buying of prewar vintage, your revelation about the money you wasted on '80s and '90s stuff made me understand that I wasn't the only guy that wasted their money on the mass produced shiny stuff.
Now the only thing would make me feel better is if somebody would pay me to take this "shiny stuff" out of garage. 
Peter