https://marco.org/2007/12/30/stuff-is-an-extremely-illiquid-asset-unless-you
Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it’s “worth?” The only way you’re ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don’t have any immediate use for it, you probably never will.
— Paul Graham: Stuff (thanks, peroty)