I understand well as I had a beautiful box with fine handcut dovetails go
for $30 at a charity auction. The high bidder then had the nerve to ask me
to make her another one for $30 for her other daughter!

For my daughter's school project, I put a ton of hours and a lot of
materials into a trebuchet to throw a marshmellow for a contest.

We got beat by a 12 year old girl with a spoon and a rat trap.

Sometimes, you just gotta' grin and bear it.

-Zz