I had that happen to me once. I was standing on top of a snowbank while trying to shovel it. I had to move the snow from one area to another to get it moved where I could get in and out of my house.
I've never had any collecting goals. I always hoped that I might find one or two vintage cards for my collection. I did manage to finish my 1975 baseball set a few weeks ago. :)
Sounds like the state of Massachusetts. Or taxachusetts as we call it. If you need a permit for almost everything. It's called a user fee. The bastards.
We were both pretty far of on the final price. It went for $146,877.00 plus a sellers fee of 17% at $24,969.09. I guess the buyers with deep pockets are still out there.