In as much as this is a loss to you , a lot of people out there have lost far more higher than that. You were probably very good at controlling your greeds and you only invested smaller sum. There are so many people that can't control thisI also share in the belief that almost all hyip sites are nothing but scam. I have not been able to earn anything with them . I lost about $4 to them after I was pressurized to invest sometimes in October last year. It's not much money, but I wish I didn't go ahead to invest.