The milleniums when they came out were fairly abundant. I remember being back in Chitown and the humidor was sitting on the counter. When Tony over at Iwan Ries told me the price, hesitantly, I bought 2, one to smoke and one to hold. They were about $25-30 I think and that was basically 2.5x an Opus #2 at the time and expensive even back then. When they finished the box, they raffled off the humi. I thought it was ok but any Padron Anny IMO needs to be smoked on a clear palate or you miss a lot of the nuances.
Flash back to 2010, I smoked a 45 last night and again, it was good but at $25 definately a special event smoke. I was finishing off a box of exclusivos from back in the day, probably about 10 years + (on these obviously no serial number and it said anniversario as opposed to anniversary), and they start to flatten out. Again totally my palate so if you like the smoooooth search for flavor nuance cigars, these would be up your alley. I haven't tried the 80 yet but so far for the price point for Padron, my #1 has to be the 1926 #9.
But getting back to your inquiry, you say it all when you say you dont' really have the money. Hmm lets think about that. In a day and age when things are tight and you know yourself that you'd be putting yourself out on a limb and hoping that you'd sell the humi to offset cost?? I"ve seen the humis go for $300 so lets say you can sell it for even $500, you're still paying $60 a stick. BTW, I remember the guys at Ries having to put additional humidification into the humi and they put the thing into their walk in every night because it wasn't the best in regulating humidity probably like the CAO boxes that they put out for their special cigar ie Sopranos. I'd say steer clear away. If you've never tried one, smoke a 45 which IMO is a better cigar than the Milly was at the time, If you really like it, buy a box even two which will save you 6K and send a nice donation to the relief funds for Haiti. G1