Quoting those because yes i've read about that too and its something worth remembering.
I am not planning to melt the CCU i am going to use for myself because of that risk.
But i have an idea to open a CCU shop at cost so i can also upgrade to concierge and beyond, one of the reasons i was asking about melting warbond ship. Need some starting store credit money for that purpose :)
Yeah that's how I got past concierge and yeah I gone way past that now ha ha...
Buy when I can warbond or just any ship, upgrade or temporarily upgrade a pack/ship then melt the ship/ pack.
Sell from buyback I do, but it is rare thing to happen...ha ha
And when ever I need or I have enough credits to buy a better pack then upgrade that focusing on ships and packs that have ships I can use now.
Simply adding credits to useful ships and packs and slowly adding packs that I really want and upgrade ships inside those.
Then when I have one pack that I want and what ever upgrades done to it is done and I don't touch it, I start on a new ship/pack.
This way I gone from one Aurora pack with SQ42 to Space marshal with 4 large packs and 22 ships at the moment ha ha...
Where one or two packs can be melted if I need credits and two packs are done and wont be changed.
It is a great way to upgrade your fleet that don't kill your wallet, put in a bit a cash every now and then as you can afford it don't use money you can't throw away.
I look at it like this, it's a hobby and hobby cost money simple as that.
If I didn't put the amount of cash in as I have and just stuck with some basic ships, I am 100% sure I would burned that cash on something else.
Most likely on something else and most likely something I can't enjoy at same level as I do playing SC, it's a personal choice and should not be dictated by others.
Simply use cash you can live without, do what feels good for you and make you happy.
CHEERS!
Edit:
How did I get the extra money to SC that I can live without, I simply took money I was already burning up on shit.
Stopped going to pubs/bars/clubs every weekend and waste cash, now I only go to the pub/bar for special occasions which also make it a lot more fun.
Stopped smoking and vape instead witch is far less expensive, so instead of literally burning cash.
I put that smoke cash in SC and have a ball of fun and I am much healthier and sleep great now, no more coughing and food taste great again.
And there are many other way to do it, it's a matter of priority and it's your choice what do you really want.