Cubing troubles?

Where is the question in this? Seems like you should have posted it either in discussion or angry dome, though the later is probably better since there is not much to discuss about a pure luck issue.

I'm at the point now where I have to get answers from other people, I want to know if people have been having some serious troubles getting items to unique. I've never had to spend a whole lot trying to get an item to unique but on my newest item I have now spent 220, yes, 220 cubes after epic trying to get it to unique. It went epic in 5 cubes but to be at 220 and still have it epic is just absurd. I've heard of people spending just as much after unique trying to get a specific stat sometimes but never have I even read of someone spending nearly this much on getting one item to unique. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

As of recently, as in the past 1-2 weeks.