Unable to see files

I'm running 10.5.6 and backing up on a Western Digital 620GB external hard drive. When I check to see that it is in fact working as it should I find 2 folders for each date: a Macintosh HD folder and one with my user name on it. That's where all my files should be, but nothing is there. What am I doing wrong? So far, I'm thinking that Time Machine is a big waste of money.

The folder on the external drive should be named Backups.backupdb, not Time Machine Backups. Inside that should be a folder with your user name and inside that, folders of each incremental backup it has done.
The starry abyss screen should be accessed by selecting Enter Time Machine from the menu on the top right that is a clock with a counter-clockwise arrow icon. What happens when you Enter Time Machine? What is on your external drive? Is there a folder named Backups.backupdb?

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