Not necesarily true if you had to factor in flight and hotel and food costs.
Still, gotta give him the benefit of living a capitalist life. Where else can you do that but in the good ol' US of A!
For myself, I picked up extra ones for either trade fodder, or simply to fuel my next collectible purchase. How else can I justify another trip to the Con??
It all goes to good causes one way or another. Besides, these are for discretionary funds. Hobbies like ours definitely fall into THAT category. It's not as if he was hoarding food stamps or anything.