Unfortunately, there are always going to be people who have to "compensate" for one reason or another. For example, I'm into model cars and trains. Sure, I have a nice collection that I've built up over the years. Several now-expensive, no-longer-made items, that I enjoy tracking down and building. For me, it's because I like the "hunt" and occasionally doing a car that hasn't been seen for a long time. Hell, my 1930s Bentley--in 1/12 scale--took a whopping 30-plus years to find. I don't build them to impress people. No, I build them because I missed out when they were available
Every now and then, I come across some schmuck who tries to "impress" me with the details of his collection. I'm quite aware of what certain kits cost, and for people willing to spend that kind of dough on a toy, more power to them. But, if you're one of those people who is constantly going on about how much everything cost, fuck off.
In fact, there's one guy at the shows who I really try to avoid. He's nice enough and is a great modeler. But, every time he's around, he starts rattling off the cost of each and every part that went into his project(s). Last time he did that, he wasn't amused when I mentioned that I'd done the same car...and spent less than a third of what he did. Look on his face was great--like he'd just been kicked in the nuts