I know this post is old, but in case anyone is reading this in the future:
There are many people who will pay large sums of money to “win”, no matter what the “prize” is.

People in small claims in Canada, often have lawyers. Even just search “small claims lawyer” online, you’ll find people who specialize in it.
I live in oil-country, people here will spend $25k to make sure they don’t need to pay $700 for something they don’t want to.