As someone who works in retail, let me tell you that it is exactly like this. Its been over a year of this pandemic and people still do shit like this all the time.
Longing for the times when you paid for additional content and cosmetics in games with your blood, sweat and tears instead of actual money. Back in the day you got the fancy costumes by beating the game on Ultimate Hellfuck Challenge difficulty or by pressing buttons in a specific order on the start menu. Society went downhill the moment we forewent cheat codes in favor of microtransactions