Oh, for God's sake. Many of the people above are talking about what they paid when it involved fundraising for a cause.

I once paid $100 for a fanfic, but that was largely because I wanted to be generous towards a cause I cared passionately about.

When it's a fundraiser, people often open their hearts and wallets well beyond what is "sensible". That doesn't mean we'd all be willing (or able) to slap down $100 every time we want a custom-written fanfic.