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As you hint at the end, this strategy is more often used for evil instead of good.
For example, I did the same thing to buy a nice $650 briefcase the other day. It took a lot of effort to avoid thinking about SingInst, existential risk, and the future of mankind when using money for a personal luxury.
I worry you might be too generous. OTOH, any altruistic utilitarian should have their eyes pop out like corks at the idea of "too generous". On the gripping hand, this naive altruist is dead because they sold their vital organs for charity.
I say you've been awesome enough last time around and you can buy all the briefcases in the world as long as you keep it up. If your inner Bentham complains that you're spending nearly a dead kid on briefcases, tell it MixedNuts said you could.
On a completely unrelated note, what makes a briefcase worth that much?
Quality leather, solid brass hardware, RiRi zippers, no glue, no visible logo, hand stitched in the US, lifetime warranty. It's fairly low end for a proper briefcase, according to my research.
Whoa. I glanced at that, then looked again, and again, without really thinking and not having read the comment above. My automatic conclusion? "Damn Chinese adbots, they're everywhere!" Then I moused over the link and my mind snapped back into place.