amichai
Its a Cheftza shel mitzvah that you use 2x a Shabbos as well as every Yom Tov!
If people find an excuse to pay $70,000 for a car when a $28,000 one would more than suffice than they certainly should be willing to spend $12,000 on a mitzvah.
Should I mention the fact that there are families that spend $100,000,- $1,000,000 I personally know of a wedding where the flowers cost $100,000. $100,000!!!!! .If we can splurge like that for a wedding when a person can easily have a beautiful wedding for $40,000 we better be prepared to splurge like that for our mitzvos as well!!!