Presumably that is already priced in to the going rate for “scrap metal”, no? Well, these aren’t the most rational people so maybe not.
Far more rational to convince a few people to give you millions of dollars you burn through in 8 months not launching a product no-one wanted leaving a burnt out team, disappointed investors and a dozen second hand Aeron's...
I should have just said it's rude to call people irrational, we are all humans, we are not computers. Also, how could you tell if something was rational or not without knowing the full circumstances.