At the risk of continuing this rather tedious thread, lets look at this analogy
You have a ferrari. I have a monster truck. I run my monster truck over your ferrari, cause I needed to impress that hot chick next to your ferrari.
What was the cost of my ego to impress that hot chick? Well, buying you a new ferrari. Does it matter what it cost you to buy it in the first place? No, it doesn't matter. You could have gotten it free from your rich Dad but I would still have to buy you a new car. That's my only cost.
I.e. the cost of scouting is the replacement cost, NOT the initial cost. Don't double count.
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