Really, I think it's a shame and this is disrespectful to players who deserve their belt, Idk... it is like if you work hard to be marshal in the army and someone Buy you title, even if you got more experience, during a spar, for example, when I find a 6th dan belt I expect 6th dan black belt level not a 2nd dan or a rich white belt... sorry if you don't understand I'm bad in English. I wait you comment about it.
If they used their own money, technically, they worked harder than someone who actually got their belt by playing.
who's to say it's not their parents money?
and how did they work harder? 1k qi is what like 5 dollars? so they worked less than an hour at a minimum wage job? implying the minimum wage is $7.25 like it is here in my state, it's higher in other places definitely. even if the highest amount is like $20 for 10k (im too lazy to check) they worked 3ish hours for that at a minimum wage job
edit: as opposed to someone who is limited to 100 qi a day playing for a month (implying they are even playing 100 games every day)