'Well Margs, ya got us there! There is no 'free' reward, you're actually just spending on gas masks and hats (tee-hee)! You get that sense of accomplishment from killing with a 7 damage knife and getting killed repeatedly!'
Yeah but seriously, at the end of the day, it's a fun little quest that gives you an 8 damage dagger as long as you cough up 10k and some hats for 3-5k. Can't really complain much about it though, it's obvious that it took some time to have it up there, so I'll take a rain check and give some benefit of the doubt.
Definitely inflated boosting jails though, which is a shame.