/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

What is /cgl/'s thoughts on this latest trend of making donation pools/ kickstarters for cosplay related things?
What makes it acceptable to run a kickstarter?
what makes it unacceptable?

Here are a few kickstarters I found from a quick tumblr search:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/153516985/project-cosplayers-unite

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jii/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-project-hiccup

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyv/comic-con-a-cosplayers-playground-0

of course there are tons of people who have donation buttons on their tumblr blogs and facebook pages.
What are your thoughts on this?
should cosplayers all be required to fund their own projects?
How about when they ask for donations for rent and bill money yet still can manage to make costumes and go to cons?

My personal feeling is that if you can't afford it, you shouldn't do it. Work for your money until you can afford it.