Depends on the people, I myself am an Otaku and date an Otaku, have been for 3 years now, but since she lives with crazy parents we don't get much time together, the fifty dollars for a date is always worth more than the 2 DVD's...
I've been told several things about finding people at the Convention,
The Laws of the Convention Dating Scene:
Law One is don't look for one, because it'll consume your entire convention, I know four people who spent their entire convention looking for someone else to spend it with, and ended up missing everything they wanted to do, such as shopping o