You would have to read through all the particulars and their analysis...including the photo that was used ...etc...but yes...it could just be a dude who collected beanie babies and didnt want his parents to know.
The pizza thing is much more involved. Over more head
Btw..spending 10 grand on beanie babies before a weekend without more particulars is very strange. He could have boxed them up and put them in storage. There must be some rare ones to be worth 10 grand. It really makes no sense to me. At the Time some people wrote about it and made fun of it