Do you feel bad for people who lost everything following Harold Camping?

Many people donated their life savings to Harold Camping’s cause and put their lives on hold while waiting for the Rapture. Some quit their jobs, some sold their houses, and some even ended marriages. They will have to pay the price for their gullibility regardless of how we feel. But should we feel sympathetic, or did they get what they deserved?

Please treat these as mutually exclusive alternatives for the sake of this question.