First, we only know Luke thinks it's a ripoff. We don't know what Obi-Wan thinks. Obi-Wan is, likely, buying loyalty off of Han, who will now do some daringly stupid things to save his passengers because he's getting a huge reward.
Second, I don't think Obi-Wan was trying to get out of paying the 15,000 because Leia tells Han he'll get his money, and then later we see him loading up boxes onto the Falcon. This is, presumably, the payment. So he got the money.
Third, what would be the benefit of lying about the money? Obi-Wan pays Han 2,000, then they go to a planet that is destroyed? Why? To get on-board the Death Star? But they didn't do anything to Death Star. To get Princess Leia out, maybe, but Obi-Wan just goes to shut off the tractor beam - he doesn't know anything about Leia being on the Death Star, so that's not it.
That's the biggest point, too, because if there's no reason to lie, no reason to go to a blown-up planet, and no reason to infiltrate the Death Star, Obi-Wan wouldn't know.
Look at it another way: if Obi-Wan knew Alderaan would blow up, what would he have done with that information? Tried to warn a planet full of people about their imminent doom, OR he would have made straight for a Rebel base (or sympathetic world) which would have helped to destroy the Death Star. He would not have headed for the stardust that was once Alderaan. Right? Absent of a logical character motivation, I'd say he didn't know.
Every action Obi-Wan takes is that of someone who did not know Alderaan would be destroyed.
A question: what makes you think he does know? Does he say or do anything that seems to suggest he knows Alderaan is toast?
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