Once you have their money, you never give it back
Thursday, April 17th, 2008… that’s the first Ferengi Rule of Acquisition.
Some years ago, when I heard this I thought about all those rebates I’ve done. I’ve done quite a few, and my experience has been mixed. I’m not exactly sure how the decide which people they’re going to attempt to deny (even with legitimate rebates). I’m fairly certain that they are not simply careless because the rate at which I’ve been denied at least the first time has been about 50%. That’s way too high to be coincidental considering that it’s never happened even once through all the other mailings I’ve done like paying bills where I’m actually sending them money.
for example, but not to the extent where I would watch just any old crap like so many Anime fanatics–that’s just a waste of my time. Likewise, I watched Star Trek 
and 
because I actually liked them and had an appreciation for not only the overall story, but the message in each episode. I started (and finished) watching 
this year hoping that I would grow to like it like I did with the two previous series. I guess I found a few little nuggets of wisdom in Voyager too, but honestly it would have been better if it had never been made.
