Nice clean concise summation!
Very interesting. clean, and concise summation. A lot of this stuff is on other threads and a few things aren't. It is in the art of summation and hitting the key points effectively with few words where Bill really shines.
Just a couple of comments on Reg cycles. First, one common ploy I encountered is that I would be asked for my credit cards, so as to check their balance.The reg at AOLA, Jeff Mintz, who I actually liked, asked me for my 3 cards and left the room. In a couple minutes he returned and said that two were maxed out but one still HAD $3,000 left on it (Note the use of the past tense for "had"). I said, that's good to know. He then asked me if I was making the payments on time, I said yes and he said let me call in and see if I can get you a raise in your credit limit and he was able to increase my credit limit by a thousand each of the two other cards.
The next day I went to use the card that Mintz said had $3,000 left and it was declined. I checked on the phone and Jeff had drawn the entire $3,000 out without my permission or without telling me directly. When he said it had $3,000 on it in the past tense, he meant that literally, it had $3,000 on it before he took it out. I called up the Credit Card company and reversed the $3,000 back to me. I did not tell Mintz or the Church I had reversed the charges and a week or so later, the FBO called me and started playing hardball, threatening me with lower conditions and I played hardball with him and said I was tricked and if he pursues the matter further, I would report it to the authorities. This was in 2002, the last time I ever set foot in a reg office. That scan by Jeff was the final straw when I decided to leave for good and never come back in.
ONE FINAL COMMENT ON THE REG TECHNIQUE OF REGGING ONE ON A TECHNICAL ESTIMATE AND THEN TELLING HIM/HER THAT THE ESTIMATE WAS TOO LOW AND THEY NEED MORE MONEY BEFORE STARTING.
I did not know this was policy. I just learned it from reading Bill's post. It was done on me by Gretchen and Fred Schwartz at AOLA in 1977 regarding my first trip to Flag. After that, I avoided and even shunned Gretchen and Fred, figuring they were the cullprits, having no idea that they were following LRH Policy and were merely his accomplices. I shunned the wrong target! That type of regging has a very common legal name, it is known as a "Bait and Switch" technique. If such a charge can be proved in court, then that is considered F"raud" and and the plaintiff can seek triple damages if he wins a judgement.
Lakey