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Examples:

* Subverted with Edgar in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''. If you put him at the head of the party and then visit a shop in Figaro, the merchants will say that they don't feel they should charge the King money if he needs something. Edgar will insist on paying anyway, but they will give him a half-price discount.

* Humorous subversion from ''[[Persona 3]]'': In one of the Social Link scenes for [[Ojou|Mitsuru Kirijo]], she offers to pay for lunch... and is then flustered when she discovers the food stand from which you are buying doesn't accept credit cards, meaning you have to pay anyway.

* Captain Carrot of ''[[Discworld]]'' does this. Subverted in that they only offer him free stuff because they know he'll refuse.

* Subverted in ''[[Friends]]'', where Monica ''does'' accept free steaks (and an eggplant) from the new meat suppliers to the restaurant where she works, considering them a gift. She ends up being fired over it, since the owners of the restaurant wrongly interpreted it as a bribe (Monica had been recently promoted to a job which included selecting the meat supplier).

* In the short story ''Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones'', "Singers" are people with very special talents who are known world wide. There are only about 20 or so in the world. Hawk the Singer always attempts to pay for things before someone just gives it to him. He explains to the protagonist that the day he stops attempting to pay or stops acting surprised at getting something for free is the day he will have to start paying.

* An old Little Caesar's ad from years ago, back when they were offering a free pizza with a purchased one, had a Boy Scout troop master insisting on paying for the freebie pizza, when ordering for his troop. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity ensued]].

* Truth in Television. Many, if not all, companies have policies in place to prevent the slightest hint of favoritism. Usually, gifts of less than $10 are okay, anything over must be refused or cleared with HR first. Applies even to people who don't have any power to influence anything.