I cannot believe some of the things I'm reading. Going to dinner and not paying? Quite honestly, it is unimaginable that someone would do that.

I had to cancel from a dinner I was schedule to attend and had already prepaid... in a million years I didn't expect nor ask for a refund, nor would I ever. I got one anyway and it was a total surprise.

IMHO, DO organizers shouldn't have to shell out a single penny for themselves at a DO they organize. Like group events held at hotels, they should be comped for all the work they have done.