I too used to believe that. I did a detailed plan of the job and placed all the switches and receptacles on the plan so we could discuss any additional locations or changes. HO said they would look them over and call me to discuss the changes. Silly me, I left them there. I am sure the HO just handed my plans to the other EC.
I now only explain why I will not do what they HO wants if it is against code, or if I see a way to upsell one of their requests.
