Getting there, and of those "many times", how many were repeat visits and how many were the first time you had seen the SP ?
Crikey it’s like being back in the confessional with Father Patrick.
I’ve just checked my spreadsheet and it says 42
Joking aside, for personal reasons I didn’t do RO at all when I started punting, until maybe around 30 odd sessions in to it? Majority of my punts have been in parlours and it was not uncommon for the SP to ask a few questions before a punt started re preferences.
However if asked
during a punt I would refuse and although it is around 15 years ago and my once sharp memory is fading, I would 'guesstimate' I was asked perhaps 3 or 4 times during that spell and declined. It's the declining I remember rather than the being asked. After that initial period I would nearly always instigate RO, so not really applicable.
They were all first timers, in fact I was probably a couple of hundred punts in, before I saw anyone for a second time and even then repeat visits were pretty rare and often accidental rather than by design.
So in my case it's been far from common, but has happened so I put my hand up
Edit .... anyone I did see twice always asked