> Once you have their money, you never give it back.
There is no official rule 2 so the non-cannon one is as good as any and the unwritten rule [2]:
> When no appropriate rule applies, make one up
Means they probably would have been covered either way.
[0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Ap...
[1] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Of...
[2] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Un...
> Once you have their money, you never give it back.
There is no official rule 2 so the non-cannon one is as good as any and the unwritten rule [2]:
> When no appropriate rule applies, make one up
Means they probably would have been covered either way.
[0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Ap...
[1] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Of...
[2] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Un...