I always get 100 people asking me to give them the Oath... yet they act like I'm a cock when I tell them it's 10 gold.
Granted you might get those random people that don't realize it, or just are being nice if they realize you are super new... but giving the BloodOath takes 10 gold from the coffers of whoever gives it out and gives it to you for a 10k start. I don't think a lot of people realize that.
If I'm some uber evil Imperial... ESPECIALLY if you aren't even going to be part of my sect, I think just expecting them to hand you 10 gold when you're some random unproven pre-20 character isn't a dick move at all. Especially when there's now recruiters in most major cities there for you to just make it a painless "Let's get it on" process. Everyone's trying to pile it on and move up in ranks as fast as they can.
It might just be common knowledge and people are just wanting spoons, but I've never seen anyone talk about it OOC in case it's their first Imperial or whatnot and figured I'd mention it.