An auto-glass workshop: ads generate calls, calls become quotes, quotes become paid jobs days later. None of that revenue existed in Google Ads. The offline import that was supposed to carry it had been silently rejected on every run, because it was pushing the wrong conversion type against a call-based action. No error surfaced anywhere.
What was honest to say and what wasn't: the bidding on this account still runs on a flat assigned value per call, while the real revenue stays outside the account. Assigned value is not revenue, and I don't present it as one. A further $2,400 was pushed and is not yet confirmed in reporting, so it isn't counted above.