Interesting Oil Change View

So, what's everybody's opinion on mixing conventional and synthetic? I have often heard once you start using synthetic you shouldn't go back to conventional. It doesn't make sense to me. I think synthetic has a higher profit margin and the 'can't switch back' story is a sales gimmick....
...as far as my Valiant goes I change the filter but not the oil. Between the burning and leaking just 'topping it off' keeps it fresh.

The previous owner of my Ram used synthetic for the entire drivetrain,.I dropped the synthetic for the engine when I saw how much it costs,...I was loosing a quart every 1500 miles,...Went back to conventional,...at 3000 miles everything is good...

I left the synthetic in the trani and diffs,...also put synthetic in the Jeep trans and diff,...That made things quieter and smoother...