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Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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You miss all the shots you don’t take
This worked with my cable company while they had a monopoly on internet service.
Every year I would call up and threaten to quit and they would reduce the amount. Last year we got frontier in our town and I called up optimum. They basically said “yeah we can’t match that.”
So I now have frontier.
$2.99 (with ads)
Itlle work for a little bit, until they raise it by a few bucks cuz maybe “you used our service more this month” and then eventually you’re right back to full price. Happens a couple times a year with my phone provider.
New budget strategy unlocked: negotiate like it’s a breakup
I do this about once every six months to my wife when she asks me for money.
I do this with Sirius every two years. The price will go from 25.99 a month to 4.99. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
I was always one to cancelthreaten every year to get my payments down. Over the years a lot of services just don’t care anymore and will actually let you leave. It used to be my cell phone bill, my satellite radio bill, my home internet bill, and my cable bill (which I no longer have). Now its just my satellite radio bill but its become almost automated with SiriusXM. Call to cancel and you get an automated message saying “How about we give you another year on your current deal, press 1”. Cell phone providers don’t haggle anymore. Cable providers I don’t know because I left and never looked back when DirecTV called my bluff. My home internet bill is too cheap to even waste my time with these days.
This used to legitimately work, but you’d have to actually make a phone call and the discount wasn’t permanent
Adobe when you crack it
My Internet provider started charging more so I asked if they have any new “deal” for the original price. They couldn’t find any but as soon as I mentioned switching to a different provider magically they found a great deal…. interesting.
The apartments where I used to live kept raising the rent by $50 each year. About 3 years in I didn’t renew and they called me. I had the flu that day so I was rude and cranky and told them their rent raises were ridiculous. New rent rate? Only $16 extra. The year after that they said $50 again and I came in with stats on rental prices in the area and said how about $25? They took it. It’s pretty disgusting.
The only reason I put up with them is getting 4K on my TV. Setting up Plex and Sonarr/Radarr seems like hassle
yup, on surfshark as a new person you get 2 years +3 months for ~70e, and then after 2 years they want to renew it at ~70e for just 1 year. I wrote to them and said that I’m not happy with that and asked for better deal, they sent me code that allowed me to use deal for new customers again. I did it 2 times already and in 2 years I’ll do it again xD
I left audible for almost a year, they got me back at 99 cents a month for 3 months.
I just cancelled Disney+.
I had forgotten I had been subscribed to them until they sent me an email telling me they were raising their rates.
Thanks for the reminder, Disney+!
It’s a trap! All of the subscription economy companies that do this are basically parasites.
I spelled it out very clearly to Netflix. I’ve been paying £4.99 a month for a decade, let me keep paying that and I will likely remain a customer for life. They insisted that it’s now £11.99 a month for a lower quality stream. Customer for 10 years gone in a day.
Sounds about right. When we bought my wife’s car they had us look at other insurance options. One was slightly more coverage for about 90% of the price, so we switched. Got a call that day from my current insurance company. Went over it will them and got way better coverage for half the price.
Just a heads up, what they offer you may depend on WHY you are wanting to cancel. I think saying something along the lines ‘Dont use enough’ is the best route but I may be mistaken.
NY Times does this every time. But even at 99 cents I’m over them.
Do it 😂 it works. Especially with car insurance
Hmm. Disney+ bundle with Hulu (including ads) is 10.99/mo right now
Did this for my AA card. Got the fee waived first couple years, half price for a couple years, then they wouldn’t do it again and we switched. Calls were annoying though.
This works with newspapers, at least the digital editions. Every year The New York Times tells me they’re going to start charging me $25 a month, I go to the cancellation screen, all of a sudden it’s $4 a month.
I do this with hello fresh when the promotion expires. A week after canceling they email me with the same promotion and I get the discount again
Exactly the approach I take too
I used to abuse the fuck out of this with audible back when it was possible. I would cancel it and select the reasons as it being too expensive, I would get a free month if I didn’t cancel. Rinse and repeat.
I had to call my ISP for some issue and the guy said I’m paying too much for some reason. Bumps me from 50 euro for 300/100 to 600/600 for 40.
Every year this is me with Sirius XM.
Absolutely true. Worked for an ISP – absolutely ZERO discounts for 10+ year loyal customers, but immediate discount as soon as they want to change the provider…
Stopping threats might become my new favorite way to save time.
Went and canceled Discors Nitro.
Suddenly, they wanna throw 4 months for free. 🤪
Been doing this for years with SiriusXM.
I do this all the time.
My spotify student deal ran out, so I went without premium for a month and spotify was BEGGING me to come back. Gave me 3 months for the price of one (and I have a calendar event to cancel it before the regular price kicks back in).
I do this with my gym membership lol
Every year I call my internet provider to cancelthreaten and I get 50% off for 3-4 months. 5 minute phone call .
What’s amazing is I’ve shared this with people and they CBA or don’t believe me. I saved €150 this year.
This is how I pay $4/month for SiriusXM.