[LPT] Call and threaten to cancel your subscription services once a year; their retention department will give you a better rate (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by LillyPip@lemmy.ca to c/lifeprotips@lemmy.world

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This only works by phone. Be nice, but firm. Don’t be satisfied with their first answer – make them escalate you to the retention department. They’re often authorised to give much larger discounts because it’s cheaper for them to retain customers than to recruit new ones.

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[-] the_q@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Better tip: cancel it all and pirate everything.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Sure, but that doesn’t work so well with ISPs or cell service.

[-] czech@low.faux.moe 7 points 10 months ago

If you're not grandfathered into a sweet rate on a major mobile carrier you can potentially save a ton of money by going pre-paid. I've been using www.usmobile.com which is $30/mo for 35gb of prioritized verizon or t-mobile data ($25/mo with multiple lines). If you don't use much data you can do $10/mo for 2gb.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Great tip, thank you.

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