Tip For Lowering Your Cable/Satellite TV Bill
A couple of weeks ago we demonstrated how you can lower your credit card interest rate with a little haggling with your credit card company.
The same get-tough approach to consumerism works in other areas too. Cable (or satellite) TV bills can be lowered significantly by simply asking your provider to match offers from their competitors. With competition heating up in this market, all you need to do is take one of those introductory rate junk ads that appear in your mailbox or in a newspaper ad, then pick up the phone to your cable/satellite provider. Personal Finance Advice suggests an approach:
When you make the call, you don’t want to be demanding or set limits that force you into cancelling if you don’t want to. Therefore, when you call, say something along the following lines:
“Hello, I came across this advertisement for XX Satellite TV that is offering a monthly subscription for $XX. Although I like my current TV, this offer is making me seriously consider switching. I was wondering if you can offer a similar price.
Comments
This method works very, very well. I first found this out when I started working for a cell phone company. If someone is calling in threatening to cancel due to another companies competitive rates they will drop your monthly bill quite a bit. I called my cable company that has my phone, cell phone, internet and digital cable all on one bill and it has now dropped by $60.00 per month from that one little phone call and I got a brand new cell phone for free out of it. I called for my mom and grandma....same thing their bills dropped $30.00 to $60.00 per month.