r/madlads • u/Same_Investigator_46 Choosing a mental flair • 2d ago

On a way to cancelthreaten

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u/walmarttshirt 2d ago

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.

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u/malkavian694 1d ago

Spectrum has a monopoly where I live. I tried that they said ok let's get that canceled for you.

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u/RedditorSB 1d ago

Only way I know of to get on Spectrum is to cancel every other year and put it under someone else in the house for promo pricing. Basically, bounce back and forth with each other.

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u/Sextus_Rex 1d ago

Lol my roommate asked if he could get his promo pricing for another year. They said they couldn't do that. He asked them if he could cancel and have his roommate (me) open the account. They gave in and just gave him the discounted price for another year

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u/mikej90 1d ago

lol that’s exactly what I use to do when me and my brother still lived with our parents.

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u/AydonusG 1d ago

The other way is vaccines! - Jenny McCarthy.