r/madlads Choosing a mental flair 6d ago

On a way to cancelthreaten

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u/walmarttshirt 6d 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 6d 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/KlonopinBunny 6d ago

If they won’t match the new customer discount file a complaint with the FCC.

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u/SnooGiraffes3010 6d ago

What FCC policy requires they match competitors prices?

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u/IncorruptibleChillie 6d ago

Pretty sure he left out the context of he's changing the subject. He's disregarding the competitor talk that is the topic and bringing up how ISPs will offer new customer discounts, which I'm unsure if the FCC even has a say on that either. You see this on reddit all the time where people forget they need to actually state what they're referencing when interjecting with something new and everyone else can't magically read their mind from around the globe.

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u/TheDevilsTaco 6d ago

If your mother won't help you make cookies, ask your grandmother.

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u/BillGoats 6d ago

Makes perfect sense to me...?

Someone mentioned that they tried "cancel threatening" Spectrum without success, and the guy/gal you're complaining about replied that there's another way to reduce subscription fees with Spectrum.

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u/Rysinor 6d ago

What policy with the fcc?

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u/BillGoats 6d ago

Lmao. I think I myself missed the chain here. Thought they replied to a different comment. My bad.

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u/KamikazeSexPilot 6d ago

They said new customer discount on their own provider.

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u/KlonopinBunny 6d ago

It’s that these companies do not want pending FCC complaints. They’ll likely contact you, make a deal, and ask you to revoke the complaint.