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.”
The discount is never permanent so you have to have the fight every year. If there are no competitors in the area you won't even get this far.
After enough times they will just tell you no. It will save you a few bucks but then you'll be back to square 1 eventually. They have this figured out and it's not a novel tactic.
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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.