Spent a couple of hours, whacked $800 off the year's budget!

[Disneefun]

Woohoo. First, called around and found a better rate on auto insurance, saving about $400 for the year. Second, called DirecTV and negotiated a new deal that will chop about $400 of that bill for the year, plus give me some movie channels for free for a few months.

Ahhhh. Now I'll have money for my health insurance premium, which we've been advised will likely go up about 20%. Savings are so short-lived.

 

[hsmamato2]

nice! Isn't it funny how the savings instantly finds another place to go?

 

[lauradis]

Woohoo. First, called around and found a better rate on auto insurance, saving about $400 for the year. Second, called DirecTV and negotiated a new deal that will chop about $400 of that bill for the year, plus give me some movie channels for free for a few months.

Ahhhh. Now I'll have money for my health insurance premium, which we've been advised will likely go up about 20%. Savings are so short-lived.

Woo hoo
Go you that's great, we do this yearly. Keeps my bills lower.

 

[LMN]

well, rats. Too bad you can't keep it and add to your Disney fund!

 

[Belle0101]

OP, with DirecTV, were you under a contract when you called? Reason I ask, our bill is ridiculous for the few channels we watch and I mentioned to DH that maybe we should cancel it. He said we couldn't cancel or renegotiate it because we have 1 year left on our current contract. I was pretty bummed about that.

But, to you for knocking so much off your budget!!

 

[bjgonzo]

Call Directv, their CS is great. I would call and ask about any deals for current subscribers and would get at least $10 off for so many months and free channels. Some times I got a better deal, but I was happy with anything.

 

[kimnmiah]

We are under a new contract with directv. Resigned in the spring to get the genie. I prices out comcast and dish new customer promotion then called directv and spoke with retention department to inquire about cost of ending contract early (knowing I had no intention of actually canceling). Cs was great and lowered my bill by over $30 a month.

I must say directv is one of the easiest companies I have dealt with. Last year my dh really wanted nfl Sunday ticket and they were offering it free to new customers. I called and asked what they could do for a long time customer. They gave it to me for $100 but then gave me $100 in bill credits over 4 months to make up for it. Always always ask. They aim to please.

 

[Lindaland]

nice! Isn't it funny how the savings instantly finds another place to go?

When I was in nursing school I was on scholarships & grants so every quarter I would get reimbursement checks for the remainder after books & stuff were purchased. And wouldn't you know, my car at the time always had some sort of breakdown that would manage to eat up most of the check!!

I always wondered how it knew!?!?!?

 

[ababrooks]

Thanks for the reminder on this. I've got AT&T Uverse and my bill is getting ready to go up again, I need to be prepared to call and see if there's anything I can do.