How You Can Save $60.00 Quickly

Here’s a trick that a lot of folks know about and maybe some don’t.

Action

Make the decision to cancel your cable tv. Call your cable tv provider and tell them nicely that you want to cancel your cable tv.

When they ask why, tell them that you and your spouse are looking for ways to save money and decided to cut your cable tv out of your life temporarily or possibly forever. Then start crying. Just kidding, you don’t have to start crying.

When they ask you how the quality of service is that they are providing you, tell them that it’s been great and you’ve never had a problem.

Depending on your carrier, they might have to schedule an appointment for a service person to come out and disconnect the service. Sometimes they don’t even charge to disconnect the service because you might be using other services they provide like your phone and/or your Internet service.

If they have the ability to disconnect it immediately, you might want to see if they can schedule it in four or more business days. This is the magic time period where a sales person from your cable tv carrier has the opportunity to win you back.

The Magic

So in that time period before they disconnect your service you most likely will get a call from a sales person almost begging to find out what they can do to keep your cable tv connected. Typically they call in the next 24 to 48 hours. Most likely you won’t have to say a thing.

Out of their mouth will come, “How about we keep your cable tv connected and we’ll only charge you 50% each month on your cable tv bill for three months?” At this point you can either barter with them, which is completely up to you but could make the deal go sour, or you accept his kind offer.

Then start crying again because he’s made you so happy. Just kidding.

That’s where the $60.00 or more or less comes in. If you pay $40.00 a month for your cable tv then 50% of that each month is $20.00. So, for 3 months you get to keep $20.00 for a grand total of $60.00. That’s Slammin’!!

Take the savings to a higher level by putting the $60.00 to work in an online savings account or contribute to your Roth IRA.

The Commitment

Obviously, you have to be in the position to lose your cable tv completely. That’s why you ask them to disconnect it in four or more business days. So you can retract your commitment. You also need to ask if there are any charges incurred if you change your mind.

Some More Magic

Whether you have cable tv or not, you can try another trick that will get you more services out of your cable tv.

Stop by one of those cable tv trucks that are in your neighborhood or where you work or any where else you see them and ask if there are any specials going on for the month. It seems like there’s always something they’re promoting. If there is a special going on you would like to try, ask them for the code so you can call and get the service for free for a certain time period.