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Negotiate a home service bill

The bot contacts a recurring home service, such as a security monitoring company, and asks for a lower rate.

Starting prompt (adapted)

Find my monthly home service bills, such as security monitoring, and tell me what I pay and when my contract ends. Use the provider's online chat or email to ask for a lower rate or a loyalty discount. Ask me before accepting any offer, contract renewal, or charge. If the provider will only negotiate by phone, tell me instead of agreeing to anything, and save any written confirmation of a new rate.

Written for this site from what the cases below did. It is a starting point, not a prompt anyone posted. Fill in the parts in brackets.

What you still do

  • Make the phone call if the provider requires one
  • Approve any new rate before it is accepted

Where it tends to fail

  • The bot can't place phone calls without an extra calling tool
  • No amount or provider confirmation was shared

How well it's backed up

So far this is a single text-only claim with no amount given, and the poster notes the bot could not make phone calls.

Text only: 1.

How we label cases

Cases

Reported done

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The provider agreed or the change is reported done. Biggest saving first. Each case says what backs it.