AI just saved me $1,437 per year! It didn’t just find savings, it told me exactly what to say and who to say it to (and this poor grammar proves a real human wrote this post).
Negotiating bills is painful, and I dread calling service providers. So I asked ChatGPT to come up with a strategy, including scripts to use with agents. I tackled one per week, and in a month I shaved 119.75 off my monthly fixed expenses.
Here are the questions I asked:
- How can I save money on [insert bill name]?
- How do I call the service provider and get in touch with a real human as fast as possible?
- What script should I use to negotiate? What do I say if I am not happy with their first offer?
Here is how it went:
- Home internet – I got connected with a human right away using ChatGPT’s guidance. I used a script to negotiate them down from $109/month to $50/month, and even got them to throw in more data AND Peacock streaming, and lock in the rate for 5 years.
- Mobile phone – ChatGPT advised me to switch providers, taking my bill down from $48/month to $15/month for the first year ($30/month after that)
- Pest control – ChatGPT gave me options to switch to a more DIY approach using the same products, going from $48/month to $11/month.
- Budgeting software – I got guidance to migrate from an app to self-hosting an instance of Actual Budget, going from a $9/month subscription to $3/month.
All in all, I shaved $1,437 off my annual fixed expenses. If I invest the savings monthly, it will grow to be $91,000 by the time I retire.
What’s a bill you’ve been meaning to negotiate but keep putting off? For me, car insurance is next up on the list.
Use an LLM like Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, or Gemini to assist!
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