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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep that’s Comcast. You have to call annually and threaten to cancel to get a semi reasonable price for cable and/or internet.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've been with all three major Canadian ISPs and it's the same everywhere. Like clockwork, once a year you call them. You could say "I'm looking to cancel" but at this point they all know why you're calling, don't waste anyone's time, just ask "hey could you please transfer me to Retention" and they'll be glad not to have go through the song and dance. Retention picks up, immediately offers you a bad deal because it's protocol, you reject it because you never take the first deal, they offer you a better deal, you take it, job done. Easier than changing, cancelling, or paying for something, by far.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

this is the way

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep same shit with Comcast. I'm very pleased to no longer be a customer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If a company does that, they are teaching customers that the original piece is too high and that you can always haggle for a lower one. Is this really what they wanted? Sounds like this could hurt your business.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think they know the original price is bad but also that there's a significant chunk of people who either don't care or will forget to call in about a price reduction. They've probably figured out a fairly reliable figure as to what percent of their customers will or won't haggle and run revenue projections off of that.