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I’ve learned something valuable recently…It never hurts to ask for something. As I’ve been going over our budget lately, seeing where we need to watch our spending. It makes me sick to see how much we spend on cable TV, where Brighthouse bundles everything together and charges a small monthly fortune. So I decided to call them up and ask them if they could do anything to help me out and lower this obscene bill. The CSR put me on hold for a fwe minutes and when he returned, to my surprise, he says “Ok sir, I have given you a special promotional rate for about 8 months that will lower your bill by a little over $10″. He also said when it runs out, jsut call back and they might have some other promotion to offer. It’s not much, but it all adds up over time.

Next on my list was the $20 monthly fee my bank was charging for my checking accounts. After calling up the bank, they quickly offered to change my account which no longer offers the interest on my checking account, which is fine. That interest was a measly 0.10% anyway. Which brings me to my savings accounts at INGDirect. We actually have two accounts there, one Mandie setup for our wedding expenses, and I have one to save for big annual expenses, like auto insurance. Today INGDirect raised the rate from 2.60% to 2.80%! We’re actually getting a higher rate than that as we took advantage of a $50 signup bonus (If you want that bonus, drop me an email and I’ll tell you how to get it).

Last week I received a call from a company representing Brighthouse Networks. They invited me to come to their office and discuss my thoughts on their Digital Phone service that we’ve been using for the past several months. In return they will pay me $65 cash for about an hour and a half of my time. Cool, I’ll probably put that in one of the savings accounts…

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