I paid my bills this weekend and was again stricken with my monthly sickness when I saw my Comcast bill. My bill this month was $144 for HDTV, digital cable and cable modem service. I didn’t order any pay-per-view movies nor did I have any premium channels such as HBO or Showtime. I do have the DVR from Comcast but this $144 per month seemed very excessive. I gave Comcast a phone call to find out what could be done. I was prepared to cancel the television portion of my service to save a good bit of money. Long story short, I didn’t have to cancel a thing.

How I Saved Over $30 Per Month On My Comcast Bill

1. Call 1-888-266-2278 for Comcast’s Main Line
   • Press 1 for English
   • Press 2 for Billing
   • Press 1 for Television
2. Ask the agent what you’re paying now including taxes.
3. Ask what you would pay for regular television without the extras such as digital cable and the DVR
4. Show your dismay at the price and ask what you’d pay if you canceled everything but your cable modem service.

At this point, the rep asked me if I had received any promo in the prior year. When I said I had not, she confirmed that in her computer and simply offered to put me on a promo rate of $102 per month for exactly the same service! The promo will last for six months and then I will be returned to my current rate. There are no contracts so I can still change my service at any point.

I was shocked so I tried again. I immediately called back with my parent’s information. I repeated the same steps above with a different customer service representative but this time he was ready to let me cancel my service. I simply asked, “Can you put me on a promo rate since I never received a promo before and thus haven’t had a promo in the past year?” This direct question worked like a charm. He asked me to hold while he checked and within 10 seconds my account was changed to the $102 promo rate!

With Comcast’s somewhat shady tactics in filtering our Internet, here is one way you can make yourself a little happier with their service. The $102 rate I received for my service is before taxes so once those are added in, I’m looking at around $30 in savings per month for the next half of the year. That $180 I will save is definitely worth the 5 minutes I spent calling so I encourage you to do the same.

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