I signed up for freecreditreport.com and free score.com a while back. I had made some stupid credit mistakes early on and I was trying to monitor myself and increase my credit score. I really liked these tools but each month I was paying $16.95 for freecreditreport.com and $29.95 for freescore.com. I just kept forgetting to pick up the phone to call and cancel these services before I got billed each month.
So I called freecreditreport.com told them I wanted to cancel and they took my bill down to $7.95 for the next 2 yrs. Then I called freescore and they dropped theirs to $9.95 for as long as I keep my account. Ill actually probably call freecreditreport.com back and cancel it all together b/c I really dont need both of these services. It kind of pisses me off that I had been paying $47 a month and I could have been paying $18. Just goes to show you that you don't know until you ask.
Re: It pays to try to cancel memberships
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you are allowed a free credit report every year just fyi
but I know what you mean because we just switched to uverse over cox and when I called to cancel our bill is about 175 (after I took stuff off and it will now be about 135) she was like well I can give you the cable and internet for 95 for the next 12 months...and the phone is like 15 so I was like wow you can give me that much off?
She's like why didn't you call and I said I have been with you since 05 why should I HAVE to call to get 40% off my bill when I've never missed a payment and you're overpriced...she then apologized and immediately cancelled us haha