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Just Ask!

August 26th, 2008

Just Ask!

Ask and you shall receive & knock and it shall be opened &send an email and see what happens.

As a student of personal finance you are probably familiar with the advice to negotiate with your credit card companies to get a lower interest rate. Why stop there?

There is hardly anything that can’t be gotten for less than what is being asked if you are smart and creative about asking.

Since you are reading this on a computer, let’s start there. Got AOL?

I called AOL and they gave me two months of free service. Here is how it went…

AOL: How can I make your online experience more enjoyable? (I should have said give me 6 free months!)

ME: Well first, I was wondering how long I have been a member of AOL.

AOL: April 1995

ME: That’s a long time. What would El Cajon homes happen if I got a new computer and they offered me a free year of AOL.

AOL: Your account would be credited for that year.

ME: Well, since I’ve been a valued customer for such a long time could you give me 3 or 4 free months?

AOL: I’d like to …can you condo builders in calgary hold?

ME: Sure

AOL: My supervisor has authorized me to give you 2 free months. Is that OK?

ME: Sure.

AOL: Leo, let me ask you… is the reason you called today arizona department of consumer affairs to get some free months?

ME: Well, I really wanted to find out how long I’d been a member but YES, since I’ve been a loyal customer. Thanks!

You’ll notice that FIRST, I established how long I had been a member. Even if I knew the cheap apartments for senior in San Diego CA answer to the question I would still have had him look it up so HE knew. Seven years as an AOL member established that I was a VALUED
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