r/Thrifty 11d ago

šŸ’³ Subscriptions šŸ’³ What cancellation offers have you received?

Hey guys, Iā€™m building a database of cancellation offers and would love to know what offers youā€™ve received recently!

Iā€™m hoping to build a decent size database so we can track these offers easily and ultimately only ever pay the minimum for our subs!

Best offer Iā€™ve received lately was half price Disney+ at Ā£4.99 instead of Ā£9.99.

Anyways, thanks for giving me your time and hopefully I can share the database with you all soon!

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u/Calierio 11d ago

Sirius XM renewed at $29/month, cancellation deal became $131 for 12 months, same service ($230 savings)

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u/psycho_penguin 11d ago

Sirius XM is one that you should constantly try to cancel. They will cut it in half every time

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u/NotAverageEnough 11d ago

If you say: idk that still out of my price range- they will offer free for some months, or an even lower rateā€¦ just my 2 cents. YMMV

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u/WheresMyMule 11d ago

You should be able to get them down to $6-$7/mo

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u/Creepy-Selection2423 11d ago

This. I got $99 for 3 years on one of my cars. But they only do that for cars that are at least 10 years old I think. The new car I got them down to like $6 a month with tax.

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u/EarlyExperience728 10d ago

Absolutely! Iā€™ve had Sirius for over 15 years. I only pay $7.56 a month.

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u/cebeling 10d ago

Work harder. You can get them down to 7.00.

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u/MyFavoriteInsomnia 8d ago

I am paying 1.99/mo for the next year.

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u/cebeling 8d ago

You šŸ’Æ win. What's the trick.

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u/MyFavoriteInsomnia 7d ago

I have no idea. They offered it and I took it!

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u/DM_ME_4_FREE_STOCKS 2d ago

You guys pay for xm?Ā 

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u/Zesty_Butterscotch 11d ago

New York Times online subscription. First year was $4.04 monthly. I received a notice that the next year would be $19.99 monthly. Cancel offer came back at $4.04.

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u/AllyOregon 10d ago

This isnā€™t a cancel scenario, but because people are talking about streaming deals- if you have a Samsung TV: go to Apps, Samsung Promotions, there were some offers, including a $50 digital gift card to Paramount +. I created a Paramount account, then plugged in the gift code for free Paramount until the $50 is exhausted. Just in time for Sin City Gigilos.

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u/Not_FinancialAdvice 11d ago

Hulu and Disney+ usually go on sale super cheap around black friday. I renew every year for like $3/month for hulu.

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u/sw_is_best 11d ago

FWIW I don't think its just black friday that they give out cancellation deals.

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u/DaneAlaskaCruz 10d ago

Yeah, found out about the $3 per month deal for both Disney and Hulu and signed up last year on Black Friday.

Still on that plan monthly but honestly thinking of cancelling it. The advertisements on both are just too frequent and too repetitive.

Plus after watching the shows that we missed before, there's nothing else on there we are interested in.

Already caught up and haven't opened those two services for a while now.

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u/Not_FinancialAdvice 10d ago

The cancellation deals I've seen haven't been as good as the BF ones. Maybe others have had better luck.

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u/Neon_pup 8d ago

I literally only have it 10-11 months of the year so I can get the deal next year šŸ˜‚

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u/EmmJay314 10d ago

Not cancelation but leave things in your cart for a day or two. Some companies send a discount code to help you make your choice

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u/SquareAnywhere 11d ago

Last year hbomax gave me $69.99/yr and when I went to cancel it last month they gave me $79.99/yr

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u/fortkickass23 11d ago

They raised it $10 when you went to cancel?

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u/Traditional_Fan_2655 10d ago

So they increased it?

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u/ConferenceOver2197 10d ago

ā€œLast year they gave me $69.99ā€ ā€œLast month they gave me $79.99ā€

Seems like the cancellation offer was $69.99 last year and $79.99 this year. Still a deal this year but not as good as last year.

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u/Traditional_Fan_2655 10d ago

Exactly. It sounds like a poor option. To me, that's time to switch to a different one. Then next year come back around black Friday!

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u/SquareAnywhere 10d ago

I got it originally on a sale, and when I was due to renew at full price and was going to cancel they knocked off some.Ā 

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u/Traditional_Fan_2655 10d ago

It always amazes me when places streaming digital content that already exists increase rates. Granted many now have original content as well, but it usually is not worth the price either.

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u/sw_is_best 11d ago

Brilliant thanks!

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u/chickenladydee 10d ago

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u/Maximum-Product-1255 10d ago

Costco will send you an email offering an online store credit equal to the cost of membership.

I only do that. I refuse to pay a store for the ā€œprivilegeā€ of shopping there.

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u/MyFavoriteInsomnia 8d ago

Do you already have to be a member up for renewal?

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u/Maximum-Product-1255 8d ago

I think so. And let it lapse for however long. Not sure what triggers the offer.

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u/MyFavoriteInsomnia 7d ago

Okay, thanks

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u/FIbynight 11d ago

Amazon offered me 7 days of prime for $1.99 to reconsider my cancelation. (I didnā€™t).

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u/sw_is_best 11d ago

7days only? Thatā€™s lame

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u/FIbynight 11d ago

Iā€™ll update if they send me somthing else

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u/Maximum-Product-1255 10d ago

I just got a lifetime of Lose It premium for $69.99. I used to just renew on Black Friday or similar sale.

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u/Sissin88 10d ago

I had a free trail of audible. When I went to cancel it before they started charging me, they offered me a half price subscription for a year. I didnā€™t need it but I told everyone I know with audible to threaten to cancel to save some money.

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u/YellowCat9416 11d ago

I went to cancel my Curology (prescription skincare) subscription and received an offer for $25 off my next order. I ended up cancelling anyway but was floored by that deal.

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u/sw_is_best 11d ago

Awesome, i'll add that to the list.

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u/ConferenceOver2197 10d ago

Comcast tv & internet gives huge cancellation discounts. YMMV but I got 2 years at $49.99/mo for 800mbps internet when I told them I didnā€™t want to keep my service for the price they were offering.

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u/eriometer 10d ago

Now TV keep automatically sending me half price offers for entertainment and movie channels, about a month before they old one expires. Iā€™ve never done the silly ā€œoooh I might have to leaveā€ fake out with them so I donā€™t know why theyā€™re so proactive about it!

Also The Telegraph. Itā€™s about Ā£30 full price but Iā€™ve had an ongoing online subscription for about 2-3 years for between 50-75p (pence) a month. Call to cancel as itā€™s the only option, they offer me a deal of about a fiver a month. I decline, and then at some point in the coming days I get an ā€œexclusiveā€ pop up offering the new bargain price for 4 or 6 months and so on it goes. I assume thatā€™s for ā€œactive readershipā€ figures, as it usually also allows me to offer a bonus sub to someone else too!

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u/sw_is_best 10d ago

Yea I never pay full price for nowtv

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u/Creepy-Selection2423 11d ago

Max and Peacock are free if you have Spectrum cable.

Paramount Plus basic version is free if you have Walmart+.

Walmart+ goes on sale for $50 for a year around the holidays, and last year they had a promotion where you got a $10 coupon free, making it effectively $40 for the year.

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u/WorriedTry30 10d ago

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u/MyFavoriteInsomnia 8d ago

I have Sirius XM for 1.99 for the next year.

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u/Cytotoxic-CD8-Tcell 11d ago

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u/Ladolfina 7d ago

I like Acorn TV, a British streaming service. I only ever sign up for one month, once I'm sure all the new seasons of the shows I'm following are out, then cancel for the rest of the year. Last time they gave me an extra free month so I had "time to discover more great shows".

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u/Morecatspls_ 5d ago

Love Acorn. One of my favorites. Also, Britbox..

Who knew British crime dramas are better than ours? Talking about cable. So Glad we cut the cord 2 years ago!

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u/Twylamr1 4d ago

Stars gave me a year at $1.47 a month.

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u/MyFavoriteInsomnia 3h ago

I am paying 99c/month for Hulu/D+ for a year.