I think I can do 3 days. I hope. In particular those 3 days 
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I’m on a 7 day streak already
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I think the last game I purchased was Sky Team (unless you count expansions, in which case the War of the Ring the card game: Against the Shadow expansion is the last thing I actually bought a little over a month ago), so I’m going on a pretty good streak right now. I think I can managed these three days in particular!
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I’ve been taking the 3 day challenge for years. I have about a 75% success rate.
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It’s that time of the year when my mobile company is calling me to get me to sign on for another 2 years. And I am surprised they finally added a feature to the website where I could–in theory extend the contract myself and even change into a cheaper contract–however… the offer they sent me via email after I insisted during the phone call that I needed something in writing before signing includes options that are completely unavailable on the website and one of those is quite attractive. They’ve been calling me for 2 weeks now every 3 days or so and they always manage to reach me at the most inopportune times… why do they think it is best having the hassle of phone offers? And then I cannot even sign that offer online, no I have to agree to everything on the phone.
Is this country specific or the same everywhere?
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I have never been called by my phone company. Contracts auto-renew unless you actively cancel them.
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My mobile company (EE, in the UK) don’t do this. They send me a text when the contract is getting close to expiration, but are happy for the contract to end and default to monthly.
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I think mobile providers used to be a lot more annoying in the UK than they are now. At the moment, I’m on rolling monthly SIM-only contract that I can cancel any time. Many years ago, my mobile provider insisted that the only way that I could avoid renewing onto another multi-year contract was to refuse delivery of the new handset that I specifically asked them not to send me. Apparently the courier was not suprised when my mum wouldn’t accept the parcel, so I assume it was quite a common pushy sales tactic.
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And of course a lot of them reserve the real prices for people who call them up to cancel.
To me this is offensive on the same level as “call for price”: no, I want the actual price that you charge everybody. If there’s an order size threshold to get a discount, I want to know what that is. When your salesman tells me he is making a special deal for me, he is lying and I don’t want to deal with liars.
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I remember a call with O2 I think where I basically said “Look, I know thats not the best price/deal/phone (I can’t remember what I was arguing for!) you can offer. You’ll say it is, and then I’ll say well I’ll leave and go to X network, you’ll put me through to retentions who will then offer a better deal, I’ll say I still want to leave and then they’ll ‘check with their manager’ before offering the best deal. That will take ages and I’ll be incredibly fed up, so why don’t we just skip to the end and you offer me the best deal now?” I think I got a better phone, cheaper and one a shorter contract without having to go through all the rigmarole!
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I never answer calls unless Im jobhunting
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It used to be… this has since been regulated… that contracts would auto-renew into another yearly contract with automatically rising prices.
One of the reasons behind the shenanigans here is that they want to move people into their newer contracts so they can clean up old legacy things, I worked for an internet provider for a few years and the old contracts were a often a hindrance for software development. So I get it. And they need people to agree to move to new contract models, so they aggressively do this. Just because I understand some of the reasons, doesn’t make it customer friendly.
Currently I will automatically move to a monthly contract at the same price as my current one if I do not renew. I do not pay my phone via contract because it is not a good deal and never was. Also I try to use my phone for longer than my contract runs…
And yes absolutely, you get the best offers if you cancel. This is the same here. I have used that tactic a few times now with success. I am also considering switching to a prepaid contract as I have my work phone on the same hardware and the contract is really great. The only thing I need from my private contract is the phone number really.
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I once dealt with a company that would phone me specfically at the times I said I wasn’t available. With hindsight this was probably a tactic to get me to agree to whatever they wanted (it was a mortgage broker, who was upselling life insurance). When the mortgage renewal came round again I specifically told them that I would never deal with them again due to the pushy sales tactics I experienced.
It still took three calls to get the message through.
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When my energy tariff was coming to an end earlier this year I got a call (and voicemail) from my supplier around 2pm every day for a whole week. Wonder how many people would pick up at that time, especially as it’s something I’d normally do online.
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special deal for you doesn’t mean it’s a good deal.
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My wife Kate has decided that we should become Instagram Boardgame Influencers!
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It was this or ASMR Optometry videos (which is a genuinely big thing)
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I have always had a pay as you go SIM because I rarely use my mobile to make calls, and only slightly more frequently send texts. O2 used to phone me up and say “We think we can offer you a better deal - how much do you currently spend per month” - When I laughed and told them I ususally topped up once a year by adding £10 they were forced to admit they couldn’t…
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Why do I think at least one of them is a Cylon?
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