A finance writer asked ChatGPT for negotiation scripts. Reading one word for word saved her £156 a year on broadband, and a tariff review with her energy supplier led to a switch worth an estimated £626 a year.
Act as my bill-negotiation coach. I'm with [PROVIDER] for [BROADBAND/ENERGY], paying [AMOUNT], and I'm [HAPPY/UNHAPPY] with the service because [REASON]. Better deals I've found: [DEALS]. Write 1) a short phone script asking them to match or beat that deal, 2) an email asking for a review of my tariff based on my usage of [USAGE], and 3) what to say if they refuse.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Spend two minutes on a comparison site so you can quote a real competing deal.
- Use ChatGPT’s script on the phone; it was quicker than email in this writer’s experience.
- Ask the supplier to show the numbers on your actual usage before switching tariff.
More money use cases
Haggle over a private car sale with ChatGPT
Selling a car privately, one person let ChatGPT draft their text replies. The buyer offered 8,000 against a 9,500 asking price, ChatGPT countered at 9,000, ready to walk away, and the buyer agreed.
I'm selling my [CAR MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, MILEAGE] privately. My asking price is [PRICE] and the lowest I'll accept is [FLOOR]. The buyer has just texted: '[PASTE THEIR MESSAGE]'. Write a short, friendly but firm reply that defends my price, answers any concern they raised honestly, and makes a counter-offer. Give me two versions: one that holds firm and one that meets them part way.
Get your broadband bill lowered with ChatGPT
One customer used ChatGPT to help lower his internet bill and came away with $15 a month off and a one-off $25 credit.
I pay [PROVIDER] [MONTHLY PRICE] for [SPEED/PACKAGE] and I've been a customer for [TIME]. Competitors near me offer [DEALS]. Write me a short, friendly phone script to ask for a better deal, including what to say if they first say no, and a line asking for a one-off credit for [ANY PROBLEM, E.G. OUTAGES].
Audit a huge hospital bill line by line with Claude
After a relative's death, a family used Claude to go through a $195,000 itemised hospital bill. It flagged charges billed both as a whole procedure and again as components, plus coding problems, and their letters helped bring the bill down to about $33,000.
I've been sent an itemised bill with billing codes: [PASTE CODES, DESCRIPTIONS AND AMOUNTS]. Go through it line by line. Group the charges, explain what each code normally covers, and flag possible duplicates (for example a main procedure billed again as separate parts), codes that don't match [THE TYPE OF VISIT, E.G. EMERGENCY], and anything you'd question. Then draft a calm, factual letter requesting a review of each flagged line.
Reference: inews