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		antjanus on July 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tech Blogger Tries To Cancel Comcast Service, Hila... Actually, there was a company that would take all your bills, call up the companies representing you, and get your bill lowered. They made 10% off that (so if they lowered your comcast bill from $90 to $60, they'd make $3 on it).

vampirechicken on July 15, 2014 | [–]

There is a name for the practices of cable companies, cell phone providers, and banks - adversarial value extraction.

late2part on July 16, 2014 | [–]

I'd like to know if this company exists and how to find them. And if they don't exist, why they failed?

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