It’s a real pain with some services, Zipcar and XM radio require you to cancel o...

londons_explore · on July 18, 2019

Call all the companies at once on a big conference call.

Then you can say "Hi Bob from Zipcar, Fred from XM radio, and Kate from FitGym, I'd like to cancel all your services."

If one puts you on hold, you talk over the hold music to speak to the other ones on the call.

Gets the job done much quicker typically.

gourou · on July 18, 2019

What if an automated voice asks you to spell out your username/ID?

londons_explore · on July 18, 2019

You just tell the other people on the line to be quiet for a moment while you spell it out.

Same for "press 1 for ..." type menus.

Sometimes the automated system says embarrassing things like "The balance of your account is..."

crispinb · on July 18, 2019

A couple of sentences of mature advice would replace the whole of DoNotPay's business. More tech not always betta.