Time to play the game again

[Hank70SS]

Uverse bill was about to go up $43 a month. Last year at this time it jumped way up. I called, they gave me a 1 year discount on the tv service and an extra receiver free. The discount and free receiver about to go away so I called again. They upgraded my tv service to include HBO, etc., we already had Showtime. They doubled my internet speed as well. I don't need the 3rd receiver any longer so if I return that my bill goes down $2 a month. So next year I'll have to play the game again but I guess it's worth it. If I didn't my Uverse bill would probably be $200 a month.

Also got a bill from Trugreen lawn service. Same thing, bill went way up from last year. So I have to call them like I do every year and tell them don't bother coming out because I'm not paying that. Of course they drop the price back down and we're set for another year.

Why can't they just give long time customers a decent rate to begin with? Why do you have play the same game every year to get a reasonable rate? I guess it's worth it to them, most people probably just pay it and don't bother calling to get a better deal.