How to cut $90 from your monthly bills with one phone call

The frugal streak has carried over to all aspects of my personal life and I'm looking for every opportuity to cut pennies. Want to save $90 from your bills? Follow these three simple steps:

1. Realize you are paying too much for cable. Remember when you had the monthly deal which was half the rate you're paying now? Our comcast bill was $120 and I wasn't a fan of that number so I called them and said I was canceling. Was I really ready to cancel? No. But the "retention specialist" on the other end is paid to keep me as a customer and I knew that. Suddenly he offered me the 6 month special at $60 for both internet and cable. What did I do at the end of that 6 months? Called and said I was canceling. My new specialist told me he would continue the offer another 6 months. That's $720 of annual savings/$60 bucks a month.

2. Do you really need cable? Besides getting sucked into reality trash television and an occasional ballgame, we decided it was time to cut the cord with cable. At the end of my 12 months of savings, I called the retention experts back and said I wanted to cancel. He "convinced me" to keep internet at a discounted rate of $30. I was already planning on keeping internet, but thanks for the offer. There's another $360/$30 a month savings.
3. Need a cable replacement? Welcome to 2012. Go to walmart and purchase a Roku Box for $70. Purchase netflix (known for dated movies and tv series) or hulu plus (known for current tv series) at $7.99 a month. The question is, would you rather pay $90 or $7.99 a month? Your choice.