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Total and sort every subscription into keep, investigate or cancel with ChatGPT
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ChatGPT sorted Amanda Caswell's subscriptions into keep, investigate or cancel and found nearly $166 a month.
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I want to reduce my monthly subscription spending. Here is a list of all my subscriptions and their monthly costs: [paste list here]. Calculate my monthly and annual spending by identifying any overlapping services, flag subscriptions I may not be fully using, categorize each as Keep, Investigate or Cancel, estimate how much I could save annually and explain your reasoning for each recommendation
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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish. Goal: Audit every recurring charge and decide what to keep, check or cancel. Questions to ask me first: - Where are my subscriptions billed (app stores, cards, PayPal)? - Which services do I use weekly? - Any I must keep for work or family? Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Subscriptions: [NAME / PRICE / BILLING SOURCE] - Weekly use: [LIST] - Must-keep: [LIST] Rules: - Convert annual plans to a monthly figure and show both. - Group overlapping services (e.g., two storage or two audiobook plans). - Mark free trials that turned into paid plans. - Don't cancel anything; recommend only. Checkpoint: Show the monthly and annual totals before recommendations. If you get stuck: If a price is unclear, ask me rather than estimate. Verify before you finish: The totals equal the sum of the listed items. Output: A table with Keep / Investigate / Cancel, reasons, and estimated annual savings. Done when: I know my true subscription total and the first three to cancel.
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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish. Goal: Audit every recurring charge and decide what to keep, check or cancel. Questions to ask me first: - Where are my subscriptions billed (app stores, cards, PayPal)? - Which services do I use weekly? - Any I must keep for work or family? Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Subscriptions: [NAME / PRICE / BILLING SOURCE] - Weekly use: [LIST] - Must-keep: [LIST] Rules: - Convert annual plans to a monthly figure and show both. - Group overlapping services (e.g., two storage or two audiobook plans). - Mark free trials that turned into paid plans. - Don't cancel anything; recommend only. Checkpoint: Show the monthly and annual totals before recommendations. If you get stuck: If a price is unclear, ask me rather than estimate. Verify before you finish: The totals equal the sum of the listed items. Output: A table with Keep / Investigate / Cancel, reasons, and estimated annual savings. Done when: I know my true subscription total and the first three to cancel.
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Amanda Caswell gathered screenshots of every subscription from Apple, Google Play, Amazon, card and bank statements and PayPal, then gave ChatGPT the list and asked it to total the spend and sort each item. The audit showed nearly $166 a month—almost $2,000 a year—and ChatGPT flagged a few subscriptions worth investigating because they overlapped. It also surfaced services that had started as free trials and quietly become recurring. The article does not report which subscriptions were then canceled.
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