Shrink Your Bills with Billshrink
November 20, 2008 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under save-money
Billshrink.com offers free personalized information that can save you money on two specific services; credit cards and cell phone plans.
What it feels like to me is the Geico of cell phone plans and credit. Billshrink compares services for you (you fill out a form) and then they tell you which deals are best for your situation. According to Billshrink they follow all the cell phone and credit card markets in order to provide you with up-to-date info.
I tried it out to see what I think:
I looked up cell phone plans. The first part was easy – I entered my basic usage facts and zip code. Then they asked for my email, which I didn’t like. Luckily I have one email, that I call my spam email, set up for just this occasion. I filled in my email. At this point you can also upload your phone bill if you choose so that Billshrink can use your actual usage to etimate if you can save any $.
The results:
They note that they looked at 189 plans, and they came up with four I believe that could save me money. Two were with T-Mobile so um, no. They have terrible connections in my experience. The other two would save me about $6 a month, but it’d be more trouble for me to change my phone then to save money right now.
The bad:
The entire site crashed on me. I was on my recommendations 2nd page, and tried to go back to the previous recommended page, when CRASH. It took me back to the start – that’s a pain. Also, this is actually the second time I’ve tried to post about them, because the first time their site was down. So…. what I’m thinking is that they need to work out a few website kinks.
The good:
I think the result pages, before they crashed were pretty good. I liked how they were laid out in a nice grid form. It was clear and easy to see where I could save, and where I might pay more.
The bottom line:
Site crashing aside, if you’re looking for a new phone plan, I’d give them a whirl. It could save you some time and money. One note, don’t forget, if you have an existing plan, and cancel you may have to pay cancellation fees, so take that into consideration when shopping for new cell phone plans.
Try Billshrink.com
