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Refunds, bills, deals and money you were owed · 465 ideas

Compare wireless plans against what I actually pay and use

Harry McCracken asked his Dot to research wireless carriers. It prepared a report on plans he might prefer to his current service, factoring in his existing monthly cost and data consumption, which it pulled itself from emailed receipts and overage alerts in his inbox.

An AI agent bought a real t-shirt by itself for $29.94, no human in the loop

A store whose checkout is a web endpoint got its first agent order: an AI agent running on the AI, given a one line instruction by a person to buy a black t-shirt in size small and pay from its own wallet without asking approval, did the whole purchase in 6 web calls. It paid $29.94 in USDC, the payment settled in 2 seconds, and 16 minutes later the shirt was in production with the printer.

$29.94one time

Negotiated a used Hakko FX-888D soldering station down by $50 and messaged

Stanford EE student (310K followers, 'sage') documented upgrading her electronics lab by using AI (nicknamed 'Chef') to compare Facebook Marketplace listings under $200, identify a Hakko FX-888D in Los Angeles, message the seller directly, and negotiate the price down by $50. She picked up the boxed unit, unboxed it at her workbench, and thanked the AI on camera.

$50

File the parking ticket dispute I keep putting off

Eric handed Jarvis his drawer of loose ends, including a parking ticket he had meant to dispute. Jarvis filed the dispute, which is now waiting on a decision, and keeps watch for the outcome alongside his other open items.

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