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Refunds, bills, deals and money you were owed · 465 ideas
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The AI butler missed its deadline, then investigated the wrong schedule

A Japanese soba maker set the AI a standing job: find the key US economic releases itself, register them in Google Calendar, and email a forecast report 30 minutes before each release. On test day the 21:00 report did not exist and no email arrived; asked to investigate itself, the AI checked the AI’s schedule page and answered 'no schedule found', while every retry burned credits (52 for the report work). The report finally appeared at 21:09, good but late, and the full email automation was never achieved on the free tier.

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Reconcile 10 months of bank statements to $0 uncategorized, then run my books

A small-business owner who had stopped paying a leased accountant reported on X (via WhatAgentsCanDo, Oct 20) that the AI reconciled 10 months of bank statements in one evening, matched every client payment to its invoice, and closed the books to $0 uncategorized. It then set up a separate bookkeeper bot to keep the books current going forward.

The AI renegotiated internet bills across four accounts via provider web chat: AT&T

A Facebook group author reports using AI to renegotiate internet pricing across four accounts: The AI researched competitor offers and contacted providers via web chat, cutting AT&T home internet from $94.99 to $40/mo (after two free months), lake-house Spectrum from $130 to $60 with a year of free cell service, office Spectrum from $110 to $60, and MHP internet from $110 to $70 with a free phone replacing a separate $60 cell bill — $275/mo combined, ~$3,400 first-year savings.

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