Martin Lewis says BT customers can save £300 by 'making phone call' today

A Martin Lewis fan has saved £300 a year on one household bill after following the BBC and ITV star's tip. Writing into the Money Saving Expert (MSE) newsletter, which is published each week, the fan and follower of Mr Lewis told the MSE team that his monthly mobile bill had gone to £57 a month.

Chris tried to haggle the price down with his provider BT, and managed to cut his bill down from £57 a month to £37. Over the course of the year this would give him a saving of over £300 thanks to the handy £25 a month windfall.

Chris told the MSE team: "I followed your tips on haggling with BT. Managed to reduce my monthly bill from £57 to £32 (saving £25/mth) plus call charges (which are very small). Thanks for your very useful guidance."

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MSE explains: "If you're willing to haggle, you could slash bills for breakdown, broadband, mobile and more. This guide includes the top 15 service companies to haggle with, sector-by-sector tips and how to access firms' hidden deals departments. Our last poll showed a huge 89% of those who haggled with Virgin Media and TalkTalk were successful, as were 85% of those who haggled with the RAC, and 84% who haggled with the AA."

"Reading through Martin's tips on haggling with Virgin Media has served me well – I managed to negotiate a saving of £21.50 per month on my TV, broadband and phone bundle. Happy days," wrote another fan. A second typed: "After reading your tips on haggling with Sky I called them and ended up with a £30 a month reduction without losing any of my channels/extra boxes. £360 a year saving from a 10-minute phone call is fantastic!"

"I found I could get fibre, plus TV including most of my Sky channels, from BT for not much more than my Sky TV alone. After threatening to leave Sky, they matched my ending Plusnet broadband deal AND discounted the TV – result! MSE saved me almost 30 quid a month!" a third said.