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This is sleazy from the NYT, but the person trying to cancel allowed the NYT employee to change the conversation to a negotiation.

They were talking to this NYT employee after 3 minutes (not too long IMO). The employee wrote in the very first message:

> [...] May I ask why you are canceling?

At that point you should say:

> No. Cancel my subscription.

Then, they'll always give you a counter offer nonetheless:

> Are you sure? We can offer you xyz.

Then you explicitly say that you won't negotiate:

> I won't negotiate. Cancel my subscription.

Maybe they'll give it one more try, but if you don't budge they'll back off. And then, at the end, you write:

> Thank you for helping me, have a nice day!

Because these people don't want to be sleazy. They would get a better job if they could.



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