$20 back when an order came without its case

30 days of Grok Bot: slow, and sometimes stuck

The poster used Grok Bot every day for 30 days and wrote up what he found. He liked that it has its own computer and browser, keeps working overnight when his own computer is off, and is easy for beginners. His complaints: it was slow, it wasn't good at planning big engineering work, and it would often get stuck. A few times, when he checked in, it had already finished the work and was just sitting on it. He also didn't like not knowing which model it was using, and found the $30 starting price hard to justify next to free Meta Muse. He says he won't renew.

A duplicate pest control plan found and cancelled

The poster had been paying Terminix twice for the same house for two years and never noticed. His Grok Bot spotted the double charge, called Terminix, went through the phone menus, and then kept texting the company's support line until it was sorted out. He kept the plan he wanted, the duplicate was cancelled, and he says $834.34 is on its way back to him. He never had to pick up the phone himself. Note that the refund was still "headed back" when he posted, so it wasn't in his account yet. Duplicate service plans are easy to miss when a home service bills on autopay, especially after a move, a change of card or a sales call that opens a second account.

He says the duplicate was cancelled and $834.34 is headed back to him. The refund hadn't arrived yet when he posted.

Internet bill cut $30 a month, plus a free recall fix

A few weeks into using Grok Bot, the poster listed what it had done so far. It got his internet bill lowered by $30 a month, which he says covers the cost of the subscription. It also found that a $2 hoverboard he bought at Goodwill was under a recall, so instead of paying over $100 for a new battery he got a replacement for free. He says the battery arrived and works. The bot also listed a Magic card on eBay for him after local shops offered too little. Next, he's having it go through his old tax returns. The recall find is the one most people would miss: secondhand items can still be covered by a recall even if you didn't buy them new, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission keeps a searchable list at cpsc.gov.

He says his internet bill went down $30 a month and the recall replacement battery came free.