BLOATWEILER · FORENSIC BILL AUDIT
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TELECOM · PAYMENTS · UTILITIES · SHIPPING · PAYROLL · SAAS
CASE 0421 · TELECOM · 7 LINE ITEMS
FLAGGED SO FAR
confidence: high
THIS MONTH'S SPECIMEN · JULY 2026
Below is an anonymized bill from a closed case, exactly as we examined it. Click any flagged line — or run the full pass.
RECEIVED 07-01 09:12 · EXAMINED 07-01 · RETURNED 07-02 · CASE NO. 0421 · EXAMINER R.D. EXH-0042 · TELECOM · PG 1 OF 3 0 OF 4 FINDINGS EXAMINED
4 FINDINGS · $1,600–$2,130/yr FLAGGED (THIS CASE)
THE PRACTICE
TELECOM
Regulatory Recovery Fee ....... $14.99
benchmark: $0 — junk fee
line 4: no usage since 2021
Dead lines, expired promos, and invented “recovery” fees — each one small, together 10–30% of the bill. We read all fourteen pages.
PAYMENT PROCESSING
quoted rate ................ 2.19%
effective rate ............. 3.41%
the gap is the markup
The gap between your quoted rate and your effective rate is where the markup lives. Only the markup is negotiable — and we find it.
UTILITIES / ENERGY
supply rate ......... $0.0891/kWh
holdover pricing after auto-renew
broker margin: unlabeled
Supply rates, pass-throughs, auto-renew holdover pricing. The margin is real; the line item for it isn't. We label it.
Energy
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Shipping
Payroll & HR
Insurance
Software
Office
Fleet
Consulting
Waste
One audit can cover several categories. Start anywhere.
CASEWORK, NOT CHATBOTS
RECEIVED
You send one bill — PDF, photo, or a bad scan. It gets a case number the moment it lands.
EXAMINED
A human reads every line against benchmark data. Junk fees, rate creep, dead lines — flagged with evidence.
RETURNED
You get a case file back: findings, a range for each, and a confidence level — high, medium, or indicative.
DECIDED
You decide. Switch, renegotiate, or do nothing. Nothing changes without your sign-off.
If we find savings and you choose to act, we're compensated on the back end — never by you for the audit.
ON THE RECORD
TELECOM · CLOSED 07-02 · HISTORICAL EXAMPLE
A Philadelphia-area collision shop was billed for six voice lines, an analog fax line dead since 2021, and a 'regulatory recovery' fee that benchmarks at $0.
line-usage report + carrier statement, read against current market rates
found range
$1,600–$2,130/yr flaggedconfidence: high
historical case · anonymized · ranges shown are what was found in this case — not a promise · reviewed by a human, decided by you
RECEIVED — · EXAMINATION PENDING
Coming to the file
RECEIVED — · EXAMINATION PENDING
Coming to the file
THE ALTERNATIVE
Cost-reduction consultancies bill retainers or lock multi-year percentage-of-savings contracts. Bloatweiler runs the audit free, shows the evidence, and gets paid only if you choose to act. No fee if we find nothing.
Yes. If we find savings and you choose to act, we're compensated on the back end — by partners or vendors in some categories, always disclosed before any change. No fee if we find nothing.
Not without your sign-off. Nothing changes — no calls, no switches, no renegotiations — until you approve it.
A case file: each finding with its evidence, a dollar range, and a confidence level — high, medium, or indicative. Reviewed by a human, decided by you.
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. Every figure we publish is a range from a documented past case — never a promise about yours.
They're used for the audit and nothing else. They stay private, in our custody, and identifying details are redacted in anything we publish.
free · human-reviewed · nothing changes without your sign-off