hi all,
I know this has been discussed before - how much of a better deal should I aim for (currently paying £123/month) for Sky Sports HD, landline phone and basic internet please? :yikes:
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hi all,
I know this has been discussed before - how much of a better deal should I aim for (currently paying £123/month) for Sky Sports HD, landline phone and basic internet please? :yikes:
Do you have Virgin in your area? Not Virgins!
Ask for half price and take it from there. I jacked SKY in a few months ago and won't be going back. Screw them as far as you can.
Pretty sure we do have Virgin - do they do Sky Sports HD?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maccy Blue
Be prepared to cancel and wait and expect AT LEAST around £30 pcm off that. If you have no actual intention of leaving it is a game of mexican stand off. if youre prepared to actually cancel then a bit more once its cut off once you rejoin.
Yep - ring them and ask what they can do. Then as Pearcey3 says do the stand off with them. Say you have been offered x from Virgin and can they match etc. Say you want to leave and expect the calls to make you stay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Pontprennau Blues
i would be expecting 40% of that bill :thumbup:
We're paying £90 for Sky HD (with Sports, Movies, Multiroom)
BT's Fibre is significantly better than Sky ever provided, and Virgin haven't cabled our street, so we went to BT for our broadband (so we get free BT Sports...which is a necessity)
So overall we must be paying well over £100 a month.
Im paying £56 for Hd package and multiroom with everything except movies (which I source ahem elsewhere). Ill be pushing for a much cheaper deal in June - I have BT infinity and wouldn't change. Not cheap but fast and reliableQuote:
Originally Posted by Ainsley Harriott
In March, I cancelled BT played Sky off against them & ended up saving around £45/mth. I've now got a full Sky package including their top broadband package @ £103/mth, I did have to agree an 18 month termQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris Pontprennau Blues
Just read some comments above our experience is totally the opposite, Sky broadband has been light years better than BT (which is why I moved) The £103 is £65 for a full Sky HD pack including movies, including multiroom, £19 line, £11 broadband + £8 talk anytime
Re broadband. I recently upgraded my BT router to their latest one and it made a world of difference to my wireless broadband.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Gwapo
Sky are crooks, the sooner everyone gets out the better. It's only a matter time hopefully as Sky has been no.1 for about 20 years, too many competitors now for them to charge stupid prices like that.
They did when I was with them just over a year ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Pontprennau Blues
My contract with Sky runs out in ten days and, despite receiving a letter from Sky last week saying I can have the same deal for slightly less than half price, I won't be going back to them either - I'm jacking in BT Sport as well as all of the Sky Sports Channels, I've had enough of paying rip off prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pearcey3
You're paying far too much. Full Sky package with Sky Q is costing me just £52. UHD sport is amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ainsley Harriott
Is that with Sky broadband , landline?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris
I don't agree the prices are a rip off. They're only a rip off if you feel you have no other option. You used another option - you left. Sky TV is not an essential. Competition is driving prices up. The next step, I think, will be for an internet based company (similar to Netflix, possibly Amazon) to take over sports rights offering clubs a direct share in profits. Once that happens, Sky will be cooked because they are years behind the curve in this regard. Plus, I think it will be more flexible with people paying on a game by game basis.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Let's get things straight here Sky broadband is BT broadband, as Sky have no broadband infrastructure of their own and use BT'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
Come to utility warehouse, you'll get your broadband, gas and electric cheaper with free LED lighbukbs for life 😉👍
Then go back to SKY and say ' I've left you for broadband and phone what you going to offer me to keep my tv??
sky do have dedicated sections in the exchange ( not all though ) for BBQuote:
Originally Posted by Llanedeyrnblue
at least they used to, if its changed i stand corrected
They do have broadband racks, installed and maintained by BT , Sky ,Talk Talk etc, are all parasites Virgin and BT are the only people who provide any infrastructureQuote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
They are a rip off. You have elderly people probably paying top whack because they have no idea they can negotiate discounted prices. These people are being ripped off. If SKY can discount their charges by 50% it begs the question why they are charging so much in the first place. I was paying something like six times the price of my Netflix subscription for the SKY basic package. Even with the discount it was more than three times as much and I was watching a lot more Netflix than SKYQuote:
Originally Posted by Kris
Complete rip off and hopefully more and more will switch off.
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Originally Posted by Pearcey3
THIS^^^^^
Well, Openreach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llanedeyrnblue
Could be worth considering getting a decent free view / freesat box , then maybe a NOW tv monthly pass for sky sports at £25. Or pay as you go for sport at the weekend.
Spot on agree with this 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris
What I dont understand is Sky business model.
They've paid over the odds for sport and now just try to charge as much as they can. Yet more and more people have rumbled them. Its only the most vulnerable, well off, ignorant or lazy that don't negotiate a discount. Whether that cohort is large enough to sustain them I don't know but it pisses me off they continue to charge what they do. They are not helping themselves, people will only put up with it for so long - and I speak as a customer who intends renewing (but only at the right price for me).
Their product is essentially sound but its overpriced and there are now so many other options and theyve done it to themselves by overpaying for the rights
Openreach correct they've tied BT's hands behind their back,I forgot thatQuote:
Originally Posted by itkman
Sky is a great product but if you aren't careful then your bills spiral out of control. I rang them yesterday and negotiated 25% off my broadband and 20% off my TV for the next 18months, saving almost £300. Tidy, well tidy:biggrin:
If you get a reduced monthly rate, do they tie you in to another 12 - 18 months contract ?
Yes as far as I was concerned last yearQuote:
Originally Posted by JDerrida
12 month for me, which was fine, as i was a good priceQuote:
Originally Posted by JDerrida
Thanks all, some really useful advice :thumbup:
Crazy money ,cancel the lot just pay for broadband, go own the pub and watch the games that are worth seeing, and back up the rest with MOTD highlights
Just 20%.?Quote:
Originally Posted by PerryJason
Not a very good negotiater are you?
Chris you just have to call their bluff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Pontprennau Blues
Don't ask them what they can do for you because that says you dont really want to leave. Just say you want to cancel and you can no longer afford it. The price hikes are far exceeding inflation for a lesser product (no champions league, far more PPV boxing .etc.etc) and sky customers are over paying way too much because of the ridiculous TV deal Sky have agreed with the premier league. Just lay it on thick.
They may offer you some crappy deal first like 6 quid off the box sets or 20% off TV package but just hold firm until they offer at least 50% off the TV package.
You have to be prepared to cancel and then within the 31 days notice period they will be back with a better offer.
Paying the amount you are they will not want to lose your custom even at a 50% reduced TV package.
Utility Warehouse the same for me too.Great value for energy,mobile.landline and broadband and then contacted Sky and have the full HD package with multiroom package for £57.Quote:
Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2