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Most people are lazy and not bothered about price. Yes people will say "I ain't paying that" but not many of them will take action.Originally Posted by MacAdder
The Murdoch empire is a creakin'!
Sky staff are allowed to give up to 67 percent off. They'll humour you with a touch off here and there and knock it down 15 quid and moat will swallow it up and stay.
I got rid of Sky around 10 years ago and have never looked back. I won't put a brass farthing anywhere near a Rupert Murdoch business, but that wasn't the initial reason.
I just found I was watching less and less of the crap that filled their multiple channels, and their stealth like monthly increases took the piss.
I now get to see anything I want, for a fraction of the cost and without financially supporting the evil dictatorship.
Wait until black friday. I got 50% off movies and sport last year. I also have half price fibre broadband.
I've just checked and, essentially, I get all the channels apart from the ones with "Sky" in front of them and "Fox" for a good £40 less a month at BT. BT Sports isn't half bad, French, Italian, German, Scottish and PL Football. Ashes this winter. I've also discovered just how many channels Sky carries that are actually free.
I really think the Sky model is doomed to fail in the long term, and I wonder how many under 30s are subscribing to Sky. I think it's only something that people subscribe to out of habit.
Could anyone recommend an UK subscription IPTV package that seems genuinely reliable, maybe?
Most that I've looked at so far either have websites that look like they were knocked up by a pensioner attending a computer night-class, or else full of dreadful grammar and errors, or both. Hardly inspiring ;)
This is not my field of expertise - are any of them legal / dependable / recommendable?
We phoned up to cancel Sky Sports once and I'm sure the Sky Operator thought he was some 'bigwig' within the organisation. He was hinting that he could get more Cardiff City games featured in the next 4 months if we stayed with them.
There's two Cardiff games on next month, so maybe he wasWe phoned up to cancel Sky Sports once and I'm sure the Sky Operator thought he was some 'bigwig' within the organisation. He was hinting that he could get more Cardiff City games featured in the next 4 months if we stayed with them.
Spot on .
Managed to nearly half my bill with virgin earlier today, we were paying a crazy £92 per month (rising to £95 soon), took an hour on the phone and lots of haggling but now paying £54 for the same deal but getting a new V6 box and 200mbit Broadband so I'm happy
Good work!
I'm sure they all have loooads of wriggle room if you make them. A ton a month is a hell of a cost, but if folks will pay it, they will try to charge it.
They can give 67% off
I'd PM you with the details of the one I have, but I think you need to adjust your profile to allow that.
My daughter has just taken a job with Sky on the phones.
No more discounts coming up , if you want it you will have to pay for it.
Sky are distraught by all accounts.
Done - Cheers, that would be great.
Yep
Seeing that has Come from Russell Slade's biggest fan, I'm flabbergasted.
Shite.
Good. Perhaps they can now start offering lower fixed prices instead of taking the piss and trying to get away with it. I don’t recall the BBC license fee being overpriced and subject to a discount to the more aware customers.
They’ll soon change their tune when subscriptions go down.
Poor Jimmy, puts in a lot of effort for a bite and rarely gets it.
Sky are arguably under more threat than ever before from others that keeping customers must be more of a priority.
Their model is based around giving customers a "good" deal. That is why I am paying less than a neighbour, and more than a colleague. It's how they work, they keep lowering prices until you think "bloody hell, that's a great deal". Some people stop at 30%, others at 50. That will never change, despite what the trainee on the phones says.
Customer numbers are more important than subscription values. Why? Because advertising revenues are dependent on good subscriber numbers. Hence, they will always offer discounts to retain or pull in new customers.
Sky are under enormous threat. Sooner or later they will lose more football rights to internet broadcasters. The concept of watching something at 8pm or recording it at 9pm belongs to an era of Commodore 64s and Right Said Fred top of the charts.
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