Another Sky Price Increase
Discussion
Halb said:
You've selected to cancel your subscription?
Yes. With bt youview with hd extra and kids, now tv entertainment and movies gives us the channels we watch at the moment for £30.48. that price doesnt tske into account free now tv for 6 months i have with my phone once contract changes and cheep deals on their site. It means a saving of £36 a month at my current price and £39 after the price hike.
Only loss is F1 and a bit of functionality the sky box has but cant justify £39 for that.
The 35% off is tempting but will wait see if they call and offer more.
I can handle loosing the box but kids might be bit pissed off.
nicanary said:
In my letter, Sky actually admitted that it was to cover the cost of the football contract, as well as all the usual BS about trying to improve customer service etc.. Mine's gone up by £4.50, and the overall cost of my package (Line rental, broadband and calls) has gone up about 12% in the 4 years I've had it. Looking at it that way, I suppose 3%pa isn't too bad.
If only they could keep their promise about broadband speed though. It's fecking useless, and the router crashes at least once a week. The problem is, the opposition's just as bad. I got Sky for the sport and films, and there's no package which will let me get which channels I'd use (Sky are no mugs), so I have to have the whole shebang.
Same old story.......
I've sent you an email nicanary.If only they could keep their promise about broadband speed though. It's fecking useless, and the router crashes at least once a week. The problem is, the opposition's just as bad. I got Sky for the sport and films, and there's no package which will let me get which channels I'd use (Sky are no mugs), so I have to have the whole shebang.
Same old story.......
oobster said:
I've just called Sky and cancelled my TV package (although I am retaining my broadband and Sky Talk/line rental). The call-centre guy was trying his hardest to keep me though!
How do I go about using my Sky box as a freeview box?
pay sky for a card to turn freeview and then a subscription for the record fi.unction I think.How do I go about using my Sky box as a freeview box?
westtra said:
oobster said:
I've just called Sky and cancelled my TV package (although I am retaining my broadband and Sky Talk/line rental). The call-centre guy was trying his hardest to keep me though!
How do I go about using my Sky box as a freeview box?
pay sky for a card to turn freeview and then a subscription for the record fi.unction I think.How do I go about using my Sky box as a freeview box?
I believe you can pay sky around £10 a month to get the option to record, etc. again but its so close to a basic package that you might as well go for that instead.
bad company said:
Uncle John said:
Just spent 40 mins on the phone and instead of a £4.50 rise I've managed to get £18 off my current tariff.
It would be good to know what your current tariff is and what you were paying please?
BRISTOL86 said:
I wouldn't have Sky or Virgin TV were it not for my love of football. Unfortunately if I want to watch plenty of live football, I have no choice but to fork out huge sums.
Its not huge sums though, about £20 a week for all the packages I think its good value for £3 a day less that a pint of beer or 10 fags...............oobster said:
I wonder if Sky have ever carried out analysis of how many people call to cancel when Sky announce a price-rise (and then either go ahead with cancelling or get a discount) versus not putting up prices in the first place!
It's not just Sky. We change from the AA to RAC on alternate years to get the new customer discount. Insurance companies, banks, telephone companies. You need to keep an eye on each one and remember to contact them at the end of the contract term.Halb said:
nicanary said:
If only they could keep their promise about broadband speed though. It's fecking useless, and the router crashes at least once a week. The problem is, the opposition's just as bad.
Can you get fibre?As it happens, someone reading this thread has provided a great deal of assistance to me, and matters will probably be resolved. Looks like it's the wireless/router.
OK, that is good news.
Even so, keep an eye on the roll-out. It's happening this year. I hope to get it shortly.
https://www.gov.uk/gosuperfast
Even so, keep an eye on the roll-out. It's happening this year. I hope to get it shortly.
https://www.gov.uk/gosuperfast
Can anyone suggest how I can save some money on TV, BB and phone ?
I have BT at £50 a month for phone with loads of inclusive calls and the top infinity package, TV is covered by Sky at £32 a month and we have Netflix, Amazon Prime as well as we buy loads from Amazon.
So, we watch Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul, I love all the car docs on Discovery and the other channels like Turbo, she like hideous crap about Dance Moms and teenage mums.
So, spendign best part of 100 quid a month and would liek to get that down a bit !
I have BT at £50 a month for phone with loads of inclusive calls and the top infinity package, TV is covered by Sky at £32 a month and we have Netflix, Amazon Prime as well as we buy loads from Amazon.
So, we watch Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul, I love all the car docs on Discovery and the other channels like Turbo, she like hideous crap about Dance Moms and teenage mums.
So, spendign best part of 100 quid a month and would liek to get that down a bit !
Just got home and seen the letter to advise me of an increase in September. Phoned to cancel but told they finish at 8pm and call back tomorrow. With all the good quality streams available and the nice reviews from the Humax Freesat Box it really is time to say goodbye to £75.00 per month. The only thing I will miss is Eurosport for the British Superbikes.
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