Another Sky Price Increase
Discussion
I had being paying sky £65 a month for TV and broadband and phoned a month ago to see if I could get a better price. The best they could offer was the same package for £50 a month which I declined and requested to cancel.
Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
andyjo1982 said:
... the BT box seems more of a freeview service and we seem to get interference on channels like Dave or some of the additional channel 4 channels.
We had the same when we signed up. Called to report it, and there was "a fault on the line", which was miraculously cured at the touch of a button. I suspect they throttle the speed down to the point you complain then back up again until you don't. Anyway, it has started again on and off, and ruined a couple of recordings - particularly if you are recording two streamed channels at the same time.Add that to the fact Fox has gone, and it's another tenner to get uncapped broadband, and I'll be ditching BT as soon as our 12 months is up.
sandman77 said:
I had being paying sky £65 a month for TV and broadband and phoned a month ago to see if I could get a better price. The best they could offer was the same package for £50 a month which I declined and requested to cancel.
Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
they can tell by your post code what other providers can service you, if none then they wont offer anything as they know you cant go to anywhere else. Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
The last 3 years of "negotiating" / leaving Sky have resulted in
50% off for a year
60% off for a year plus £50 credit
60% off for a year plus £100 credit.
First year i actually woke up on the morning of it being cancelled to find the 1/2 price offer on My Sky. Every other year has seen an offer within 7 days.
Sorted my Dad's out over web chat last year. 40 mins conversation to cancel. Refreshed his My Sky page after end of chat, got offered 1/2 price. Started new web chat and got the 60% plus £50 credit for him.
Best thing i've found is to;
a) web chat not talk on the phone.
b) don't offer to remove services to reduce the cost - why pay the same for less?
c) actually go through with the cancellation.
50% off for a year
60% off for a year plus £50 credit
60% off for a year plus £100 credit.
First year i actually woke up on the morning of it being cancelled to find the 1/2 price offer on My Sky. Every other year has seen an offer within 7 days.
Sorted my Dad's out over web chat last year. 40 mins conversation to cancel. Refreshed his My Sky page after end of chat, got offered 1/2 price. Started new web chat and got the 60% plus £50 credit for him.
Best thing i've found is to;
a) web chat not talk on the phone.
b) don't offer to remove services to reduce the cost - why pay the same for less?
c) actually go through with the cancellation.
jonny996 said:
sandman77 said:
I had being paying sky £65 a month for TV and broadband and phoned a month ago to see if I could get a better price. The best they could offer was the same package for £50 a month which I declined and requested to cancel.
Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
they can tell by your post code what other providers can service you, if none then they wont offer anything as they know you cant go to anywhere else. Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
whoami said:
jonny996 said:
sandman77 said:
I had being paying sky £65 a month for TV and broadband and phoned a month ago to see if I could get a better price. The best they could offer was the same package for £50 a month which I declined and requested to cancel.
Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
they can tell by your post code what other providers can service you, if none then they wont offer anything as they know you cant go to anywhere else. Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
MissChief said:
whoami said:
jonny996 said:
sandman77 said:
I had being paying sky £65 a month for TV and broadband and phoned a month ago to see if I could get a better price. The best they could offer was the same package for £50 a month which I declined and requested to cancel.
Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
they can tell by your post code what other providers can service you, if none then they wont offer anything as they know you cant go to anywhere else. Today my sky was canceled and I was never contacted by sky to entice me to stay. I have no access to Virgin or fibre broadband where I live.
I am changing to talktalk broadband (only pay line rental - the broadband is free) so will be saving almost £50 a month and I will only really miss the discovery channel.
jonny996 said:
they can tell by your post code what other providers can service you, if none then they wont offer anything as they know you cant go to anywhere else.
We have no other services available and they've just offered us the complete package (HD, Sport, Movies) for £25 per month, which is silly cheap.ukaskew said:
We have no other services available and they've just offered us the complete package (HD, Sport, Movies) for £25 per month, which is silly cheap.
I just need to bin the lot. We like Sky Atlantic shows but Now TV would give us that at a fraction of the cost....and we might not even bother with that if we could just get into what's available on Amazon Prime (which we have) and Netflix (which we have)...whoami said:
Type R Tom said:
Just got an email from Sky to come back for £25 per month for the complete bundle (no phone/Internet) so think I'll sign up for another year.
How long ago did you cancel?I think you just have to wait it out really to get the offer
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