Sky TV cost increase 1/6/15!!!

[Welshbeef]

Just home to find a nice message from Sky package is increasing monthly by £4.50pcm on top of the £3 inflation they put on 1/9/15.

The increase is spread over all packages not just sport.


As such - when my free upgrades run out I will be stopping sports and movies.
I believe my package with fibre normal price would be over £110pcm.... Struggling to see the value. Accept Atlantic HD (Ill keep F1 and Eurosport) and can view all the back catalogues.

[LuS1fer]

I don't like sports but my Family Package (fnar, fnar) went up to £42 so I told them to stick it and back they came with a £27.50 package with no HD, It was no loss until I found the HD things I'd previously recorded no longer played.
Gits.

[Watchman]

I stopped Sky altogether about 8 months ago... at first I thought it was an experiment into whether we could manage without but I expected I'd end up going back to them. I just wanted to see how long I could do without.

After 2 weeks I realised we didn't miss it at all. 8 months later, I am happier than ever. The savings are nice too.

[steviejasp]

Does anybody know the direct number to cancel Sky? Cant seem to find it

[LuS1fer]

steviejasp said:

Does anybody know the direct number to cancel Sky? Cant seem to find it

I believe it's on their website.

[steviejasp]

Thanks, found it.

[Welshbeef]

If I cancelled the lot - the gross salary I have to earn to pay for if (40%) means its a c£2.2k per year pay rise.....

[Mike22233]

Watchman said:

I stopped Sky altogether about 8 months ago... at first I thought it was an experiment into whether we could manage without but I expected I'd end up going back to them. I just wanted to see how long I could do without.

After 2 weeks I realised we didn't miss it at all. 8 months later, I am happier than ever. The savings are nice too.

+1

[McWigglebum4th]

Welshbeef said:

If I cancelled the lot - the gross salary I have to earn to pay for if (40%) means its a c£2.2k per year pay rise.....

fk me you must really love your idiot box to pay that

You spend more on sky in a year then i do running my car

[55palfers]

ONE HUNDRED AND TEN POUNDS PER MONTH FOR SKY!

Holy sh!t!

Kind of gets the BBC Licence Fee into perspective...

[Rosscow]

I pay £38 a month for the full TV package, which I think is OK.

That's sports, movies, family, HD, 3D, etc.

I've paid half price for 3 years now - wouldn't dream of paying full whack.

[Welshbeef]

McWigglebum4th said:

fk me you must really love your idiot box to pay that

You spend more on sky in a year then i do running my car

Virgin is similar money

[Nickyboy]

Quite glad i've just changed to BT Vision, hardly watched it despite paying nearly £60 a month

[CMYKguru]

I think anyone paying more than £50 a month for Broadband/TV needs to have a serious think.

Unless your filthy rich and couldn't really care less of course.

[Welshbeef]

CMYKguru said:

I think anyone paying more than £50 a month for Broadband/TV needs to have a serious think.

Unless your filthy rich and couldn't really care less of course.

You do know how much
Fibre
Landline
Anytime calls package
Movies
Sports
Multiroom
Etcetera costs.

Note don't go to cinema nor pub to watch sports - used to a lot and would easily spend £500-800pcm on such things. Now I'm struggling to justify it from a basis of I don't have the time to watch it all hence cutting back.

Don't buy or rent DVDs either

[megaphone]

I was 'given' free Sky Sports and Movies for 3 months on my Virgin package. I think I watched 4 movies in that time, what a load of repeated dross. Watched a few football matches I would not have usually watched, but only because they where on. I would not pay the extra £30 a month for it. If I'm desperate to watch a match then I go to the pub or get a Now TV pass.

[Welshbeef]

megaphone said:

I was 'given' free Sky Sports and Movies for 3 months on my Virgin package. I think I watched 4 movies in that time, what a load of repeated dross. Watched a few football matches I would not have usually watched, but only because they where on. I would not pay the extra £30 a month for it. If I'm desperate to watch a match then I go to the pub or get a Now TV pass.

There is more than 1 person in a household so films get watched - as for sports leaving your family at home when your at work most of the week... Really? Seems very fair.

[MissChief]

Welshbeef said:

You do know how much
Fibre £20
Landline£16.40
Anytime calls package £5
Movies
Sports
Multiroom [£11.25 per box[/b]
Etcetera costs.

Note don't go to cinema nor pub to watch sports - used to a lot and would easily spend £500-800pcm on such things. Now I'm struggling to justify it from a basis of I don't have the time to watch it all hence cutting back.

Don't buy or rent DVDs either

Movies and Sports can be cheaper together. I'd guess you also have a 'normal' TV package?

Sky usually does price rises in September but they've said no price rise until next year now.

[red_slr]

Just had my letter. +£4.00

Bit of a joke really.

[red_slr]

So I have entertainment plus sports for £28.75. Last year it was £27.00.
Now upto £32.75..