So we've just cancelled sky TV.....
Discussion
AndStilliRise said:
Bluedot said:
Digitalize said:
I'm surprised you're paying that much, I guess it's a couple Multiroom subscriptions or Fibre Pro? I thought we were paying pretty much everything they offer with Sky Q Silver full package and fibre at £133 a month.
Sky Go Extra - including discounts FREESky Multiscreen £12.00
Sky Multiscreen £12.00
Variety with Sports & Cinema HD £80.00
Sky Fibre Unlimited £20.00
Sky Talk Line Rental £17.40
Sky Talk Anytime Extra £8.00
Total £149.40
At least I get Sky go free
The two extra boxes do come in at £24 though yeah.
Zodiac M said:
The Mad Monk said:
worsy said:
Finally when I did answer I told them I had bought a over and was sticking with free sat.
What is 'a over'?a cover?
a dover?
a hover?
ah! a lover!
a mover?
a rover?
No. it's no good. I give up. What is 'a over'?
Come on eh? It's obvious..
darn predictive text.A PVR!!!
olly22n said:
Whats a PVR?
Personal video recorder?
Pirate video receiver?
Personal Video Recorder, but in modern speak a "digital set top box". You can of course buy very simple devices from Argos and such like, or there are some really sophisticated linux based devices which are capable of doing some more interesting stuff.Personal video recorder?
Pirate video receiver?
For the real techies I have a VU+ Solo 4k with quad tuners and a 1tb hard disk. In my man cave I've got a VU+ Solo SE with a motorised dish. I'm running Black Hole as I found it more stable than Vix. The wife has got used to the EPG (which SKY really excels at) and she can record all the stuff she had before with a little effort.
Bluedot said:
I finally called today, been putting it off as I knew it wasn't going to be a quick call.
It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
Did you just ask for a discount or did you have to mention canceling?It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
I'm going to give them a call soon and see what they will do but I'm a bit rubbish at dealing with them so will probably end up upgrading my normal broadband (which at 15mbs is perfectly fine for my needs) and taking out fibre and a dozen Sky Q boxes some how!
poing said:
Bluedot said:
I finally called today, been putting it off as I knew it wasn't going to be a quick call.
It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
Did you just ask for a discount or did you have to mention canceling?It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
I'm going to give them a call soon and see what they will do but I'm a bit rubbish at dealing with them so will probably end up upgrading my normal broadband (which at 15mbs is perfectly fine for my needs) and taking out fibre and a dozen Sky Q boxes some how!
If you actually let the TV go off then you can get better deals as that proves you are 'serious'.
KTF said:
poing said:
Bluedot said:
I finally called today, been putting it off as I knew it wasn't going to be a quick call.
It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
Did you just ask for a discount or did you have to mention canceling?It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
I'm going to give them a call soon and see what they will do but I'm a bit rubbish at dealing with them so will probably end up upgrading my normal broadband (which at 15mbs is perfectly fine for my needs) and taking out fibre and a dozen Sky Q boxes some how!
If you actually let the TV go off then you can get better deals as that proves you are 'serious'.
KTF said:
poing said:
Bluedot said:
I finally called today, been putting it off as I knew it wasn't going to be a quick call.
It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
Did you just ask for a discount or did you have to mention canceling?It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
I'm going to give them a call soon and see what they will do but I'm a bit rubbish at dealing with them so will probably end up upgrading my normal broadband (which at 15mbs is perfectly fine for my needs) and taking out fibre and a dozen Sky Q boxes some how!
If you actually let the TV go off then you can get better deals as that proves you are 'serious'.
Phone/Broadband : £45'ish a month
Phone/Broadband/TV with 'some' channels and the ability to record, pause etc : £40'ish a month
I'd have looked a bit daft to keep saying I'd cancel as I'd be paying more per month for less. That when they started offering various deals, I was close to saying yes to one till she started reading it out and I realised there was no HD for Sports, this pissed me off and it was at this point I did actually say forget it, just cancel it all. She asked why and i pointed out I didn't want to be paying for something but not getting what you really want, in my case if I'm watching sports then I want to see it in HD. She could understand that and the next offer she came up with included everything that I wanted.
If you can actually leave though for a few weeks then yes I would imagine that is the best way to go.
worsy said:
KTF said:
poing said:
Bluedot said:
I finally called today, been putting it off as I knew it wasn't going to be a quick call.
It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
Did you just ask for a discount or did you have to mention canceling?It's now down to £87 (from £149) although that does include binning one of our Sky boxes (we don't need it really as the extra channels it provides were hardly ever used)) so I'm pleased enough with that.
Maybe I could have got it cheaper if I'd cancelled but while talking she offered a deal that included some TV functions (pause, rewind, record etc) and 'some' channels that actually came in less than if I just had the phone and broadband so I think I'd have looked daft (and they probably knew my 'game' anyway) if I'd said to just cancel all TV but keep the phone & broadband.
I'm going to give them a call soon and see what they will do but I'm a bit rubbish at dealing with them so will probably end up upgrading my normal broadband (which at 15mbs is perfectly fine for my needs) and taking out fibre and a dozen Sky Q boxes some how!
If you actually let the TV go off then you can get better deals as that proves you are 'serious'.
I did have a web chat with them yesterday and got to 60% discount.
However, I wanted a deal on Sky Q but this was flatly refused.
I'm in two minds now whether to just let it lapse and see what I'm offered or accept the 60% discount for 12 months.
I cancelled sky tv approx 4 months ago, still use their ASDL/line rental service which comes in around £24~ a month. Not missed Sky at all, they have now sent a letter saying they are re-enabling the record/pause facility and some channels for the next 6 months, still not going to use it, freesat is good enough.
souper said:
I cancelled sky tv approx 4 months ago, still use their ASDL/line rental service which comes in around £24~ a month. Not missed Sky at all, they have now sent a letter saying they are re-enabling the record/pause facility and some channels for the next 6 months, still not going to use it, freesat is good enough.
Sounds expensive to me 
Hoonigan said:
souper said:
I cancelled sky tv approx 4 months ago, still use their ASDL/line rental service which comes in around £24~ a month. Not missed Sky at all, they have now sent a letter saying they are re-enabling the record/pause facility and some channels for the next 6 months, still not going to use it, freesat is good enough.
Sounds expensive to me Edited by souper on Friday 18th November 21:09
Jimboka said:
Don't bother if you want the extension boxes. Unreliable POS. Useful for keep fit though, running up & downstairs once a week resetting boxes!
I use my mini box pretty much every day, haven't had any real issues, especially since the last update. Couldn't imagine going back to the old slow ugly UI.Digitalize said:
I use my mini box pretty much every day, haven't had any real issues, especially since the last update. Couldn't imagine going back to the old slow ugly UI.
I have SkyQ in 2 properties and they are both as bad as each other. Lots of freezing, losing connection and ongoing resets.Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff