Sky deals anyone?
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illmonkey said:
Been with sky the 18 months and next few bills look like this
Sports was just acceptable at £11/month, as I just watch F1, but feck off am I paying £30! The rest will probably stay once I "play the game".
I felt exactly the same re sport! Managed to get the whole thing down to £35 but no Movies (does anyone watch Sky Movies?!)Sports was just acceptable at £11/month, as I just watch F1, but feck off am I paying £30! The rest will probably stay once I "play the game".
Piginapoke said:
illmonkey said:
I felt exactly the same re sport! Managed to get the whole thing down to £35 but no Movies (does anyone watch Sky Movies?!)OH wants to ditch it all together, but nothing compares to the recording function (although that also annoys me!) and the planner.
illmonkey said:
...nothing compares to the recording function...
The Freesat Recordable box has pause/rewind, series link recording (4 channels) and remote record.I'm very tempted to ditch Sky Q when my contract ends.
The charging separately for HD, and even then on different channels irrationally perhaps, annoys me.
I pay 84 a month I think. Which is c. 1000 a year. Which is 20000 over 20 years. Seems a lot when one thinks about it.
Then again, a lot of things can be framed that way. The FIRE mindset. Live on noodles, do nothing, retire early.
I pay 84 a month I think. Which is c. 1000 a year. Which is 20000 over 20 years. Seems a lot when one thinks about it.
Then again, a lot of things can be framed that way. The FIRE mindset. Live on noodles, do nothing, retire early.
Nimby said:
The Freesat Recordable box has pause/rewind, series link recording (4 channels) and remote record.
I'm very tempted to ditch Sky Q when my contract ends.
I'm not sure Freesat has channel 4 in HD on it. It's about the only terrestrial channel we watch now. I'm very tempted to ditch Sky Q when my contract ends.
bernie_eccle said:
I'm not sure Freesat has channel 4 in HD on it. It's about the only terrestrial channel we watch now.
(Googles...) 4HD is transmitted by the Astra satellite but not included in the Freesat EPG. You can receive it by tuning the box manually but can't record or pause, so not ideal. Maybe one day they'll sort out the disagreement over fees.
illmonkey said:
Been with sky the 18 months and next few bills look like this
Sports was just acceptable at £11/month, as I just watch F1, but feck off am I paying £30! The rest will probably stay once I "play the game".
Well another month has rolled onto the billing online, and seems it's even more from Dec! BuggerSports was just acceptable at £11/month, as I just watch F1, but feck off am I paying £30! The rest will probably stay once I "play the game".
40 minutes to Sky and this is what they can do. She openly admitted that if you cancel chances are they'll text to try and retain me. Not holding my breath but also not paying £50 for TV! My Jan bill has gone up to £95. Well over 3 times what I was originally paying. How is it allowed?!
Sports becomes just F1 to save a fiver over the full sports package, I don't watch anything else.
Sports becomes just F1 to save a fiver over the full sports package, I don't watch anything else.
illmonkey said:
40 minutes to Sky and this is what they can do. She openly admitted that if you cancel chances are they'll text to try and retain me. Not holding my breath but also not paying £50 for TV! My Jan bill has gone up to £95. Well over 3 times what I was originally paying. How is it allowed?!
Sports becomes just F1 to save a fiver over the full sports package, I don't watch anything else.
It’s allowed because it’s a private company who can charge what they want for their service?Sports becomes just F1 to save a fiver over the full sports package, I don't watch anything else.
MissChief said:
It’s allowed because it’s a private company who can charge what they want for their service?
Yes I get that, have you ever had a company charge you 3 times as much as last year? People get pissed at car insurance renewals being a tiny bit more than the previous year...
illmonkey said:
Yes I get that, have you ever had a company charge you 3 times as much as last year? People get pissed at car insurance renewals being a tiny bit more than the previous year...
Sky know they have a pretty unique offering and people will and do pay for it.
MissChief said:
illmonkey said:
Yes I get that, have you ever had a company charge you 3 times as much as last year? People get pissed at car insurance renewals being a tiny bit more than the previous year...
Sky know they have a pretty unique offering and people will and do pay for it.
I also think insurance companies shouldn’t be allowed to do it!
illmonkey said:
40 minutes to Sky and this is what they can do. She openly admitted that if you cancel chances are they'll text to try and retain me. Not holding my breath but also not paying £50 for TV! My Jan bill has gone up to £95. Well over 3 times what I was originally paying. How is it allowed?!
Sports becomes just F1 to save a fiver over the full sports package, I don't watch anything else.
What are Sky Signature & Ultimate TV add-on ?Sports becomes just F1 to save a fiver over the full sports package, I don't watch anything else.
Just cancelled mine after 9 years, was paying 72 per month for TV phone and broadband and about to go up to more than 80 and that was without HD, sports or movies and with an old and unresponsive box... felt like I was ripped off to my face in the end. Going to give BT a try, same price includes BT sports, HD, Now TV for basically the same Sky package and up to date technology.
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