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Setanta fee up by 80% ?

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  • 20-08-2008 1:43pm
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    imeddyhobbs
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    Is the fee for setanta set to rise from €10 p.m to €18 p.m accross the board or is this increase just with some service providers?

    The reason i ask is because magnet have informed me that it is set to increase by that amount soon


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    #2
    Fat_Fingers
    Registered Users Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭Fat_Fingers


    you got full package? As in Setanta Sports Pack – 11 channels ?
    Cost of that on satellite platform is €19.99


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    LarWright
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭LarWright


    imeddyhobbs wrote: »
    Is the fee for setanta set to rise from €10 p.m to €18 p.m accross the board or is this increase just with some service providers?

    The reason i ask is because magnet have informed me that it is set to increase by that amount soon

    Setanta went up from €18 to €19.99 a month a while back. Was never €10 afaik.

    I never received notification of price increase so rang to cancel and they dropped my subscription to €9.99 per per month for 3 months. I was toying with the idea of Sky HD so thought I'd cancel Setanta and use the money for the HD sub so again, rang Setanta in June to cancel, and they have cut the cost to €7.50 per month until next January.

    Amazing what 2 phone calls can do!


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    Sam Radford
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    LarWright wrote: »
    Amazing what 2 phone calls can do!

    Yes, they'll get at least £52.50 out of you before you can cancel. ;)


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    LarWright
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭LarWright


    Sam Radford wrote: »
    Yes, they'll get at least £52.50 out of you before you can cancel. ;)

    True, but for 6 months, €45, compare that to what I would have paid! €119.94??

    I'll watch the Premier League, Internationals and LFC TV so why not!!

    I have noticed small print on their new TV ads that says "60 Day Cancellation Policy Applies" so must remember to cancel in late October for December!

    Haven't gone for Sky HD yet tho. Hate the fact you have to pay "installation charge" when all they do is deliver the box and swap your old one! Hardly brain surgery. Fair enough if I had standard Sky and not Sky+ with new LNB and cables needed... but nope!


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    Guy:Incognito
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    LarWright wrote: »
    charge" when all they do is deliver the box and swap your old one! Hardly brain surgery. !

    MAybe not, but the guy isnt a volunteer.


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    LarWright
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭LarWright


    Stekelly wrote: »
    MAybe not, but the guy isnt a volunteer.

    Who said he was?? My point is, why can't I go into Dixons or Currys or wherever, pay €149 for the HD box (as an existing Sky+ subscriber) and swap it myself? Or even phone Sky and get one delivered for €20 by DHL of FedEx etc...

    I just think it's a bit rich considering the subscription cost too!


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