Cheaper SKY tv

ch750536

We were on an everything package(€71), with feeling the pinch decided to downgrade to just bonus + kids (€21).

chap on phone gave us the current deal for €41 for the next 3 months.

Saved €90.

thenightrider

They do that all the time you were going to downgrade to a pack that costs €21 yet by the time you are of the phone you are paying €41 i no its cheaper then what you were paying but i don't really see it as a bargain if you are paying €20 more then you had planed to by downgrading

Dr. Dodger

Well I suppose you can make it a bargain by phoning up with no intention of actually downgrading to a lower plan in the hope that they offer you some money off your full subscription for a few months?

Bill-e

Dr. Dodger wrote: »

Well I suppose you can make it a bargain by phoning up with no intention of actually downgrading to a lower plan in the hope that they offer you some money off your full subscription for a few months?

What if they call your bluff?

derek2222_ie

just gave them a call there and asked them to downgrade from Sky world to the basic package. They didnt offer me anything

ch750536

derek2222_ie wrote: »

just gave them a call there and asked them to downgrade from Sky world to the basic package. They didnt offer me anything

Try getting the missus to do it.

ch750536

thenightrider wrote: »

They do that all the time you were going to downgrade to a pack that costs €21 yet by the time you are of the phone you are paying €41 i no its cheaper then what you were paying but i don't really see it as a bargain if you are paying €20 more then you had planed to by downgrading

we want the €70, we got it for €40. Hows that not a bargain?

homersimpson

Tell them you want to cancel you sky altogether and they will offer you something.

I'm paying €54 a month for everything. Have to keep it for a year now.

faoile@n

No doubt if you take the offer for €40 you will automaticallybe in a new 12 month contract.

Not really a bargain tbf.

ch750536

Definately not the case. No mention of new contract.

Blimey, you folks are tough today.

For the next 3 months I am spending €30 a month less on the same product and you dont see it as a bargain?

byte

homersimpson wrote: »

Tell them you want to cancel you sky altogether and they will offer you something.

I'm paying €54 a month for everything. Have to keep it for a year now.

That sounds like a good offer.

muincav

I really dont know why you all even bother with the Sky rip off merchants?
Just cancel all your subs and you will have a load of Free to air channels left to watch,-enough for anyone. You also get channel FIVE now but Sky have not told you how to get it...go to services + press 4 + press 4 again, then put in freq-10773, pol H, then below that 22000,then below that 5/6 and press find-when it is found press the yellow button to save it and then it will be in other channels from now on...SKY.? MORE LIKE SLY!

Simi

ch750536 wrote: »

Definately not the case. No mention of new contract.

Blimey, you folks are tough today.

For the next 3 months I am spending €30 a month less on the same product and you dont see it as a bargain?

Yeah it's a bargain for you. But doesn't really help any1 else. Not every1 who rings up is going to be offered a better deal. What you're doing is gloating.

djb85

At the moment SKY have 3 different prices for Sports(€53),Movies(€50) or Sport+Movies(€63). Then you add how many 'Packs' you want. These packs include News, Music, Children, Documentary, Variety, Style & Culture. Each pack roughly costing an additional €2.

I had all the channels (€71), Called up with he intention off cutting out the Movies and reducing to just 4 packs instead of the original 6 (Style Culture + Kids channels never get watched).

The guy on the phone did this, with the new price being €57.
He then offered me either:
1. 10% off for 6 months.
2. 20% off for 12 months. (took this one)

So you are tied into a contract for that duration.
Ended up saving €11.40 for the next 12 months (€136.80)

Definitely worth a phone call and asking are there any offers.

suppafly

thats not bad at all djb85. And going into a new contract isn't so bad any as sky r def the best tv provider. Miles ahead of NTL/Chorus so its not like yur getting a bad product

Skyuser

From the moment you order Sky, you can get it cheaper. Anyone who orders Sky, just ring before the installation date and say you want to cancel the install and they'll give you 20% off for either 6 months or 12 months.

Tony

Simi wrote: »

But doesn't really help any1 else. Not every1 who rings up is going to be offered a better deal. What you're doing is gloating.

Anyone who rings sky and asks to cancel will be be offered a better deal,they have staff members who spend all their working hours doing this.

positron

I rang them last week to cancel Sky, and they offered me a better deal, cheaper Sky Plus or something like that but that would have tied me down with them for another 12 months - but I was so p*ssed off by having to wait on phone for 30 mins to get to their 'Cancellation section', I went ahead and canceled it altogether. Now I just have to put up with all their 'come back please' offers on mail...!

KhanTheMan

They ring me about once a month asking if i want to upgrade to all sports and movies for half price for 3 months.

Better for them to take the hit for 3 months on the very good chance that you will forget, or wont want to reduce the package when it goes back to full price.

Raiser

Simi wrote: »

Yeah it's a bargain for you. But doesn't really help any1 else. Not every1 who rings up is going to be offered a better deal. What you're doing is gloating.

I don't believe that the OP had anything other than the best intentions when they took the time to post here.

- OP thanks for you input; I'm sure it will be appreciated by some......

Tony

Raiser wrote: »

I don't believe that the OP had anything other than the best intentions when they took the time to post here.

- OP thanks for you input; I'm sure it will be appreciated by some......

agreed

Sleepy

muincav wrote: »

I really dont know why you all even bother with the Sky rip off merchants?
Just cancel all your subs and you will have a load of Free to air channels left to watch,-enough for anyone. You also get channel FIVE now but Sky have not told you how to get it...go to services + press 4 + press 4 again, then put in freq-10773, pol H, then below that 22000,then below that 5/6 and press find-when it is found press the yellow button to save it and then it will be in other channels from now on...SKY.? MORE LIKE SLY!

Any more channels out there that we're unaware of?

Have the basic Sky Package and extra channels are always good

BFassassin

Im trying to get through to them here and have been on hold for 20 minutes listening to their ****e quality music. Is there anyone there at this time of night? It says there is until 11 for new customers but nothing about existing customers :mad:

recycler1

Tony wrote: »

agreed

+1

muincav

Sleepy wrote: »

Any more channels out there that we're unaware of?

Have the basic Sky Package and extra channels are always good

Yes there are all the regional BBC and ITV channels which a lot of people dont recieve or even know about.....there are not a lot of variations in the schedule of these channels but there are some--e.g. sometimes BBC show Scottish FA Cup football live, usually when CELTIC or rangers are playing--or bowls and other sports and a host of regional programmes--also some programmes start later on the regions so kinda act as a +1type channel.
for the frequencies go to - www.flysat.com or www.kingofsat.com or probably the best known (but not the best i.m.o) www.lyngsat.com

Good luck

Saint_Mel

My signal failed during the week and when I rang I got the ... "Your out of warranty as your subscription is over 1 year old so it'll be a €100 call out fee for the engineer and we cant give you any indication as to when he'll be out". speil. Fúck that I said and asked to be put through to cancellations. Eventually got through to them and told them its a disgrace that I should be penalised for being a continuing customer and as NTL are offering a good package deal in my area I'd like to cancel my Sky subscription and move to NTL. After a brief chat with a supervisor they were glad to tell me an engineer would be out the next day at no cost

Now to hassle them into giving me free sports and movies :P

BFassassin

I rang again today to three different people and none of them were going to offer me anything so I just canceled. So thats a total of an hour on the phone and over €15 wasted of my phone credit. Im not one bit happy with all the messing about I had to do in the end. Their customer service is crap and they arent even able to transfer to different departments!!

IrishHomer

BFassassin wrote: »

I rang again today to three different people and none of them were going to offer me anything so I just canceled. So thats a total of an hour on the phone and over €15 wasted of my phone credit. Im not one bit happy with all the messing about I had to do in the end. Their customer service is crap and they arent even able to transfer to different departments!!

I noticed recently if you are put through to UK offices yoou have a good chance but if you are through to the new Irish office you have no chance as they don't seem to be as up to be able to offer reductions like the UK office.

MisterAnarchy

Got through to the Cork office earlier.
Was offered 10% off for 6 months (No commitment) or 20% off for 12 months (12 month contract)
Pretty poor offers to be fair.
I was offered Sky+ for 49 euro with free installation.Again a 12 month contract.
Funnily enough I told the rep that they could replace my dish if I upgraded to Sky + as it was old and rusty.
She said it was 180 euro for a new dish to which I burst into laughter .180 euro for a dish !
Setanta are much better for deals .

squibs

Tell them you want to cancel you sky altogether and they will offer you something.

We cancelled a few months back and there was no hard sell, no special offers. They haven't been bugging us to come back either. I feel left out now :P

ch750536

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Was offered 10% off for 6 months (No commitment) or 20% off for 12 months (12 month contract)
Pretty poor offers to be fair.
I was offered Sky+ for 49 euro with free installation.

71*12*0.2= €170 saving, seems a great deal to me!

Sky plus box is well worth the €49, is a brilliant piece of kit and unmatched in PVR's in my opinion.

ch750536

Just a thought, but maybe they offer deals to the accounts that spend the most money historically.

Perhaps if you are paying €70 a month they will discount it, if you are spending €20 a month, they won't.

MisterAnarchy

ch750536 wrote: »

Just a thought, but maybe they offer deals to the accounts that spend the most money historically.

Perhaps if you are paying €70 a month they will discount it, if you are spending €20 a month, they won't.

Yes that is correct and obviously makes sense,the best customers should be rewarded for their loyalty.
It costs them nothing extra to give a subscriber access to Sports and Movies.
I have Sky World + Sports and have been on that package for years .
I used to get it half price for years but they changed their retentions policy around 18 months ago.