Sky- April Offers

steveon

Sky Offers for April 2009

Sky+ box now €49 for existing customers



New Offer:



Sky+ box at €49 for existing customers:

Existing Sky Digital customers can now get a Sky+ box for just €49.



Sky+ box at €49 (RRP) – Existing Sky digital customers who enter into a

Sky digital subscription contract in store can receive a Sky+ box for just

€49 (RRP). Additional boxes €199 (RRP). Standard installation is €100 for

Standalone and €50 for Multiroom subscribers.



Offers continuing to run:



New customers

Sky+ box at €49 for new customers:

New Sky Digital customers can now get a Sky+ box for €49.



Sky+ box at €49 (RRP) – New Sky digital customers who enter into a

Sky digital subscription contract in store can receive a Sky+ box for just

€49 (RRP). Additional boxes €199 (RRP). Standard installation is €50 for

Standalone and free for Multiroom subscribers.



Sky+ HD box at €49 for new customers, plus a free install:

New Sky Digital customers taking up a Sky+ HD subscription can get a Sky+

HD box for only €49.



Sky+ HD box at €49 (RRP) – New Sky digital customers who take up a

Sky+ HD subscription to the HD Pack can receive one Sky+ HD box for

just €49 (RRP). Additional Sky+ HD boxes €199 (RRP). Standard

installation is free for both Standalone and Multiroom subscribers.



Existing customers

Sky+ HD box at €49 for existing customers, plus free install for

Multiroom customers:

Existing Sky Digital customers taking up a Sky+ HD subscription can get a

Sky+ HD box for only €49.



Sky+ HD box at €49 (RRP) – Existing Sky digital customers who take up a

Sky+ HD subscription to the HD Pack can receive one Sky+ HD box for

just €49 (RRP). Additional Sky+ HD boxes €199 (RRP). Standard

installation is free for Multiroom subscribers and €50 for Standalone

subscribers.



New and existing customers

Multiroom Offers

Our fantastic Multiroom offers for new Sky digital customers continue to run.



1) New Sky digital customers taking Multiroom (one additional

subscription per household) at €7.37 per month for 12 months.

2) New Sky digital customers can take Multiroom Whole Home (more

than one additional subscription and up to 8 additional subscriptions

per household) at €14.75 per month for 12 months.

Trampas

How does multi room setup work.

Does the second cable come up from dish to where the 2nd tv is. I live in a duplex house and would this be outside standard installation since tv is on the 3rd floor. The dish is in the middle floor?

The installer might need to get onto the roof to drill a hole to get into the room.

brian ireland

i had sky a few years ago. The dish is possibly dead. What will they charge me to get it back again? Sorry I know you don't work for sky but you seem to have an interest.

steveon

Second cable indeed comes from the dish to the room you require the box installed to. However to avail of multiroom you also need to have a landline connection to each box permenantly.

patrick whitty

sky plus box free with sunday world add.
patrick

dave-higgz

steveon wrote: »

2) New Sky digital customers can take Multiroom Whole Home (more

than one additional subscription and up to 8 additional subscriptions

per household) at €14.75 per month for 12 months.

Does anyone have more information on this package "whole home"? What is it after 12 months (double I assume) and does it essential mean as many multiroom boxes as you want (to fill an octo LNB)?

Wizard007

Patrick, it's free from most independent agents at the moment.

Steveon - "Offers continuing to run:" ? None of those offers are running at the moment. Sky+ and Sky+ Multi are free at the moment and HD is 29 as is HD Multi. That pricing is through the roof compared to what's on at the moment. Is that from Official Sky mailing?

von Smallhausen

Got nothing official here at the moment. Could get it 2moro if not Wednesday. Then we will see wether this is true or not.

Anyway for existing customers the €100 installation on the plus box is way too high! only for an LNB and another bit of cable..come on!:mad:

steveon

This was an official price list emailed to use directly from Sky...Firstly Multiroom is €7.37 per sub for new customers only for first 12 months and €14.95 there after.

Once again very little in way of price changes for existing customers which I feel is harsh but I dont make the rules unfortunetly.

MisterAnarchy

steveon wrote: »

Sky+ box at €49 (RRP) – Existing Sky digital customers who enter into a

Sky digital subscription contract in store can receive a Sky+ box for just

€49 (RRP). Additional boxes €199 (RRP). Standard installation is €100 for

Standalone and €50 for Multiroom subscribers.

100 euro to change an lnb and run a second cable ?
Crazy

Tony

Why crazy?

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

100 euro to change an lnb and run a second cable ?
Crazy

steveon

Why is €100 crazy? Time it takes to order equipment, drive out, cost of tools, ladders, insurance, fuel, phonecall to sky to re-pair the card to new box....

I remember when I started in the satellite game over 18 years ago when customer bought the equipment themselves at a cost then of over £400..

I personally agree that €100 would be expensive if the customer had say sky plus already and then upgraded to Sky Hd... but €100 is cheap especially when callouts for other trades start at €40 to €50 an hr just for the callout let alone do any work....

von Smallhausen

steveon wrote: »

Why is €100 crazy? Time it takes to order equipment, drive out, cost of tools, ladders, insurance, fuel, phonecall to sky to re-pair the card to new box....

I remember when I started in the satellite game over 18 years ago when customer bought the equipment themselves at a cost then of over £400..

I personally agree that €100 would be expensive if the customer had say sky plus already and then upgraded to Sky Hd... but €100 is cheap especially when callouts for other trades start at €40 to €50 an hr just for the callout let alone do any work....

Then explain why its €50 for new customers and the same for existing customers going for multiroom which will require even more cable and longer to do.

Tony

I was asking in the context of a stand alone job for which 100 euro is not unreasonable. In skys case I do agree though that it should be lower for subscribers who of course pay monthly fees on an ongoing basis.

Danny_B wrote: »

Then explain why its €50 for new customers and the same for existing customers going for multiroom which will require even more cable and longer to do.

rondeco

Sky hd is 29 quid now according to the sky kiosk in the square

von Smallhausen

rondeco wrote: »

Sky hd is 29 quid now according to the sky kiosk in the square

Has been since the start of march. Even for existing customers, which aint half bad

norbert64

this 29 offer stand alone, or what about installation, new/old customers etc?

steveon

steveon wrote: »

Once again very little in way of price changes for existing customers which I feel is harsh but I dont make the rules unfortunetly.

It would be nice to see some good deals for their loyal long-term customers , I'd like to go for the HD myself but I'm not willing to pay the full monthly price for it as I just don't think it's worth the money.

Gabhan

€14.75 for a bunch of channels we already have. Which means we are still paying for the non-HD versions. This is just sillyness. If Sky want HD customers, they should scrap the additional monthly fee and charge a little more for the box. I mean, at €14.75, they are making €180 per year - every year - just for the HD box - with NO stations - just HD equivalents of existing ones. So after three years we have stumped up €540 + €49 (for the box). That's almost €600 - for no channels????

Wizard007

Well to be honest, it's not like Sky hold a gun to anyones head to take the HD sub. Personally I think it's well worth it for the quality of sound and picture.

It's the extremity of pricing on their special offers from one month to the other that does my head. The people on the kiosks and lads out on the field have huge difficulty explaining to a cutomer why all of a sudden the charges for installations have increased.

And also, at the above prices, when the engineers go out and try to charge for extra work, roof work, attic work, octos, extra cable, phone lines etc etc etc as far as the customer is concerned the install fee is already paid ( paid to Sky - cos the install fee does not go into the installers pocket, it goes to Sky and installers / install companies are paid a set commission for each install regardless of how big or small a job turns out to be )

Anyway, they just make it more difficult for their own independents sometimes.

gtg60

dave-higgz wrote: »

Does anyone have more information on this package "whole home"? What is it after 12 months (double I assume) and does it essential mean as many multiroom boxes as you want (to fill an octo LNB)?

Yes, I would like to know about this too...

Wizard007

Whole homes is up to eight boxes. At the moment it's on offer for a sub of €15. After the twelve months are up, it goes back up to €15 per box for each extra box.

Sky rang yesterday offering me their Movies and Sport pack for half price for the next 3 months, said I didn't want it. I then asked the girl if I was to upgrade to a HD box could she give me the €14.75 HD package at half price for the next 3 months, she said no

So much for me being a loyal customer of 11 years :mad:

rovers2001

What is the best deal to go with sky or with Ntl digital.I compared both and found ntl cheaper for what i wanted like normal terrestial channels sky sports setanta sports and mutv.Any info or direction aprreciated.Thanks.

patrick whitty

go for sky had to change due to bad service from ntl.
patrick

harpstilidie

Are those offers on their site because I can't see them anywhere. Looking to upgrade to Sky+. To get it for €49 you have to go into a store instead of ringing them up yeah?

patrick whitty

give sky a ring on 0818719819 and get it from the horses mouth and better still get a friend to send your name i think theres 75euros for him or her ye canshare it.
just to confirm .i am not a sales man for sky
patrick

harpstilidie

patrick whitty wrote: »

give sky a ring on 0818719819 and get it from the horses mouth and better still get a friend to send your name i think theres 75euros for him or her ye canshare it.
just to confirm .i am not a sales man for sky
patrick

I'm already with Sky so wouldn't get the €75. €99 for Sky+ box plus €100 for installation is expensive imo so to get the Sky+ box for €49 instead would be nice.

Wizard007

The Sky+ box is back down to 24.50 again. I wish they'd settle on a price and leave it, this up down price thing is doing my head.

Liam Byrne

As stated by others, if they charged for the box and didn't charge monthly for the HD options, then I'd consider it, but paying extra for "higher-quality" low-quality content and repeats is definitely not worth it.

Also, the fact that the Sky+ only works while you have a Sky sub is further reason to ditch Sky, buy a decent PVR and watch the free channels only.

harpstilidie

Wizard007 wrote: »

The Sky+ box is back down to 24.50 again. I wish they'd settle on a price and leave it, this up down price thing is doing my head.

Is that €24.50 for new customers or existing customers?

cmb.

harpstilidie wrote: »

Is that €24.50 for new customers or existing customers?

thats only new customers - they are still trying to squeez 100 euro for existing customers for a sky+ box

von Smallhausen

Wizard007 wrote: »

The Sky+ box is back down to 24.50 again. I wish they'd settle on a price and leave it, this up down price thing is doing my head.

oh ffs would they ever make up their minds:mad:

fifth

Whats the best offer at the mo for new customers? (best as in cheapest way to get sky) :P

No phoneline here though..

Wizard007

Well on the Kiosks at the moment the best offer is a HD & Sky+ for €98.
HD on it's own - €49 or HD with a free Standard - €49 (Multi-room). Sky+ is back up to €74.50 but Sky+ with a Standard is €24.50 (Multi-room). HD Sub is still €14.75 per month. Special offer on Multi-room still stands - one extra box is half price per month at €7.50 or up to eight rooms for €15 for first twelve months.

The Kiosks match all special offers Sky Direct have.

I hope this helps.

fifth

I'm buying a HD tv in about two months so if I get standard definition sky+ can I upgrade to HD in the middle of my contract or will I have to keep SD sky+ for 12 months?

von Smallhausen

funkyflea wrote: »

I'm buying a HD tv in about two months so if I get standard definition sky+ can I upgrade to HD in the middle of my contract or will I have to keep SD sky+ for 12 months?

Yes you can upgrade in the middle of your contract. But when you upgrade to skyhd you will have to keep the hd pack for 12 months

Tarabuses

Is the "introduce a friend" offer still available?

channelsurfer

interestingly if you try to book sky+with mulitroom online they charge you74.50 despite saying installation is free with multiroom.

von Smallhausen

channelsurfer wrote: »

interestingly if you try to book sky+with mulitroom online they charge you74.50 despite saying installation is free with multiroom.

You should quote them on that. Installation is free with Sky+ M/R

kaisersose77

thinking about getting sky hd if I order online does it have to be connected to a phone line?

Wizard007

Only if going for Multi-room. If you don't have a land line you can have any single box install. There would be a fee though of €37.50 for manual activation and pairing of the card.

von Smallhausen

Just a quick update where I am we are giving a free plus box for new customers with €50 install. Only available for this week.:D

kaisersose77

@DannyB,


I'm in athlone, is there any waiting list for sky hd?

von Smallhausen

kaisersose77 wrote: »

@DannyB,


I'm in athlone, is there any waiting list for sky hd?

Hi Kaisersose77, Through myself there is just the usual 7-10 day for install.

Tarabuses

Tarabuses wrote: »

Is the "introduce a friend" offer still available?

Just wondering

Dummy

Am utterly confused.

I have Sky+ at the moment but want Sky in another room. Does anyone know what price is it is to add sky to another room in the house?


D

patrick whitty

15 euroes per month

von Smallhausen

For an extra standard box its €69 for the box and an extra €14.75 per month on top of your bill.

Dummy

I still have my old box from when I upgraded to Sky+. Would I still be charged for the box if I had the box?

In fact I even have the coax running from the dish to the room that I want the Sky in.


D

gtg60

Dummy wrote: »

I still have my old box from when I upgraded to Sky+. Would I still be charged for the box if I had the box?

In fact I even have the coax running from the dish to the room that I want the Sky in.

Then connect it up and connect both to the same phone line, ring Sky and tell them a private contractor set it up for you and to send you out a multiroom card, don't let them tell you an engineer WILL have to call out, say you've already paid a guy to do the work and you won't pay again.

When the card arrives insert in box and ring and get it authorised or just authorise it through the Installer Menu.