Deals On Sky TV Service - (Mostly Cancellation deals)

Ordin73 · 18-09-2019 7:56pm

kooga wrote: »

don't mention the 35% - push through with cancelling - sob story too expensive cant afford it my circumstances have changed etc - I have an aerial - watching tv at the moment is not high on my priority list.
good luck

I agree, Keep emphasizing the cancellation is due to the cost! In my experience the first agent you speak to with be able to do very little for you. Its not until you start talking to the cancellations dept that you get a decent offers. And remember if you do go ahead with the cancellation you still have 30days before it comes into effect giving you more bargaining time..Best of luck!!

GalwayGaillimh · 19-09-2019 5:05pm

How much does 35% off work out at?
Just have sky q , multiroom, hd and entertainment

Slippin Jimmy · 19-09-2019 7:31pm

Cancelled this morning. Was paying €47.75. Looked at my online account this evening and there was a 35% offer on. Called up and had the offer applied. I have Sky Q, Mini, HD, and the entertainment pack.

toby2111 · 19-09-2019 8:40pm

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

Cancelled this morning. Was paying €47.75. Looked at my online account this evening and there was a 35% offer on. Called up and had the offer applied. I have Sky Q, Mini, HD, and the entertainment pack.

How much are you paying now so?

Slippin Jimmy · 19-09-2019 8:43pm

Works out the exact same. Would have went up by €20 per month.

toby2111 · 19-09-2019 8:50pm

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

Works out the exact same. Would have went up by €20 per month.

OK. Does the entertainment pack have kids channels? Or is entertainment just the basic channel pack?

Slippin Jimmy · 19-09-2019 9:01pm

Yeah the one I am on has kids and documentaries.

RacoonQueen · 21-09-2019 8:48am

I rang yesterday because I genuinely wanted to cancel. Came back with two different offers that I didn't pay much attention to because I wanted to actually cancel.
They where actually decent enough my current pack which apparantly no longer exists and would cost 98 euro a month down to 72 was offered (includes broadband) TV for 4 euro a week she said...then they came back with something else...some netflix amalgamation into my account for basically free...which I again turned down.

The poor girl was a bit flummoxed when I told her I don't really watch TV and I won't miss having it, especially since I rarely turn it on.

Honestly, thats an awful pain in the ass when you do actually wanna cancel. :pac:

Milky1 · 03-10-2019 5:41pm

I cancelled, was serving my 30 day notice when I got a text half way through to offer me 35% off any package. Not taking them up on it. They now charge extra for €8 kids channels which is criminal. Also HD is another €8 and discount would not apply to that. It just keeps going up every year and you get less. Enough is enough.

Milky1 · 03-10-2019 5:41pm

I cancelled, was serving my 30 day notice when I got a text half way through to offer me 35% off any package. Not taking them up on it. They now charge extra for €8 kids channels which is criminal. Also HD is another €8 and discount would not apply to that. It just keeps going up every year and you get less. Enough is enough.

Milky1 · 03-10-2019 5:45pm

GalwayGaillimh wrote: »

How much does 35% off work out at?
Just have sky q , multiroom, hd and entertainment

You don't get the discount applied to multi room or HD

ctlsleh · 05-10-2019 8:04am

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

Cancelled this morning. Was paying €47.75. Looked at my online account this evening and there was a 35% offer on. Called up and had the offer applied. I have Sky Q, Mini, HD, and the entertainment pack.

Interesting that they gave you a discount on SkyQ, I didn’t think they did that, I might upgrade after all

pj12332 · 10-10-2019 9:57am

Rang for my dad yesterday. Doing this dance years with sky. He has sky q in two rooms with movies and sky broadband. With discounts he was paying 100 odd for the lot. That's going up to 150 now.

She said she could get the TV down to 87 and I could go with eir broadband for 25

:D which wouldn't be too much over the 100 he's paying now. I was flabbergasted..I said you're encouraging me to go to eir rather than look after a customer.

I said stop this nonsense and cancel the lot. She then started saying how she could get rid of the movies and HD and it would save money. Told her HD should be standard these days and she then said that sky's basic SD is clearer than virgins HD. I just cut across her and told her I'd had enough of this every year and to cancel it all. She came back and said it's set to cancel.

Note: Importantly she told me that sky have "copped on" people are leaving and getting "winback" offers so she said once it's cut off thats it we will only pay full price to come back

I just said don't worry we won't be back (fully well knowing we could get a new customer order in in his partners name if any of her filthy lies was true).

All these companies are too far gone. On my personal account it's gonna be eligible to cancel next month. Dropping the lot of it getting a very basic package with a provider just for your normal channels ( just for the misses to not have to worry about streams and not being able to record as easy). I bought a fire stick that has already paid for itself in a week with the boxing and MMA I watched last weekend. I use that for the channels, movies and shows I need. Sky is now an absolute joke.

deep1 · 10-10-2019 5:50pm

pj12332 wrote: »

Rang for my dad yesterday. Doing this dance years with sky. He has sky q in two rooms with movies and sky broadband. With discounts he was paying 100 odd for the lot. That's going up to 150 now.

She said she could get the TV down to 87 and I could go with eir broadband for 25 :D which wouldn't be too much over the 100 he's paying now. I was flabbergasted..I said you're encouraging me to go to eir rather than look after a customer.

I said stop this nonsense and cancel the lot. She then started saying how she could get rid of the movies and HD and it would save money. Told her HD should be standard these days and she then said that sky's basic SD is clearer than virgins HD. I just cut across her and told her I'd had enough of this every year and to cancel it all. She came back and said it's set to cancel.

Note: Importantly she told me that sky have "copped on" people are leaving and getting "winback" offers so she said once it's cut off thats it we will only pay full price to come back I just said don't worry we won't be back (fully well knowing we could get a new customer order in in his partners name if any of her filthy lies was true).

All these companies are too far gone. On my personal account it's gonna be eligible to cancel next month. Dropping the lot of it getting a very basic package with a provider just for your normal channels ( just for the misses to not have to worry about streams and not being able to record as easy). I bought a fire stick that has already paid for itself in a week with the boxing and MMA I watched last weekend. I use that for the channels, movies and shows I need. Sky is now an absolute joke.

They are chancers, I cancelled mine few months ago and had 35% off for 9 months straightaway, didn’t take that.
I joined again after few months and they gave me 40% off for 12 months.

Though they won’t be give me any discount on sky q and wanted installation fees. I even argued new customer gets for 25€ instead of 149€ they wanted from me.
They said new customer only count after 12 months of disconnect on per address ( so some one else on same address can’t sign up).

who_ru · 10-10-2019 7:48pm

deep1 wrote: »

They are chancers, I cancelled mine few months ago and had 35% off for 9 months straightaway, didn’t take that.
I joined again after few months and they gave me 40% off for 12 months.

Though they won’t be give me any discount on sky q and wanted installation fees. I even argued new customer gets for 25€ instead of 149€ they wanted from me.
They said new customer only count after 12 months of disconnect on per address ( so some one else on same address can’t sign up).

Why did you join again?

maggots_123 · 16-10-2019 5:40pm

Currently paying €50 a month for basic TV and broadband. Its going up to €95 in a few weeks so technically I'm still under contract until the end of the 12 months. Is it worth my while ringing now and trying to get a better deal before the new rate kicks in? Cant afford the €95 so I would quicker drop Sky and just get a broadband package and go back to Freesat

dulpit · 16-10-2019 6:17pm

maggots_123 wrote: »

Currently paying €50 a month for basic TV and broadband. Its going up to €95 in a few weeks so technically I'm still under contract until the end of the 12 months. Is it worth my while ringing now and trying to get a better deal before the new rate kicks in? Cant afford the €95 so I would quicker drop Sky and just get a broadband package and go back to Freesat

It's always worth ringing and trying to see what you can get from them. Unlikely to go down massively, I think the standard people have been getting is 35% off the base price. Cancel and you have it for another 31 days, you can always cancel the cancellation in that period, but that's the same time they'll offer something too.

ureds · 17-10-2019 6:32pm

Got 40% off after cancelled current deal.

jonnyatomic · 22-10-2019 11:22am

Got a letter today from sky saying my subscription charges will be going up €3 a month from December..
Does anybody know if this is a breach of contract similar to when the three network changed their terms and you were able to leave the contract early?

pj12332 · 22-10-2019 11:24am

jonnyatomic wrote: »

Got a letter today from sky saying my subscription charges will be going up €3 a month from December..
Does anybody know if this is a breach of contract similar to when the three network changed their terms and you were able to leave the contract early?

Think they have in their terms they can increase package by up to 10% a year. Have a check

Slippin Jimmy · 22-10-2019 11:35am

jonnyatomic wrote: »

Got a letter today from sky saying my subscription charges will be going up €3 a month from December..
Does anybody know if this is a breach of contract similar to when the three network changed their terms and you were able to leave the contract early?

According to the Sky reps, certain customers will be able to exit their contract. If you are one of these you will be notified.

jonnyatomic · 22-10-2019 11:38am

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

According to the Sky reps, certain customers will be able to exit their contract. If you are one of these you will be notified.

I won't hold my breath..

greendom · 22-10-2019 11:48am

I called to cancel at the weekend. I had been paying 31e for basic hd tv with kids and documentaries until I went out of contract and it jumped to 50.

I called expecting some sort of decent offer to stay but fully planning on leaving.

The best they could offer me was 45 as I insisted I would need HD - apparently that's 17e per month. Good bye Sky!

jonnyatomic · 22-10-2019 1:33pm

greendom wrote: »

I called to cancel at the weekend. I had been paying 31e for basic hd tv with kids and documentaries until I went out of contract and it jumped to 50.

I called expecting some sort of decent offer to stay but fully planning on leaving.

The best they could offer me was 45 as I insisted I would need HD - apparently that's 17e per month. Good bye Sky!

Hd is €8 a month if I want to add it to my subscription, wonder if u signed up could you add it for that price at a later date?

dulpit · 22-10-2019 1:38pm

jonnyatomic wrote: »

Hd is €8 a month if I want to add it to my subscription, wonder if u signed up could you add it for that price at a later date?

I think that if you are on Sky Q you can go with HD as a standalone option, distinct from boxsets. On the older HD boxes you can only pick an option for HD and boxsets combined...

okidoki987 · 22-10-2019 5:45pm

Got the increase mail, up €3 for basic package and another €3 for multiroom.
Will have to have a think now best way round this.

Masala · 22-10-2019 5:53pm

okidoki987 wrote: »

Got the increase mail, up €3 for basic package and another €3 for multiroom.
Will have to have a think now best way round this.

Same here.... bit saucy (and cheeky!). I only 5 months into a Deal that I am due to call on in mid-Nov to keep the deal going.

Will probably ring in mid-Nov and cancel the Sports & Movies as I have other ways of watching same (!!). Movies has really gone to pot.... hardly anything decent has come up in past 5 months.

Mr.Maroon · 22-10-2019 7:20pm

okidoki987 wrote: »

Got the increase mail, up €3 for basic package and another €3 for multiroom.
Will have to have a think now best way round this.

Multiroom only went up in January from €15 to €17.50 (I think).

fermanagh_man · 22-10-2019 8:20pm

Looked at future bills, it seems sky sports and sports extra are going up in price from January, I'm still in a promotion period during this increase

Sky sports goes up by €5.16
Sports extra by €2.58

Every bloody year something goes up

EverythingGood · 22-10-2019 8:26pm

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Looked at future bills, it seems sky sports and sports extra are going up in price from January, I'm still in a promotion period during this increase

Sky sports goes up by €5.16
Sports extra by €2.58

Every bloody year something goes up

Multiscreen (Sky=+HD set up) going up €1.50 per box.

okidoki987 · 22-10-2019 9:02pm

Getting very expensive now with all these increases.

Mr.Maroon · 23-10-2019 12:50pm

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Looked at future bills, it seems sky sports and sports extra are going up in price from January, I'm still in a promotion period during this increase

Sky sports goes up by €5.16
Sports extra by €2.58

Every bloody year something goes up

Looked at my future bills too.

Entertainment going from €32 to €35
Multiroom going from €17.50 to €19

I'm currently in the half price offer for Sports & Sports Extra until February so no change there. Probably take affect when the offer ends.

NabyLadistheman · 23-10-2019 2:13pm

Ar these increases on Sky Q also? Multi-room etc.

ando · 23-10-2019 5:19pm

Whats the number people are using to call, I rang 0818719819. What option do you go for then? I can never get through. Just gave up waiting after waiting 25 mins....

CoBo55 · 23-10-2019 6:02pm

Suarezistheman wrote: »

Ar these increases on Sky Q also? Multi-room etc.

Got the email I'm on the old type boxes.

Slippin Jimmy · 23-10-2019 6:55pm

Suarezistheman wrote: »

Ar these increases on Sky Q also? Multi-room etc.

Yes they apply to Sky Q unfortunately.

Slippin Jimmy · 23-10-2019 6:55pm

ando wrote: »

Whats the number people are using to call, I rang 0818719819. What option do you go for then? I can never get through. Just gave up waiting after waiting 25 mins....

The free phone number is 1800927476.

Keano · 06-11-2019 11:30am

Tried calling that number but it's no longer in use

pj12332 · 06-11-2019 11:37am

Keano wrote: »

Tried calling that number but it's no longer in use

Just tried it and it's working fine.

1800 927 476

GalwayGaillimh · 06-11-2019 12:27pm

So was going cancelling my sky TV which was costing 57 a month with multi room and hd so went to cancel a week ago and they dropped price to 32 was losing hd and my mini q box...decided to cancel it altogether this morning as within cooling off period and they really try and keep you...anyways eventually got through to cancellation department and they knocked it down to 22 a month for entertainment without hd, multiscreen and the q mini which I will have to send back...if I wanted the mini and hd be 40 odd euros a month...hope that helps..

Only · 07-11-2019 1:15pm

Guys, is 35% off the max they anyone has gotten these days?
I cancelled and see an offer of 35% off on my account - wondering should I just go for it or hold on and see.

Also, I am on the old Variety Package (no longer exists apparently) - does anyone know what the difference between the Variety and Entertainment + kids package is?? .. Do you lost the documentaries or is that attomatic on it?

CoBo55 · 07-11-2019 5:03pm

Only wrote: »

Guys, is 35% off the max they anyone has gotten these days?
I cancelled and see an offer of 35% off on my account - wondering should I just go for it or hold on and see.

Also, I am on the old Variety Package (no longer exists apparently) - does anyone know what the difference between the Variety and Entertainment + kids package is?? .. Do you lost the documentaries or is that attomatic on it?

It looks like that's all anyone gets now. At one time I had 35% off the main package, half price movies, half price HD and the extremely rare half price multi room. I'm strongly considering letting my contract expire and just pulling the pin on the whole shebang.

kooga · 10-11-2019 7:48pm

quick question re sports extra pack

currently there is an offer of all sports channels for €30 pm for six months. Do i have to keep the offer for the six months or can i give my 30 days notice after say 4 months?

Its really to do with watching the champions cup rugby from next weekend on BT - with fixture in nov, dec and jan i want to cancel in jan and then get it in again for april/may- is this possible if you are on a six months offer? Thanks in advance

telmah · 10-11-2019 8:49pm

I have the Entertainment ,multi-room,hd and Sports Packs.
I'm just out of contract and will be ringing soon to remove the Sports Pack and try to get a reduction on the remaining setup.Can anyone tell me if i remove the HD pack will i lose all HD channels or would i still have even RTE1 and 2 in HD?Thanks.

paska · 10-11-2019 9:44pm

Why are people still paying for SKY? Realy and truly.

Get a free sat box, Netflix or amazon prime or later in 2020 disney+ .

It's like shopping in Aldi Or Lidl! you will buy it but do you really need it?

EverythingGood · 10-11-2019 10:22pm

kooga wrote: »

quick question re sports extra pack

currently there is an offer of all sports channels for €30 pm for six months. Do i have to keep the offer for the six months or can i give my 30 days notice after say 4 months?

Its really to do with watching the champions cup rugby from next weekend on BT - with fixture in nov, dec and jan i want to cancel in jan and then get it in again for april/may- is this possible if you are on a six months offer? Thanks in advance

Only a 30 day contract on Sports, so cancel anytime.

dulpit · 10-11-2019 10:23pm

kooga wrote: »

quick question re sports extra pack

currently there is an offer of all sports channels for €30 pm for six months. Do i have to keep the offer for the six months or can i give my 30 days notice after say 4 months?

Its really to do with watching the champions cup rugby from next weekend on BT - with fixture in nov, dec and jan i want to cancel in jan and then get it in again for april/may- is this possible if you are on a six months offer? Thanks in advance

You're never tied into anything more than 30 days with sports. If you cancel before the 6 months, that's fine...

The Orb · 10-11-2019 10:56pm

paska wrote: »

Why are people still paying for SKY? Realy and truly.

Get a free sat box, Netflix or amazon prime or later in 2020 disney+ .

It's like shopping in Aldi Or Lidl! you will buy it but do you really need it?

I have Sky, I like a lot of the subscription channels and I want the sport, I have the movies but could do without. Granted some of the subscription channels are dross. I also have Freesat and it is fine but fairly limited and in my opinion it can't be compared to Sky.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 10-11-2019 11:02pm

telmah wrote: »

I have the Entertainment ,multi-room,hd and Sports Packs.
I'm just out of contract and will be ringing soon to remove the Sports Pack and try to get a reduction on the remaining setup.Can anyone tell me if i remove the HD pack will i lose all HD channels or would i still have even RTE1 and 2 in HD?Thanks.

RTE1 and RTE2 are both still available as HD on 101 and 102. They're available as SD somewhere in the 800s for recording.

ando · 11-11-2019 10:46pm

I attempted to cancel my Sky today, price was going from €50 to €95 a month for TV and Broadband as I had reached the end of my 12 month offer. Told them I was going to get cheaper BB elsewhere and freesat. Was passed onto the cancellation team and immediately offered the 'win back offer', 35% off! I knew it was the best I could get going by this thread so decided to go for it

Deals On Sky TV Service - (Mostly Cancellation deals)

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