Deals On Sky TV Service - (Mostly Cancellation deals)

bromley52 · 27-08-2012 5:46pm #1

I saw a friend of mine get a letter today advertising half price Sky + for 12 months with free install. Ring 0818 762 867 and quote 'Irelands No.1 offer'. Fatcheese are giving up to €135 cash back if you book online but I imagine if you then ring quoting the half price offer you might get that too and perhaps more if you play hardball.

Btw. Sky broadband.+ phone is coming this way in the next few months. There might be even better deals to be had then.

Edit: I have added a pic of the main part of what he got as an attachment.

Media999 · 27-08-2012 7:58pm

Any links or anything on this? maybe explain it a bit more. What exactly do we need to quote when ringing?

JAMM222 · 27-08-2012 9:35pm

bromley52 wrote: »

I saw a friend of mine get a letter today advertising half price Sky + for 12 months with free install. There is something you must quote when you ring but I can't remember it. Fatcheese are giving up to €135 cash back if you book online but I imagine if you then ring quoting the half price offer you might get that too and perhaps more if you play hardball.

Btw. Sky broadband.+ phone is coming this way in the next few months. There might be even better deals to be had then.

I'm also interested in getting this, any chance you could ask your mate for the code?

Cantona's Collars · 27-08-2012 9:38pm

Sounds like the op's friend had cancelled Sky sometime in the past few months.They send these offers to previous customers to tempt them to come back.

It's hard to get this offer by ringing & bluffing as they have the customer records on file & will suss you fairly quickly.

Media999 · 27-08-2012 9:45pm

Yeah i heard that before alright but you could probably bluff it handy enough. The worst they can do is say no.

Just ring and say " Hi i got this offer saying its half price for 12 months and id like to take it"

They say either "ok no problems" or "Sorry thats only for previous customers"

They get commission so will only be happy but if you say you got it off a mate they will probably refuse as theyre not allowed. Dont lie but dont tell the truth is what i mean. "i got the offer" could be interpreted in different ways.

bromley52 · 27-08-2012 10:08pm

I corrected my original post and added more info. It ends Sep 27th not 28th as originally stated.

theminstrel · 27-08-2012 10:24pm

I got a letter today about this. Rang up and all they asked for was what was quoted on the letter - Which is 'Ireland's No.1 Offer'. So try that and see if it works.

Media999 · 27-08-2012 10:42pm

Just thinking! Do you need a sky dish already installed?

Kristopherus · 28-08-2012 12:04am

No. Installations include the dish & standard installation is free.

okidoki987 · 28-08-2012 12:10am

Would be interested to see if this works.
Sky have lost a lot of customers to UPC offers in the past year.
I'd say they are trying to get them back and as you say the Broadband/Phone offer on top should make it interesting times ahead.

fl4pj4ck · 28-08-2012 10:09am

just got this today and there's never been sky in where I live

can anyone tell me if the sky+ box they have on offer can also record?

statto25 · 28-08-2012 10:13am

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

just got this today and there's never been sky in where I live

can anyone tell me if the sky+ box they have on offer can also record?

All sky+ boxes have the record functionality afaik.

Media999 · 28-08-2012 10:52am

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

just got this today and there's never been sky in where I live

can anyone tell me if the sky+ box they have on offer can also record?

I thought it only ran until yesterday.

What date is on your one for expiration?

fl4pj4ck · 28-08-2012 11:00am

27th of September

Media999 · 28-08-2012 11:43am

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

27th of September

Ah silly me. Month left

feelpablo · 28-08-2012 11:48am

Thanks a mill for this....just rang and got it setup.... Girl on the phone said it was the same offer the staff get and that it wasn't sent out to a lot of houses!!!

Cheers again op

Oh and the half price off stands for the twelve months ie I only went for the entertainment extra but if I want to add sports or movies at any stage of the first twelve months I still only pay half price

inovo · 28-08-2012 11:59am

I'm an existing customer. Could I get the 'half price' package too do you think??

Media999 · 28-08-2012 12:07pm

inovo wrote: »

I'm an existing customer. Could I get the 'half price' package too do you think??

Nope. You would need to cancel and resignup in partners name.

If your out of contract that is

If your in contract Cancel the direct Debit and get partner to ring saying " i just moved into this house and sky dish is already there and this letter is saying half price etc..". Dont know if you can do it quick enough now though as it might not get cut off for another month.

Media999 · 28-08-2012 12:10pm

feelpablo wrote: »

Thanks a mill for this....just rang and got it setup.... Girl on the phone said it was the same offer the staff get and that it wasn't sent out to a lot of houses!!!

Cheers again op

Oh and the half price off stands for the twelve months ie I only went for the entertainment extra but if I want to add sports or movies at any stage of the first twelve months I still only pay half price

How much are you gonna pay for setup etc?

Whats the situation with a breakdown of payments or whatever? Might be handy for others to know.

feelpablo · 28-08-2012 12:17pm

Media999 wrote: »

How much are you gonna pay for setup etc?

Whats the situation with a breakdown of payments or whatever? Might be handy for others to know.

It's all in the original post but it's free box and free standard setup plus half price package on whichever one you want.... I went with the entertainment extra pack which is usually 33 a month but will stand me 16.50 a month for twelve months

Media999 · 28-08-2012 12:20pm

feelpablo wrote: »

It's all in the original post but it's free box and free standard setup plus half price package on whichever one you want.... I went with the entertainment extra pack which is usually 33 a month but will stand me 16.50 a month for twelve months

So your first bill is just 16.50?

Nice.

Edit - What if you have no phone line?

feelpablo · 28-08-2012 12:27pm

Media999 wrote: »

So your first bill is just 16.50?

Nice.

Edit - What if you have no phone line?

Yep that's it

Regards a phone line the girl was adamant on the phone that it has to be hooked up to the Phoneline....now depending on the installer it would be ok... My gran got sky around 6 months ago and the installer never asked about the Phoneline once so I guess it's pot luck

Amouar · 28-08-2012 12:29pm

feelpablo wrote: »

Yep that's it

Regards a phone line the girl was adamant on the phone that it has to be hooked up to the Phoneline....now depending on the installer it would be ok... My gran got sky around 6 months ago and the installer never asked about the Phoneline once so I guess it's pot luck

One more question: How's the quality of the non hd channels? is it worth taking hd if we have a HDTV or the normal channels quality is good even with no hd pack?

Thanks

Media999 · 28-08-2012 12:32pm

Amouar wrote: »

One more question: How's the quality of the non hd channels? is it worth taking hd if we have a HDTV or the normal channels quality is good even with no hd pack?

Thanks

If its half price id say go for it. Then just cancel in 12 months if you dont watch them. 7.50 a month 50 stations.

Sky arranges all the HD stations into a playlist. UPC has them scattered and hard to find.

Youll obviously only get sports HD if you have the pack etc..

Quality of Non HD is perfect anyway.

Flesh Gorden · 28-08-2012 1:05pm

It's a great deal, got the letter yesterday and signed up last night
I knew when they were pushing the last offer so hard that they had to be something better coming up

went for the basic €12.50/m which suits me as I'm only interested in the BBC and the odd thing on C4

Only had to pay €25 up front which is credited back, so my first bill will be in Nov

never had sky before, so I was a bit suspicious at first but it's very transparent

Media999 · 28-08-2012 1:34pm

37.50 once off if you have no phone line. No half price on that.

12.50 a month for all the basic stations. Good deal.

No engineers here for 2 weeks though.

JAMM222 · 28-08-2012 2:06pm

just got this deal, €26.50 for entertainment extra + HD, they said i can still get sky sports or movies half price if i decide that i want them. Cheers:D

fl4pj4ck · 28-08-2012 2:34pm

Media999 wrote: »

37.50 once off if you have no phone line. No half price on that.

what??

BullBauld · 28-08-2012 2:44pm

There was an account in my house in someone elses name which was cancelled a few months back. The dish & Sky+HD box are still there.

What will happen when engineer arrives and this equipment still there. Will he install new box or just leave whats there in place?

Also the 37:50 for no phoneline was paid for the previous account. I presume it would have to be paid again seeing as its a new account?
Thanks.

yesno1234 · 28-08-2012 2:47pm

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

It's a great deal, got the letter yesterday and signed up last night
I knew when they were pushing the last offer so hard that they had to be something better coming up

went for the basic €12.50/m which suits me as I'm only interested in the BBC and the odd thing on C4

Only had to pay €25 up front which is credited back, so my first bill will be in Nov

never had sky before, so I was a bit suspicious at first but it's very transparent

If you're only interested in BBC and the odd thing on C4 you'd most likely be better off getting a satellite which will pick up the English freeview channels. One off fee for the dish and a box and then free forever, you'd get all the bbc's,itv's, c4,e4,film4, all the +1's and loads more channels. Just something to think about, have it myself and have no reason to ever pay for sky again tbh.

fl4pj4ck · 28-08-2012 3:00pm

12*12,50 = e150, cost of getting a freeview dish+box+installation will probably be same or higher

mp3ireland2 · 28-08-2012 3:58pm

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

12*12,50 = e150, cost of getting a freeview dish+box+installation will probably be same or higher

Yes because remember you'll keep the dish and box after the year and be able to get all the freeview channels using the sky equipment forever....so i'd say it's a cheaper option, plus you've the bonus of the extra channels for the year, and don't need to pay it all at once! Only negative is you won't get HD channels for free which you'd get with freeview.

(Have freesat myself and very happy with it, least you get HD channels for free anyway!)

Tinalouise · 28-08-2012 4:00pm

BullBauld wrote: »

There was an account in my house in someone elses name which was cancelled a few months back. The dish & Sky+HD box are still there.

What will happen when engineer arrives and this equipment still there. Will he install new box or just leave whats there in place?

Also the 37:50 for no phoneline was paid for the previous account. I presume it would have to be paid again seeing as its a new account?
Thanks.

Would like to know about this myself, have the box and the dish but what would happen when the engineer arrives and sees it there?
Thanks op for sharing

Berty · 28-08-2012 4:01pm

The letter I got was for half price movies and sports for 6 months. Might be interested in half price sports for 6 months(Heineken cup) but not both. I may have to claim to be leaving them for UPC when the HC starts and they might offer me a better deal.

Media999 · 28-08-2012 4:29pm

Tinalouise wrote: »

Would like to know about this myself, have the box and the dish but what would happen when the engineer arrives and sees it there?
Thanks op for sharing

Thatll be no hassle. Itll just save the engineer some time.

Just to be clear to everyone. If you have no active phoneline in house theres a once off 37.50 charge.

Usually a sky box needs to "call home" to complete setup but as theres no phoneline they have to do this manually. Sneaky charge i know but years back this was something like 70 quid.

Media999 · 28-08-2012 4:29pm

Beer Baron wrote: »

The letter I got was for half price movies and sports for 6 months. Might be interested in half price sports for 6 months(Heineken cup) but not both. I may have to claim to be leaving them for UPC when the HC starts and they might offer me a better deal.

Do cancel and get partner to call in and get offer for 12 months as a new customer.

Amouar · 28-08-2012 4:32pm

mp3ireland2 wrote: »

Yes because remember you'll keep the dish and box after the year and be able to get all the freeview channels using the sky equipment forever....so i'd say it's a cheaper option, plus you've the bonus of the extra channels for the year, and don't need to pay it all at once! Only negative is you won't get HD channels for free which you'd get with freeview.

(Have freesat myself and very happy with it, least you get HD channels for free anyway!)

Can you confirm that after the 12 months contract ends, we'll be still able to watch irish freesat channels and other free channels?

Thanks

Media999 · 28-08-2012 4:37pm

Amouar wrote: »

Can you confirm that after the 12 months contract ends, we'll be still able to watch irish freesat channels and other free channels?

Thanks

Yes 100%. My parents do that. Stations are kind of all over the place though. Maybe if you plug in a cheap freesat box to sky dish itll be a lot more organised if your fussy.

If you have contacts in the UK you can buy a Sky freeview card. £20 for 5 years. A lot more stations.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER · 28-08-2012 5:46pm

Amouar wrote: »

Can you confirm that after the 12 months contract ends, we'll be still able to watch irish freesat channels and other free channels?

Thanks

Afaik if you go the free view route after 12 months you will lose the Irish channels.
Sky have those encrypted. You will only get the UK freeview channels

mp3ireland2 · 28-08-2012 5:50pm

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

Afaik if you go the free view route after 12 months you will lose the Irish channels.
Sky have those encrypted. You will only get the UK freeview channels

yeah forgot to mention that.... RTE can't afford to broadcast on freeview satellite as their potential viewers would increase by over 1000% so the cost of getting programs would sky rocket. Hence they can't broadcast on astra satellites... they have a saorsat or something but your sky box won't pick that up as far as I know.

So you will have to get RTE stations through saorview compatible equipment once your year is up.

Media999 · 28-08-2012 6:01pm

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

Afaik if you go the free view route after 12 months you will lose the Irish channels.
Sky have those encrypted. You will only get the UK freeview channels

Yes sorry i am mistaken. My parents dont watch Rte and that. Think they can tune it in on rabbit ears but dont bother.

vickers209 · 28-08-2012 6:16pm

Media999 wrote: »

Yes sorry i am mistaken. My parents dont watch Rte and that. Think they can tune it in on rabbit ears but dont bother.

They wont work after October 24th 2012 as the old signal been turned off
http://www.digitalswitch.ie/

Fresh Pots · 28-08-2012 6:46pm

I'm thinking about getting this deal but would need a few more rooms wired up for fta boxes. What would be the best way to go about that?

Media999 · 28-08-2012 6:58pm

TheTechGuy wrote: »

I'm thinking about getting this deal but would need a few more rooms wired up for fta boxes. What would be the best way to go about that?

1 sky plus how many FTA?

Fairly certain you just connect one FTA box to the coaxil output of another FTA box then onto another FTA box.

You probably need twin LNB aswell but someone else can confirm this.

OR

maybe one of those splitters will work .

Fresh Pots · 28-08-2012 7:10pm

Media999 wrote: »

1 sky plus how many FTA?

Fairly certain you just connect one FTA box to the coaxil output of another FTA box then onto another FTA box.

You probably need twin LNB aswell but someone else can confirm this.

OR

maybe one of those splitters will work .

The setup would be the 1 sky+ box and 2 fta boxes. I'd like a separate cable going from the dish to each box for tidiness sake. That would require a quad lnb. My question really is, as its not a standard install will the sky installer do this for me or would i need to get an independent installer out to do it.

Mountjoy Mugger · 28-08-2012 7:10pm

Media999 wrote: »

Yes sorry i am mistaken. My parents dont watch Rte and that. Think they can tune it in on rabbit ears but dont bother.

vickers209 wrote: »

They wont work after October 24th 2012 as the old signal been turned off
http://www.digitalswitch.ie/

Just to clarify. Rabbit ears will work after 24th October, if you have the right TV or get a Saorview box.

I'm picking up the new broadcast with rabbit ears right now.

Riesen_Meal · 28-08-2012 7:29pm

Anyway someone who hasn't been a previous customer can avail of this offer?

Did they ask you for a previous account number or was there any reference to it on the letter?

Dan82 · 28-08-2012 7:37pm

Fieldog wrote: »

Anyway someone who hasn't been a previous customer can avail of this offer?

Did they ask you for a previous account number or was there any reference to it on the letter?

I was just asked for the offer line on the poster, wasn't even asked for the phone line number, great offer, well worth moving from UPC tv

Fresh Pots · 28-08-2012 7:38pm

Fieldog wrote: »

Anyway someone who hasn't been a previous customer can avail of this offer?

Did they ask you for a previous account number or was there any reference to it on the letter?

Seems anyone can sign up.

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

It's a great deal, got the letter yesterday and signed up last night
I knew when they were pushing the last offer so hard that they had to be something better coming up

went for the basic €12.50/m which suits me as I'm only interested in the BBC and the odd thing on C4

Only had to pay €25 up front which is credited back, so my first bill will be in Nov

never had sky before, so I was a bit suspicious at first but it's very transparent

Media999 · 28-08-2012 7:43pm

Yeah first time myself and no hassle. Just the 37.50 no phone line charge if youve no phoneline.

Dan82 · 28-08-2012 7:59pm

Media999 wrote: »

Yeah first time myself and no hassle. Just the 37.50 no phone line charge if youve no phoneline.

I wasn't even asked for the phone line, I do have one but guy never even asked

Deals On Sky TV Service - (Mostly Cancellation deals)

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