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Downgrade online?
Don't think I can see this in the forum - apologies if I've missed it and this is old news.
I was able to downgrade, removing the Sports from within MySky last night.
- No hanging on the phone for ages
- No long hassle trying to persuade me to keep the package
- There was a 'reduced price' offer to keep the Sports, but clicking 'no thanks' and 'continue' confirmed the downgrade in less than 2 mins.
Credit where it's due - well done Sky (although pretty late in the day...)
I was able to downgrade, removing the Sports from within MySky last night.
- No hanging on the phone for ages
- No long hassle trying to persuade me to keep the package
- There was a 'reduced price' offer to keep the Sports, but clicking 'no thanks' and 'continue' confirmed the downgrade in less than 2 mins.
Credit where it's due - well done Sky (although pretty late in the day...)
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log in to mysky, then go to www.sky.com/removesports
You can't cancel Sky Sports online
There are a number of possible reasons for this. It could be because:
(1) You've previously been through the online process and already have a package change in progress.
(2) Your package type doesn't match the necessary requirements.
Possibly because my 12 month contract doesn't expire until December. As soon as my contract is up though I will definitely be cancelling Sky Sports.
I didn't think sports was tied to a minimum period, thought you could cancel it anytime as long as you give 31 days notice.
View, upgrade and change your package
So no downgrade or cancel there.
I'm wondering if its because I activated Sky Sports 5 and took the free broadband option a few months back and it now has me in a new minimum length contract, al be it that I've had the various sports packages since 1991!
I guess that never happened, which is annoying.
For that link, it just times out with the error:
Error code: ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT (Chrome)
Regards,
Lt. Dang
However the Freesat turns out it still will save me £74 a month
The Humax box is great and not missing Sky at all. Just l loving the skip button. I have it set for 2 mins. Just press it twice and it jumps from part 1 to part 2 without seeing any adds. No more fast forward and try to stop it at the right point like on the Sky box. Just so much less hassle.
Regards,
Lt. Dang
All fine for people who just want free TV (why would they have Sky anyway), no good for anyone who watches anything from a subscription channel, which is the whole reason you have Sky on the first place.
When I do the maths, I can buy 100 odd day passes for the money I pay Sky, and in reality probably watch maybe 10-15 football matches a season, given I'll watch some games elsewhere.
And for movies, I don't watch anywhere near enough. I have Sky Movies because it's nice to have access to the latest films, yet I don't actually get around to watching them. I convince myself I'd miss them, almost like not wanting to stop buying a Lotto ticket in case the numbers come up.
Well, I stopped buying Lottery tickets years ago and now I'm seriously thinking about giving up Movies and Sport. I have Netflix, which is pretty good now, and Amazon Prime (which isn't, but might be good one day). Plus, I could get movies fairly cheap on Now TV.
The obvious problem with Now TV is that you can't record things, but then perhaps that's not an issue if you don't need to play back from a hard drive if it streams. I'd lose the Sky channels, but I get some on TalkTalk with the 'free' boosts. And I can now record them, even if the picture quality is pretty crap.
I expect Sky relies on people being too lazy to even investigate other options, let alone following through, but I think we're now at a time when it's really quite feasible to give up Sky.
Or at least give up Sky for a short while, hoping they'll come begging for you to return with a deal you can't refuse.
So why is it that I keep thinking this, but don't do it? What power does Sky have over us?
Will we be able to cancel Sports every summer, or will you have to re-sign for 12 months? I only have it for the football.
But useful for those Sky subscribers who want to actively consider alternatives? I subscribed to Sky when it was the only viable option for me. But now things have moved on. There are a lot more alternatives and what the Sky box can do compared to those alternatives now appears quite limited? Especially when you consider how much they charge? So discussion of alternatives is good for those considering a move and also good for those who want to stay as it helps to remind Sky that they need to be competitive in terms of price and features?
I can honestly say that since leaving their Sky TV service I have not had to give up any of my favourite shows and I now have additional recording and viewing options. So Sky is certainly not the be all and end all no matter what you want to watch?
Regards,
Lt. Dang