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20 years of Sky Sports - will they reward customers?

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I was just wondering that Sky are doing a fantastic job reminding us at almost ad break that it's been 20 years - will they give something back to the customers? 20 years free subscription would be handy :D
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  • izanamiizanami Posts: 2,788
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    lfc_forever wrote: »
    will they reward customers?

    Will they buggery :D

    Nice to dream though eh
  • AVTECHAVTECH Posts: 1,399
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    They are more likely to reward NON subscibers with a freebie:mad: than give the loyal customers a break
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 65
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    i've paid my licence fee to the BBC for a lot longer than that - and never a freebie,

    You people never cease to amaze me, you want sky but want it for free

    they are a business, they provide a product which you either choose to purchase or not

    its pretty simple really
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,258
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    AVTECH wrote: »
    They are more likely to reward NON subscibers with a freebie:mad: than give the loyal customers a break

    Once you are subscribing they don't care.. its the old customers/new customers they want..

    There is nothing for Loyal customers!
  • rawlyrawly Posts: 447
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    stevie_r wrote: »
    i've paid my licence fee to the BBC for a lot longer than that - and never a freebie,

    You people never cease to amaze me, you want sky but want it for free

    they are a business, they provide a product which you either choose to purchase or not

    its pretty simple really

    Ah, but with the license fee you get it free once you turn 74. Question is, will Sky give you their services free when you reach that age ;)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 120
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    izanami wrote: »
    Will they buggery :D

    Nice to dream though eh

    Believe in better:)
  • mrinstallermrinstaller Posts: 246
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    getting anything from sky you must be joking!
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Did I just see a pig flying? :p
  • Jaycee DoveJaycee Dove Posts: 18,762
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    pkc wrote: »
    Once you are subscribing they don't care.. its the old customers/new customers they want..

    There is nothing for Loyal customers!

    I repudiate this slur on Sky.

    I have been with them since 1989 and have had Sky +, multiroom, HD etc from the off.

    So they very generously rewarded me a couple of years ago,

    In return for encouraging friends and family to sign up to Sky at a way cheaper deal than I have ever had they kindly sent me....
    A packet of love heart sweets and a tin badge about being a friend.

    :)
  • daniel99daniel99 Posts: 12,119
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    i really love the spoiler
  • Jaycee DoveJaycee Dove Posts: 18,762
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    The sad part being that it is, of course, really true!
  • CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    pkc wrote: »
    Once you are subscribing they don't care.. its the old customers/new customers they want..
    There is nothing for Loyal customers!
    mrinstaller wrote: »
    getting anything from sky you must be joking!

    Well I have succeeded where others fail. Completely out of the blue last March, no threats from me of cancellation or anything like that, I had a phone call from Sky, they offered me a brand new 500gb Sky+HD box to replace my Sky+ box that was about a year old, free installation and free HD subs for a year. I get to keep the original box no obligation to renew the HD sub after the year runs out (although I will renew) but if I cancelled it the SkyHD box reverts to just a Sky+ box, I still keep it.
    Now that WAS an offer I could not refuse — nothing at all to lose.

    So you see it IS possible to get some decent offer from Sky, but saying that it is all I have had from them in the many years I have been subscribing Sky World which includes the cinema and sports package.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,048
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    Do British Gas give you free gas? Do you get free electric from eon? Do you get free line rental from BT? No. Only reason new customers get a free box is so they join. If Sky wanted £200+ to get installed they would not have 10,000,000 customers.
  • CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    TechnoGarbage wrote: »
    Do British Gas give you free gas? Do you get free electric from eon? Do you get free line rental from BT? No. Only reason new customers get a free box is so they join. If Sky wanted £200+ to get installed they would not have 10,000,000 customers.

    You can get BOGOF on many things in Tesco's though:D
  • b.leverb.lever Posts: 1,190
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    Did I just see a pig flying? :p

    Dont look up .:eek:
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    b.lever wrote: »
    Dont look up .:eek:

    Why? Is it in case the pig falls down on my head? :p
  • mrinstallermrinstaller Posts: 246
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    no they only reward new customers by giving them cheap subs.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,258
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    Jaycee Dove wrote: »
    I repudiate this slur on Sky.

    It can only be a slur if its found NOT to be true :eek:

    Recommend a friend is a promotion that is to get more customers for sky.. its NOT a loyalty bonus for long standing customers!

    The only thing current subscribers get is a guarantee that prices go up and quality goes down! :)
  • Jaycee DoveJaycee Dove Posts: 18,762
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    Irony alert.:)

    The smiley in my quoted post was meant to be a clue.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,258
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    Jaycee Dove wrote: »
    Irony alert.:)

    The smiley in my quoted post was meant to be a clue.

    :rolleyes:
  • Jaycee DoveJaycee Dove Posts: 18,762
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    Not getting at you. Just thought it was obvious I was not being entirely serious. Bit like Sky with the badge. :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,258
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    Jaycee Dove wrote: »
    Not getting at you. Just thought it was obvious I was not being entirely serious. Bit like Sky with the badge. :)

    who knows LOL... :o
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 140
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    pkc wrote: »
    Once you are subscribing they don't care.. its the old customers/new customers they want..

    There is nothing for Loyal customers!

    Not a year of free hd like we got way was a bargain
  • bponebpone Posts: 120
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    Sky Sports UK - Continuity , Promos and Idents from 1991 - BskyB
    Mix of Shows, Promos and Idents from 1991. Created for the 20th Birthday Celebration of Sky Sports by Sky - ( I edited down to 12 minutes )

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WngFiIQ-i4
  • QWERTYOPQWERTYOP Posts: 6,878
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    If by "will they reward customers" you mean "will they put the prices up" then yes. :D
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