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sky comeback offers
Hi,
Just cancelled sky a few weeks ago after not getting offered anything good enough when phoning to re-negotiate at the end of contracts, initially only offering me about £14 off a £68 full price package which would of been £54 / month, bearing in mind however that with previous offers that were ending we had only been paying £50 so it still wasnt good enough.
After cancelling I first received an email offering 50% off for 12 months, which said it expired 12th august, then received a letter in the post offering the same, which expired 15th august. Since then weve had another email with a countdown timer for the 50% offer that expires 22nd august ( the day before our package is due to end )
The thing with all these offers is that in the small print at the bottom they apparently dont include sky cinema in HD which would be £6 / month extra and dont mention multiroom which im presuming would be another £12 / month. So im still thinking that this isnt a good enough offer and also suspect that it wont be the last offer they send us. Can anyone advise how is best to proceed from here? Do I wait until after this offer ends and our package finishes then wait to see what they offer us? Do I push for even more when they do? We dont have an alternative provider lined up right now but are perfectly willing to manage until we can get the deal we want, after reading the deals some people are getting for comeback offers.
Any advice appreciated.
Just cancelled sky a few weeks ago after not getting offered anything good enough when phoning to re-negotiate at the end of contracts, initially only offering me about £14 off a £68 full price package which would of been £54 / month, bearing in mind however that with previous offers that were ending we had only been paying £50 so it still wasnt good enough.
After cancelling I first received an email offering 50% off for 12 months, which said it expired 12th august, then received a letter in the post offering the same, which expired 15th august. Since then weve had another email with a countdown timer for the 50% offer that expires 22nd august ( the day before our package is due to end )
The thing with all these offers is that in the small print at the bottom they apparently dont include sky cinema in HD which would be £6 / month extra and dont mention multiroom which im presuming would be another £12 / month. So im still thinking that this isnt a good enough offer and also suspect that it wont be the last offer they send us. Can anyone advise how is best to proceed from here? Do I wait until after this offer ends and our package finishes then wait to see what they offer us? Do I push for even more when they do? We dont have an alternative provider lined up right now but are perfectly willing to manage until we can get the deal we want, after reading the deals some people are getting for comeback offers.
Any advice appreciated.
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I since have had a letter confirming the end date of my subscription in which they stated if I changed my mind I could stay with SKY for half price, ie 50% off, for 12 months.
There is no way I am going to change my mind as I now have NOW TV, (I know this is part of SKY), Amazon TV and will soon have a Humax FreeSat Box where I can Pause, Rewind and Record in HD, also for movies and TV Box Sets I have Subscribed to NETFLIX.
Other than the Price of the Humax, equivalent to 2.5 months Sub to SKY, I will be paying only £13.99 a Month in place of the £74.00 a Month I was paying SKY.
Not only will I be a saving £60.00 a Month I will be able to watch a larger range of TV than I ever could with SKY. So Happy, Happy.
I'm surprised you haven't received a reply telling you that the Freesat boxes are unreliable, the picture on Now TV is awful, you won't be able to record.... Oh, plus Netflix and Amazon hardly have any movies
Me and my housemates share our Amazon, Netflix and Now TV accounts with a Freesat HD box and have just as much choice for under £20 per month!
I guess you are not a Sports fans
Who watches Sport now when there is so much more interesting TV to watch. You would need to pay me a Bundle to watch any Sport.
I have had no real offer to go back to SKY, I am not complaining as this suits me fine. Personally I do not think that they can make me an offer that I would even consider let alone accept.
Over the past 25 Years I have paid SKY Thousands of pounds and it is time to call time on the steady flow of money to SKY. FREEDOM ;-)
No, but if we were we would just add a Now TV Sports pass. Or more truthfully log in and use my dad's sports account as it allows 2 people to watch at once for the basic price, something you can't do on Satellite without paying extra
Yesterday I had a call from Sky with offers to stay with them. He said he could offer me everything I have now (basic pack with movies) for just £28. Plus half price multi room. With the £45 I pay for broadband and phone that is still £73. I told him I am using Now tv and he said its rubbish as its only a few channels and that will have a cost to it. I told him how much I paid for a one month pass and that shut him up. I don't think he will offer me the variety bundle for £2.49!
But a Day sports pass is £6.99 a week sports pass is £10.99 and a monthly sports pass is £33.99 which would greatly affect you £20 per month budget you mentioned
£45 for B/B and Phone, hat I think is quite expensive.
I am with PlusNet and I Pay £31 a Month for Fibre B/B, Line Rental and Unlimited Phone calls 24 Hours a Day. Go have a look at their Web page :-
https://www.plus.net/home-broadband/?gclid=CNyQ5f-s0s4CFUE_GwodFqkK7w&gclsrc=aw.ds
I have fibre pro broadband which is up to 78mb download speed and should be £30 pm but I have a £10 off per month offer for 12 months. Plus I think Sky broadband is the only network that gives truly unlimited downloads.
Sorry you are incorrect there, PlusNet gives you Genuine Unlimited Downloads. Not only that but they are less expensive. If you join PlusNet Fibre you get Unlimited B/B, speed up to 78mb, cost for the 1st 6 months £5 per month and £19.99 per month after that.
On top of that you get Fantastic Customer Service and the call centre is in UK. The last time I Phoned I got through straight away and within 30 seconds I was talking to Customer Services.
I was moving house and required my B/B to be transferred to my new address. This was swiftly dealt with and B/B was transferred on removal day, so I was not without B/B at all.
Best customer Service I have ever had.
You are quite correct it is owned by BT but is run as a completely different company. They have their own Terms and Conditions, their own Pricing and more importantly they have their own Call Centre which is in the UK.
Some sort of tax fiddle I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear.
Plusnet, I recall, had other assets, such as traffic management expertise and business software, that were also of interest to BT at the time.
You made the right decision
If you can get Virgin, it is more expensive than Sky and the M+ pack is just the free channels with Sky 1 thrown in
Yes it depends on your interests.
I'm a sports fan who loves football, cricket and F1. I can easily spend my monthly Sky subscription attending just one football match or test match. But with Sky, I get to drink in as many as four amazing Premier League games each weekend, plus every La Liga match, some top MLS action, dozens of test matches each year, and all the F1 races from around the world. For me Sky is an absolutely amazing value and I couldn't live without it. Sky shares my passion for sport and that's one big reason why I love them.
There's also all the movies, documentary channels, and very best new TV series on Sky Atlantic and Sky 1. Plus the box sets where I can binge on award-winning shows like The Sopranos as part of my subscription.
Sky is definitely an incredible value for me.