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They said it was free, then decide to charge everyone 5 pounds for the basic package. It might be a good deal, but its the principal for me. I have been a BT customer for 36 years, I might actually cancel everything now. BT have lost my trust. I bet I'm not the only one either. I didn't receive any emails or written confirmation.
 




Westdene Seagull

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bashlsdir said:
They said it was free, then decide to charge everyone 5 pounds for the basic package. It might be a good deal, but its the principal for me. I have been a BT customer for 36 years, I might actually cancel everything now. BT have lost my trust. I bet I'm not the only one either. I didn't receive any emails or written confirmation.
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You could cause them some real pain if you like. Assuming you pay via direct debit, when the payment goes out dispute it via your bank saying that you never authorised the extra £5 and so want the DD refunded under the DD guarantee. That will cost BT money and they won't be able to prove you signed up to the extra cost because you didn't. Watch how quick they phone you.
 


Chicken Runner61

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Westdene Seagull said:
A sneaky business policy - opt out should always be the default, not opt in. Thankfully I'm not with BT but if I'd been charged I'd be demanding the money back - a business can't automatically opt you into a new contract without you agreeing.
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I'd love you to be right WS but currently having said argument with the RAC who do a rolling contract (which this also maybe) on their breakdown service. Like you suggest I've told them to stick it as I never agreed but reading up on money expert etc it seems they may have a claim.
As you say a sneaky business policy but one that is used on many sign ups these days.
 


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Westdene Seagull said:
You could cause them some real pain if you like. Assuming you pay via direct debit, when the payment goes out dispute it via your bank saying that you never authorised the extra £5 and so want the DD refunded under the DD guarantee. That will cost BT money and they won't be able to prove you signed up to the extra cost because you didn't. Watch how quick they phone you.
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I already cancelled it first thing this morning.
 


Grombleton

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Dec 31, 2011
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I was pissed off when I saw my bill for this month, decided to downgrade to the 'lite' pack as I don't tend to use BT Sport that much as I don't have their TV package so it's only on the iPad.
Thankfully you can downgrade online, though it's not immediately clear how to. Sticking with the 'free' BT Sport 1...until they decide to charge for that too.
 




trueblue

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Not a very shrewd move to opt customers in automatically but they did make this known a while back. I had a letter about it saying that it would be £5 a month for the European football or free if I took out a new contract. As I've been happy with service overall since ditching Sky, I did that. Just pay per view for Sky games now as I'm usually working when they're on.
 


Westdene Seagull

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Chicken Runner61 said:
I'd love you to be right WS but currently having said argument with the RAC who do a rolling contract (which this also maybe) on their breakdown service. Like you suggest I've told them to stick it as I never agreed but reading up on money expert etc it seems they may have a claim.
As you say a sneaky business policy but one that is used on many sign ups these days.
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Your example of the RAC rolling contract is a little different - you've agreed to a rolling contract for a particular service. The RAC can't automatically add something to your contract, let's say European cover, and then charge you at rollover time without your authorisation. They have changed the contract and under UK law you have to be able to 'consider' the new contract and then accept it.
 


Chicken Runner61

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That sounds logical WS - trouble is all these sign ups know that in a year you will forget you have to cancel and can take your money before you realise it!
 






pasty

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On the subject of such things, does anyone know if Sky Sports News is still available free if I cancel Sky Sports? I'm with Virgin at the moment and am seriously considering cancelling Sky Sports, but would still like to keep hold of SSN,
 


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pasty said:
On the subject of such things, does anyone know if Sky Sports News is still available free if I cancel Sky Sports? I'm with Virgin at the moment and am seriously considering cancelling Sky Sports, but would still like to keep hold of SSN,
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Yep still get it.
 






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albionite

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May 20, 2009
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Green Cross Code Man said:
That's weird. I only have the entertainment pack from sky and sky sports news is unavailable.
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I have entertainment plus and still get sky sports news. Not sure why any one still gets sky sports plenty of aps and Internet boxes like the mx8 where you can watch it for free :whistle:

Correction didn't notice he said Virgin. Think they removed that a few years ago for free

Edit. Reading up on it you should still get on Virgin unless you're on their lowest package.
 
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melias shoes

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GoingUp said:
They have Premier League, Champions League, the odd PBC boxing card from Al Haymon plus you get ESPN and the American sports if your interested in that.

I think its great value if like me you get it with your BT Broadban, all that for £5 if OK with me.
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This.
 




brakespear

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albionite said:
Correction didn't notice he said Virgin. Think they removed that a few years ago for free

Edit. Reading up on it you should still get on Virgin unless you're on their lowest package.
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Nope, you get it on the lowest package too (at least I do).
 




brakespear

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albionite

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jon12345 said:
Just noticed I've been charged for Bt Sport when previously free.

I did manage to find this:

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/news/bt-sport-customer-advice/



It says you can downgrade to BT lite sport for free if you have BT Broadband ( premier league games )

Rather than phoning to cancel/ downgrade you can downgrade to bt sport lite for free online:

http://www.productsandservices.bt.c...-sport/od-hub.html?s_cid=con_FURL_btsportlite
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Yes but down grading starts the 12 month contract again. Such a sly underhanded company. So much for it being free.
 




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