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Hillian1 · Nov 1, 2015

Sky have just "Reached out" to me via email.

As of January they want £93.50 a month....!

When I say reached out I mean bent me over and attempted to shaft me. Guess I'll be cancelling.

sllugaes · Nov 1, 2015

Hillian1 said:
Sky have just "Reached out" to me via email.

As of January they want £93.50 a month....!

When I say reached out I mean bent me over and attempted to shaft me. Guess I'll be cancelling.

Love the term "reached out" what a load of tosh, spending too much time with recruitment consultants!

Rogero · Nov 1, 2015

I had a phone call yesterday re car insurance and they quoted me £33 a month .I asked them before I go elsewhere is that your bottom line she replied we can do it for £22. What don't they say that in the first place.?

glasfryn · Nov 1, 2015

ours is close to that
but we watch a lot of sport and films, in fact we have watched two in the last week that wouls have cost us £19+ in dvd so its a saving.
we do not eat out or drink so its not our only pleasure but one of them.
don't particularly like Sky but will say they are good at what they do and crtainly better than our previous TalkTalk who to put it politely were phooking useless, you pays your money and makes your choice

Official Old Man · Nov 1, 2015

Rogero said:
I had a phone call yesterday re car insurance and they quoted me £33 a month .I asked them before I go elsewhere is that your bottom line she replied we can do it for £22. What don't they say that in the first place.?

I have a brother-in-law who auto-renews his insurance for his car every year. He also replaces his car every two years with the latest models, brand new, so he has a few quid (no wife though?). When I told him I could half his insurance he said 'no, I'm OK thanks'. I have three cars and £629 year for the lot including Daughter who almost wrote one off last year.

Guy Fawkes · Nov 1, 2015

glasfryn said:
ours is close to that
but we watch a lot of sport and films, in fact we have watched two in the last week that wouls have cost us £19+ in dvd so its a saving.
we do not eat out or drink so its not our only pleasure but one of them.
don't particularly like Sky but will say they are good at what they do and crtainly better than our previous TalkTalk who to put it politely were phooking useless, you pays your money and makes your choice

Surely that depends on how quickly after release you want to watch them

Wait a couple of months and either watch them on a streaming service like Netflicks / Amazon Prime which have a lower monthly fee or buy them 2nd hand online from somewhere like Amazon for around £3 to £5 a couple of months after release (in most cases, very few stay at a higher price than that and some go even cheaper dependent on title / popularity)

Or alternitively pay about £16 a month on a cinema membership card like this Cineworld Unlimited and see the films before they go onto sky and you can see as many films as you like per month.

glasfryn · Nov 1, 2015

Guy Fawkes said:
Surely that depends on how quickly after release you want to watch them

Wait a couple of months and either watch them on a streaming service like Netflicks / Amazon Prime which have a lower monthly fee or buy them 2nd hand online from somewhere like Amazon for around £3 to £5 a couple of months after release (in most cases, very few stay at a higher price than that and some go even cheaper dependent on title / popularity)

Or alternitively pay about £16 a month on a cinema membership card like this Cineworld Unlimited and see the films before they go onto sky and you can see as many films as you like per month.

Ah but do any of these have sport as the sideline?

LowKarate · Nov 1, 2015

glasfryn said:
Ah but do any of these have sport as the sideline?

BT has this package for £38 per month which obviously includes the football on BT sport and you can add Netflix for £6 per month extra. We have this and quite honestly we have more than enough films, tv boxsets for kids and adults plus football to watch in any given week.

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/tv-packages/

Of course they don't have the same volume of premiership matches as sky do, but they do have European Champions League and other games from Germany, Italy, etc... and at less than half the price (£44 per month compared with the £93 quoted for Sky), it feels like a much better deal all round.

Spicy · Nov 1, 2015

Hillian1 said:
Sky have just "Reached out" to me via email.

As of January they want £93.50 a month...

We pay over £100 a month to Virgin and whenever we ring to ask them to take off certain parts of the package they say it isn't possible. Yeah right!

spence · Nov 1, 2015

Hillian1 said:
Sky have just "Reached out" to me via email.

As of January they want £93.50 a month....!

When I say reached out I mean bent me over and attempted to shaft me. Guess I'll be cancelling.

Go through with cancelling. That's when the better deals come through. Mine is up soon and i won't except nothing less than 50%-60% off for 12 months with a £50 credit.

Make sure you have Sky iD marketing switched on. You will see the offers come through. There's a great thread on this on MSE

spence · Nov 1, 2015

Spicy said:
We pay over £100 a month to Virgin and whenever we ring to ask them to take off certain parts of the package they say it isn't possible. Yeah right!

They love people like you

Spicy · Nov 1, 2015

spence said:
They love people like you

Ok so tell me how I can reduce the bill without cancelling it altogether as you seem to know everything. They all seem much of a muchness.

glasfryn · Nov 1, 2015

LowKarate said:
BT has this package for £38 per month which obviously includes the football on BT sport and you can add Netflix for £6 per month extra. We have this and quite honestly we have more than enough films, tv boxsets for kids and adults plus football to watch in any given week.

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/tv-packages/

Of course they don't have the same volume of premiership matches as sky do, but they do have European Champions League and other games from Germany, Italy, etc... and at less than half the price (£44 per month compared with the £93 quoted for Sky), it feels like a much better deal all round.

Sky package all wrapped up in one, one person to call if things go wrong, and that person in in the UK+ all phone calls landline and mobile inc all day every day.
please don't get me started about BT just like british gas they are or have been in my experience pretty naf.
with Sky I can change things through the TV ,online, telephone, and if all else fails go to the guy in the Arndale

spence · Nov 1, 2015

Spicy said:
Ok so tell me how I can reduce the bill without cancelling it altogether as you seem to know everything. They all seem much of a muchness.

If you are not prepared to to cancel which quite often you need to do or at least threaten too then companies like Sky and Virgin know you are after deals and will offer poor deals. You need to play them at their game. They provide a service and nothing more. They are not your friends.

My experience is that Virgin are harder to haggle with. For that reason i have split my package. Tv with Sky and Broadband and phone with Virgin.

Prince Monolulu · Nov 1, 2015

Sky, or as Thomas Tusser put it: A fool and his money are soon parted.

The Brighton Bear · Nov 1, 2015

Spicy · Nov 1, 2015

spence said:
If you are not prepared to to cancel which quite often you need to do or at least threaten too then companies like Sky and Virgin know you are after deals and will offer poor deals. You need to play them at their game. They provide a service and nothing more. They are not your friends.

My experience is that Virgin are harder to haggle with. For that reason i have split my package. Tv with Sky and Broadband and phone with Virgin.

Thanks for a sensible reply rather than criticism - that wasn't too hard was it and can be your good deed for the day.

robinsonsgrin · Nov 1, 2015

cancelled sky last month. bought a roku box. sorted! watching football... find a live stream, pay a nowtv day pass price or go up the rustington club and watch it with others. saved a fortune.

Dumseagull · Nov 1, 2015

I cancelled my sky 8 years ago, and I STILL get phone calls from them trying to sell me "special deals" about twice a month

LowKarate · Nov 1, 2015

glasfryn said:
Sky package all wrapped up in one, one person to call if things go wrong, and that person in in the UK+ all phone calls landline and mobile inc all day every day.
please don't get me started about BT just like british gas they are or have been in my experience pretty naf.
with Sky I can change things through the TV ,online, telephone, and if all else fails go to the guy in the Arndale

I'm sorry I tried to help you save money. I thought that was the purpose of this thread.

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