New potential sky customer- how to waive set up cost

gemma1984

Am thinking of switching to sky for phone (talk unlimited option £5) and variety and culture mixes totalling £22 leaving my line rental with bt and hopefully either shopping around or going with sky for the broadband option too.

Thing is there is a set up cost of £60 which is putting me off, as quite frankly we just dont have £60 spare at the moment. Any ideas as to how to get them to either waive it or throw stuff in for free???

ACDeag

gemma1984 wrote: »

Am thinking of switching to sky for phone (talk unlimited option £5) and variety and culture mixes totalling £22 leaving my line rental with bt and hopefully either shopping around or going with sky for the broadband option too.

Thing is there is a set up cost of £60 which is putting me off, as quite frankly we just dont have £60 spare at the moment. Any ideas as to how to get them to either waive it or throw stuff in for free???

It think the setup cost is £30 for new customers. Bear in mind that in choosing Sky for your calls you cannot make any calls across BT to qualify for free 1571 or BT Privacy as Sky now ignore the 1280 override code. Also look at Sky's charges for 0845/0870 numbers, they are shockingly high.

http://www.magsys.co.uk/telecom/tarifres1.htm

jhp

ACDeag wrote: »

It think the setup cost is £30 for new customers.

Its only £30 for new customers taking a Sky+ HD box and HD Mix or Sky Talk and Sky Broadband (otherwise its £60).

Some cashback available: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/retailerdetailSky_Digital.htm

lrr_2

I only paid £30 for normal sky with a few mixes like you are wanting.

ACDeag

If you know someone with Sky already, then you can have a free Sky+ box if they recommend you.

https://friend.sky.com/

Intsallation costs as follows:

Set-up: Standard set up is £30 for new Sky TV customers joining with a Sky+ or Sky+ HD box or Sky Broadband and Sky Talk (otherwise £60).