Sky subscription "credit crunch" offer

starbabe79

i have sky plus and also a basic sky box upstairs. i pay the multiroom plus the cost of the 6 mixes we subscribe to... i really cant afford to carry on paying what we are doing... nearly every month i am late paying the bill , so they restrict the channels til i do so its time to do something! do i have to pay for the sky plus facilities - i mean , im thinking of cancelling all the extra channels, and just having the basic "free" ones , as in bbc1,2 itv , etc etc...but i would like to keep the ability to pause & record - is this possible?
i just want to be sure what im asking for when i ring them! so badly need to save some money!
any help would be appreciated!

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Starbabe i think you have to pay £10 per month to keep the sky plus function on your box!!

Busy_B!

Hi
I have the standard Sky package and sky plus. They stopped the 10 pound fee a while ago for the sky +.. I know that they still charge for HD and multi room though.. Give thema call Starbabe - sure they will do something..

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Busy_B! wrote: »

Hi
I have the standard Sky package and sky plus. They stopped the 10 pound fee a while ago for the sky +.. I know that they still charge for HD and multi room though.. Give thema call Starbabe - sure they will do something..

According to the tech watch website:

"If you cancel your sub then the recording feature is disabled, AND any recordings of pay channels you have made become unavailable.

The free channels will still be available on the box, (but you wont be able to record them).
If you are desperate to keep the record facility on the free channels then you can pay Sky a tenner a month fee to keep it active."
http://www.techwatch.co.uk/forums/51255-have-sky-plus-what-happens-if-i-cancel-my-subscription.html

cifpower

Just to let you know the £3 for 3 months for 1 mix is still being offered. I was also offered 25% off my current sub.

Irishorangutan

akabee wrote: »

Your box only needs to be connected to the phone line at night.
The card in your box has about £50 on it, if you order pay per view events or movies the cost is deducted from your cards stored credit.
Sky telephone your box in the early hours to check your card and reload any used credit, it also confirms the box is at the address it is registered to.

Get something like the cable below and just plug it in before you go to bed.
http://reviews.argos.co.uk/1493-en_gb/5520255/reviews.htm

We have had ours plugged in once in 4 years, when it was installed. Even the guy who installed said we don't need it plugged in.

You should only need to plug in for updates, or if anything goes wrong.

zipman23

If anyone is interested, I saw a letter yesterday from Sky offering the movies free for 3 months to those who already have the sports package. I'm sure they've done this before.

Babiesmummy_2

I rang today and was offered 25% off current subscription, the call lasted about 3 minutes. It is definately worth giving them a call.

dawn27

spend_spend_spend wrote: »

We are all numb skulls! We pay SLY to watch subscription telly and get adverts rammed (I do mean RAMMED!) down our throats... licence fee is supposed to fund the 'no advert' BBC, were as ITV raise money through adverts, SKY do both...


sky plus every programme then fast forward the commercials saves you 15 mins for every hour programme

zipman23

sky plus every programme then fast forward the commercials saves you 15 mins for every hour programme

Me and the girlfriend do that for every programme we record. It saves alot of time.