Digital TV Cost Cutting Article - Discuss What You've Been Offered

mollyann_2

Just canceled my Sky package, was paying £40 odd a month.

This was a legitimate cancelation & they offered 6 months half price! Try it! But we really saved and went to Freeview!

Thank God, NO more crap Sky TV

scoobie

zorber wrote:

Yes the best deal is to cancel and let your subscription run out then the day it gets turned off phone them up and ask to come back.
The latest offer doing it this way is 6 months half price quoting EASTER. this offer is suppose to finish on the 18th may

Do you have to sign up to a 12 month contract though?

scoobie

sullly wrote:

recently cancelled sky , was sent letter informing me of cut off date for my services , but weeks later it's still running , can they bill me for this

as the phone line has been unplugged as far as they are concerned im disconnected i think ..or hope

only thing i'll miss is the sky+ features

No they can't. The same happened to me. Luck plays a factor, but it will run for a few months typically. I made sure I switched the box off when I wasn't watching it , just in case they sent a cancellation signal. Eventually though I understand the way it works is it won't get a new "keep me alive" signal, so it will go eventually.

tabath

If I cancel my sky will I just be able to get freeview through my sky box without doing anything?

dbuk44

NTL Customers. ACT NOW to cancel or re-negotigate your 12 month contracts!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=187011

planetf1

Just been browsing this thread...

So I'm on sky/movies/all mixes/sky+ which I think is 42.50 pcm. I can stop sport -> 36, but seems like there's possibilities of 3 months free or 25% off for 12 months.

Before I call to try my luck, are the cancellations dept open Sundays, or am I advised to call during certain times to maximise the chance of a decent offer during the call?

Hey_Dude

planetf1 wrote:

Just been browsing this thread...

So I'm on sky/movies/all mixes/sky+ which I think is 42.50 pcm. I can stop sport -> 36, but seems like there's possibilities of 3 months free or 25% off for 12 months.

Before I call to try my luck, are the cancellations dept open Sundays, or am I advised to call during certain times to maximise the chance of a decent offer during the call?

Read the first post Dude!

mechs

Hi Planetf1, yes they are open sundays.

I had an operation last october and have been off sick for 6 months on staturory sick pay, and have accumalated some bills so decided sky had to go,we were on the £21 package plus the movies total £36 per month
upon cancelling they offered me the half price deal so I said the wife and I would talk about it, I phoned up again today to cancel and was told I would have to pay the £36 pounds to cancel but they could offer me for next months £36 pounds and less the movies but some channels from the £21 package ie discovery for the next four months for free and then £7-50 for 2 more months, be firm with them as you can see we have some basic channels for £7-50 per month for six months :j

joemack

Hi
Thanks for that info I have just rang sky on 0800 5875707 they asked me to press the star butten twice but I did not, then they asked me again and I did not, I just waited for about twenty seconds and I was put through. (say no to 0870).

herbal

chipbeck wrote:

I got two sky + boxes fitted in December (£98 for the pair) but it took them 6 visits to get them sorted. This being the case I complained and they gave me my first three months free, which I thought was reasonable. Anyway they now want me to start paying the £52 a month I agreed from the outset. So I rang customer services and told the nice asian lady that I was offered 3 months half price when I signed up and that the initial three free months they gave me had nothing to do with this. She said she couldn't do anything about it so I got her to talk to her supervisor. Result is another three months at half price. I can't wait for July to ring em again.

I was also messed about and took 5 boxes to sort me out and had 3 months half price. Beat me again. Will try it now Thanks