Sky, Virgin & BT TV Haggle down prices and get serious discounts Article Discussion

Bubleicious

Hi guys wondering if you can help. I currently have sky+hd with movies,broadband calls and line rental. I have recently split with my partner and the sky account is in his name. So is it going to be cheaper for me to set up a sky account as a new customer and if so does anyone know what kind of deal i would be able to get. ?Ideally i would like to get sky plus hd broadband phone calls and rental. I am not too bothered about movies as i really need to keep costs down

downshifter98

Update to my post of Dec 30th where I cancelled Sky, awaiting another discount offer. Well, they phoned me yesterday (7 days before the end of the notice period) and offered another 50% off for 12 months with no new contract - happy days all round and special thanks to gratiss for the reassuring comments re the workings of Sky.:money:

Regards downshifter98

golfergirl28

I have the following numbers for Sky....08442411411 and 08442411333. when I call neither has the cancellation option. Is there another number? Thanks

downshifter98

I was given 08442 414141.

golfergirl28

Thanks, Downshifter, but that doesn't seem to offer a cancellation option either. Am I missing something?

JPS29

08442 410 266 option 3 remove prodcuts option 5 cancel if i remember right

miss_trust_2

Bubleicious wrote: »

Hi guys wondering if you can help. I currently have sky+hd with movies,broadband calls and line rental. I have recently split with my partner and the sky account is in his name. So is it going to be cheaper for me to set up a sky account as a new customer and if so does anyone know what kind of deal i would be able to get. ?Ideally i would like to get sky plus hd broadband phone calls and rental. I am not too bothered about movies as i really need to keep costs down

your ex-partner is the only one who can cancel the current sky account as it is in his name, if you have password you can make changes, best offers for new customers tend to be online but sometimes the sales department have something extra

dondo

I have been sent quite a tempting offer from Virgin Media to get me to switch from Sky- part of me is tempted but I have been very happy with Sky over the years so not sure I want to switch. Also given the numerous horrors I had with ntl many years ago not sure I want to go to cable.

But am thinking that I may still call Sky and say I'm leaving just to see if any discount materialises as others have done here.

CoffeeCup

I hate haggling/threatening to leave etc. but still wanted to reduce my Sky bill. When I rang I explained I had been looking at my bills and wanted to know if there was anything Sky could recommend to help me reduce my bill, as with costs rising I didn't know how much longer I could afford Sky for. Bingo - 25% off TV package for 12 months!

Happy :j

Nightowl

JPS29 wrote: »

Just to update. Rang back today saying I had been thinking about the offer yesterday and could I have the full figures to help me work out whether I can stay. I told her I was offerd to remove HD and the 25% discount. I didnt mention I had been offered 6 months discount, She said "Right, so it was 12 months at 25% and remove hd, yes?" I agreed and the result is my new bill is £31 per month, down from £51. Still got all the channels (just not the HD version,)still have the sky plus features and have just saved £20 per month, £240 over the next 12 months. Well happy :-)

Just done the same, thanks.