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

happy_bunny_2

Just rang Sky to cancel saying I wanted to save money for 3-4 months and they offered 50% off everthing for 6 months with no strings.

I have all packages+HD+ESPN+Multi room so a decent saving for a 10 minute call.

:j

james_lawless

Just got off the phone... 25% discount for twelve months. It took two phone calls, the first (Asian Call Centre) was unhelpful.

Gopher109

Been reading these posts with interest and decided to try and get discount, and suprise suprise got a reduction of 25% on monthly payments for a year without any haggling,just said Virgin were in area and trying to sign me up.

theammer

I rang Sky last night and told them I was considering other suppliers. Within 3 minutes my Sky TV subscription was lowered by 50% for 6 months.

jayboi2005

I only have the basic 4 pack £21.50 a month, and they gave me 50% for 12 months ! I was offered it for 6 months and i said well thats great but i have forecast me expenditure for a year and i cannot afford it. After a long conversation about how bad life is and how i cannot afford to have little extras like Sky and how i have got rid of my car i was given 50% for 12 months! HAPPY ! My sky bill is about £11 a month now

thehammsters

Put a call into Sky in the last hour. Offered 25% off our exisiting subscription for 12 months. Upgrade to HD for free, free box and engineer installation. HD subcription 50% off for 6 months. Save £30 overall (one could argue plus £60 for the installation), then after 6 months we are back to paying what we are now. I can at last let my TV show off its stuff. Installation booked for Tuesday.

He also said they could not beat Virgin packages or Talk Talk for phone/Broadband.

bigmacman

what is the telephone number people are ringing for sky to get there discount going to try it for my dad today

swingofthings

interesting that this thread is mainly sky discounts. i have virgin and currently have the following

broadband 10mb (M)
Telephone unlimited
TV XL
Additional V Box
Skysports

All for £70.

Sky+HD with Sky World costs £62.25 according to the sky website with 20mb broadband although an extra fiver gives free calls to international destinations too. And it comes with Movies.

Interestingly when I look at the Virgin Website, the package I am currently on comes to around £90 which is more then i pay at the moment but I have a permanent £20 discount on the account. This is effect equates to the halfprice tv bundle they offer for 6 months to new customers.

So essentally, Sky is just cheaper then Virgin by around a tenner (if i factor in the movies) .. so the question is what will virgin offer?

Only slight problem is that I don't want to leave virgin as i prefer them but anyway I will report back once i get in touch with Virgin ...

** Not sure how the halfprice offer affects the normal prices of sky by the way so saving could be more! **

THFC

I Have Sky TV (half price for 12 months) Multiroom and HD.

And also Virgin for broadband.

Be careful about Sky advertising 20mb broadband.

I have this as it's free with my Sky package.

I get 1.5mb download speed.

That's why I have stopped with Virgin for the Broadband

bigmacman

rang sky after waiting 8 mins got through to a very nice scottish lady told her i need to tighten the purse strings and that i wanted to cancel my movies. 2 seconds later a magic deal pops up i get the bill reduced from £55 to £41 for 6 months and told to ring back in 6 months to see what other deals they have. Couldnt get a new box though. gona retry in few weeks say i been a loyal customer for 15 years with no upgrade offered see what happens Thanks martin lewis:money::money: