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

KTF

Read back through the last few pages and see whats on offer.

Pippin12

Phoned Virgin yesterday and told them I'd got a better deal offered with Sky. They dropped my monthly package down £10 from £43 to £33 (M+ HD package TV L phone) and offered to upgrade my broadband up to 30mg for free with a free superhub. I expect I could have a got a better deal than that if I haggled more and threatened to leave but it was pretty effortless as I just asked for their best offer so I'm happy with that.

davtom

I just got a good deal from BT. I'm nearly at the end of my original 18-month contract - two weeks away.

I noticed that I could get line rental from Primus at £9.19 per month with evening and weekend calls, and broadband from O2 at £12.50 per month, all of course depending on me switching from BT for both.

I called and asked for a MAC code. When asked why I wanted to leave BT, I told them about the above offers. They were able to offer me line rental at £129 for the year (I know that's the standard price, so not a great deal, but much better than £14.50 per month). Unlimited broadband could be offered at £13.25 per month; the standard price is £26, so that's a great saving.

I've had BT Vision Unlimited for the past year or so, which had actually come out of contract. I wasn't too worried about losing that if I changed to a different broadband provider, but as I wasn't changing, they also offered me a reduction on the price of that. £10 per month rather than £12.50.

My monthly payment has therefore been reduced to £23.25 with £129 up-front, so effectively £34 per month. A good reduction from the £56.50. I'm losing anytime calls (it's evening and weekend calls from now), but I can do the 18185 override provider thing for daytime calls which we don't make much.

I had to do some research, but after that, it was worth making the phone call! I've just saved myself about £270 over the next year. BT get my guaranteed business for another year, so the deal is good for both of us. I pay basic rate tax, so a saving of £270 is more or less equivalent to I think about a £421 pay rise. Good deal for a 15-minute phone call!

DragonQ

BT's non-fibre broadband is really expensive to begin with though. With that discount it's OK but not amazing when you consider the line rental too.

Jamesdeer001

Hi,

I currently have sky but will be moving home soon so will be a new customer but getting a package in my wife's name. We want the entertainment extra, broadband unlimited and phone line with sky. I see they're currently doing free b'band for 6 months, £120 TCB and £100 M&S voucher for new customers. They certainly couldn't beat this when I handed my notice in but by any chance are there any new customer codes available which could make this even better or a way of getting a sky employee discount code?

Cheers

chanz4

DragonQ wrote: »

BT's non-fibre broadband is really expensive to begin with though. With that discount it's OK but not amazing when you consider the line rental too.

Its a poor deal, just get an o2 sim card top it up £10 exvery quarter and unlimited is £6.99

fuzzgun19

Has anyone received cashback for Sky when using a discount code?

DragonQ

Nope you don't get cashback when using a discount code, it's in the terms and conditions (at least on TopCashBack anyway).

You should be eligible for any M&S voucher offer they have since it's not mentioned anywhere that it can't be used in conjunction with discount codes, just that it's for all new customers signing up to Sky+ HD. However, I haven't got mine yet and Sky say there's nothing about a voucher on my account. The situation is meant to be resolved by tomorrow so we'll see what they say.

davtom

DragonQ and chanz4, thanks for your comments. I knew it was possible to do better by actually switching, but that would also involve more of my time; I'd have to set up a new modem, connect my boxes to it, set them up again, etc. I would have done that if there were further significant savings to be made, but I got the price down to a level that I considered it wasn't worth the hassle of switching. Also the only way to retain BT Vision is to use BT Broadband. So, on the whole, I'm happy.

chanz4, I think you already have to be an O2 member for two years before you get access to the deal you're talking about. I agree though that that deal seems to give the best value of all the broadband packages if you need unlimited bytes.

wackojackouk

Hi guys

I cancelled my Sport and Movies back in early June and want to reinstate the sports for the footie.

TCB offer £20 cashback + £5 online via Sky for subscribing but as I understand that will tie me in for another 12 months.

Would I be better off calling up and asking for any offers - I am on a 20% off for 12 months at the moment already and £2.50 p/m for HD (they called me) so paying less than £25 for Entertainment Plus & HD and would any offers over the phone tie me for another 12 months as well?

Cheers

WJUK