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

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MikeNffc wrote: »

Do Sky reply to emails does anyone know please?

You want to "haggle" via E-Mail? I doubt you'd have as much success as on the telephone...

richard734

20% off for 12mths, no contract tie in and a free wireless adapter from sky. could have probably got more if I wamnted to push for teh whole cancel and wait thing

spcdust

Just spoke with Sky, less than 5 minute conversation and they immediately reduced my line rental from £14.50 per month (this includes the December price increase) to £3.00 per month for 12 months - no contract tie in. Basically equates to 20% off my bill.

MikeNffc

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

You want to "haggle" via E-Mail? I doubt you'd have as much success as on the telephone...

A delightful, and helpful, lady phoned me this afternoon and gave me 20% off for the year. I'm happy with this as I'm happy with Sky but the charge had become too much. Problems of retirement!!!!!!!!!!

As an aside - it's a shame that you can't just pay for the Sports package and have the free to air channels.

sarah_barker

Pfft, have just come out of contract with Sky, currently have entertainment extra, disney cinemagic, calls, unlimited broadband - ~£55 a month (bearing in mind we can only record the channel we're watching due to our daft apartment management company!!) What was I offered? 25% off line rental for 6 months or half price movies for 3

What did I do wrong? I thought I was very convincing!

JimmyTheWig

sarah_barker wrote: »

What did I do wrong? I thought I was very convincing!

You forgot to cancel.
If what they're offering isn't worth it then say no and cancel the subscription.
They may or may not offer you something better.
If they do then bonus.
If they don't then you can go "Freesat from Sky" for a while and save even more money.

scotty1971

this is my current deal with sky,spent the morning on phone trying to get it reduced.the best they could offer me was £12 off the monthly price of £110 anyone any suggestions on how i can get this down further.

Sky TV

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Billing Period Charges Discounts




Sky+ Subscription 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 FREE





Extra Subscription 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 £10.25





Extra Subscription 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 £10.25





Entertainment Extra with Sports and Movies HD 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 £64.75


Sky TV total: £85.25



Sky Broadband

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Billing Period Charges Discounts




WiFi Hotspots from The Cloud 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 FREE


Sky Broadband Unlimited 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 £7.50


Sky Broadband total: £7.50



Sky Talk

Sky Talk Line Rental 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 £12.25


Caller Display 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 FREE


1571 - Voicemail 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 FREE


Sky Talk Anytime (formerly Unlimited) 07/10/12 - 06/11/12 £5.00

KTF

Yes, tell them you want to cancel and/or consider if you really need all the packages, multiroom, etc.

scotty1971

KTF wrote: »

Yes, tell them you want to cancel and/or consider if you really need all the packages, multiroom, etc.

unfortunately i need the multi-room for the 3 kids,it murder without it

scotty1971

if i do ask to cancel,if they offer me nothing,how long do i give them before asking to re-instate the services