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

everton2005

well back on today full package for £27.25 happy days

BIRCHY50

Hi all, am a sky tv/bb/landline customer for many years. I have the full package which is in my name. Last call i made i ended up with £12 off phone line rental discount as they told me you will not get offered another tv deal (i was on 25% discount). I am moving house soon and wondered what my options are, should I cancel and start afresh in my wife's name or are there other options available??
Thanks in advance guys.

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BIRCHY50 wrote: »

I am moving house soon and wondered what my options are, should I cancel and start afresh in my wife's name or are there other options available??

Not sure what you'd gain as a "new" customer other than new equipment as part of your installation? You certainly won't get 25% off the whole price or even £12 off your line rental.
Perhaps investigate Sky's Home Move Service? You may be able to carry your telephone discount with you...

KTF

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Not sure what you'd gain as a "new" customer other than new equipment as part of your installation?

You get whatever offers are shown on their website at the time. These may/may not be better than whatever deal you can negotiate out of them.

matty_art

srich wrote: »

Thanks, this worked £5 for sports for 4 months, they do ask what sports you watch before giving the offer.

Just went through and can confirm this - was pretty easy.

I managed to get my line rental to half-price a few months ago when I rang to cancel to go to Tesco broadband. This is running out and Tesco broadband is still cheaper, has anyone had any experience of getting line rental discounts recently?

DragonQ

You can always pay yearly and save ~33%. Obviously this locks you into Sky phone for a year though.

Unlike with BT, this offer is only available of you call them.

Bud_Weis_Err69

Morning all,

Just a quick question, I am a new Sky customer coming up to the end of my 1st year.

When I signed up for the whole Sky package (phone, broadband & telly) I was quoted £21.50 each month for 6 months. Since that offer has now expired (incidently could I have called at that point when the offer was due to finish and see if they could extend it?) I have added movies and the HD package on. This has bumped my bill up to a whopping £69.60
I am not sure I can call and cancel either as when I added the HD package on they said that was for a year which was added in December so I think I would have to wait until December to threaten to cancel.
Is there anything I can do to lower the cost (threaten to cancel the phone or broadband?) would this make a difference?

KTF

Again, threatening wont get you anywhere.

Call them up and ask about the term for the HD and Movies. If you can cancel them now then cancel.

Lara

Husband pays for our full Sky package minus BB and phone as we are happy with BT. We haven't been under contract for a couple of years now and paying £61.50 per month. Sport and movies are watched together with the normal soaps and drama's, which you don't need Sky for. Also I very rarely remember to switch to HD either! Can anyone suggest what sort of price I should try and haggle" for pls? Thanks.

KTF

If you dont watch HD content then why not just drop it altogether rather than ask if there are any promotions on?