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

eddiejee

I have been with Virgin since 2008 and not locked into any deals. I pay £38 per month for 2mb broadband, (L) TV package and (M) package for phone line. I dont really use the phone much, and use the same tv channels (more than likely the ones Freeview offer). The limit on the web is ok too. Im also aware that virgin use cables that no one else can use...Does anyone know a better offer? I just phoned Virgin and they offered a £1 reduction for changing to the Freeview channels...I think the customer service op was cringing at the time!

WOOLY123

I have had sky for years paying £70 odd per month, last year I received a discount to £46.50 for 12 months, this deals is running out at the end of this month. I rang sky to enquire about extending this offer or better??

They refused any further discounts, so I decided to give 1 months notice and cancel.

Does anyone think I will receive a call in the meantime offering me an offer to stay with sky?

Heinz

They'll be calling you within a month or two of the cancellation date with an offer to get you back.

Hold on.

spragger

Sky today offered me 50% off the World package (£52) but nothing off the HD, for 6 months.
Worth 6 x £26 or £156, so I have taken it
Their opening shot was £15 off for three months

hyndlegs

Hi,

Definately depends on who you speak to, just rang and no offers for me, SS and ESPN removed for a saving of £29 per month which is great. Will have to watch the cricket highlights or at the pub !

skid112

rang last night after seeing yet another 'brand new customers only' advert.
Offered six months 50% off, six months free broadband six months half price line rental, free overseas calls (handy as we have relatives in Canada, free calls to mobiles for six months.
Nearly bit his hand off

Babiesmummy_2

I rang this morning as I am 11mths into a 12mth half price contract and was offered another 6mths at half price.

jem1276

Just had a long and nice call to a man named Peter and have got my £33.75 package (5 variety and HD) down to £22 per month for 6 months :beer:

Andypolack

Wanted to upgrade to HD+ and multiroom. Was offered the 1TB box for £49, they waived the £60 set up fee and offered 3 months free for both the HD package and the multiroom. Which was a lot better than I was expecting. That was just through sales so retentions could maybe have offered more.

angelfire

We are currently with Virgin AND Sky! We are looking to try to get everything from the one supplier.

Currently:

Virgin - XL Phone, M B/B, M TV = £27per month
Sky - 6 mixes @ £13 discounted at half price but only until next month when it will go up to £24

Sky have offered us 6 mixes, plus HD pack, plus phone with unlimited evening and weekend calls, plus basic B/B up to 2mB for £47 per month no install charges.

Virgin have offered us XL tv, V+HD box, M phone, L B/B up to 10MB for £42.99per month + £30 one off install charge for the V+ box.

The Virgin offer looks better apart from they don't have as many HD channels as Sky. We are ages away from our BT exchange too, so up to 2MB is the best we can expect from anything other than Virgin.

So is the Virgin offer a good one? £42.99 is still a lot of money per month and we've been with Virgin since it was Telewest - question is, can we do any better?!

Any suggestions appreciated!