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

aled247

Hello everyone.

I left sky at beginning of June as I was going to go to Virgin. A couple of days ago I received an email stating that if I returned I would have 60% off any sky bundle for 12 months and £50 bill credit.

Spoke to live chat who said he could not find the exact offer but would match it as close as he could.

Anyway......

I have chosen to go for sky family bundle, unlimited fibre (38mb) and line rental when I spoke to him.

This is what I was offered:

''Sky Advisor
I have changed you to the Family Bundle this will be £21.50 for 12 months. £36 normally.
Sky Advisor
11:41
Unlimited fibre will be £10 for 10 months, Normally £20
Sky Advisor
11:41
Line Rental will be £8.90 for 10 months, Normally £16.40.
This is a total of £40.40 for the first 10 months and then £57.90 for the final 2 months. 12 month Family bundle contract and 18 month phone and Broadband contract. Package price is normally £72.40.''

He also honoured the £50 credit which will be taken off my bill.

Is this a similar overall price to what I would have received if I had gone for 60% off of family bundle and half price fiber for 6 months from original email? Line rental would have stayed at full price.

I have tried working it out but I am very bad with maths.

Thanks

KTF

Option 1 - Assuming 12 month contract

TV: £21.50 x 12 = £258
BB: £10 x 10 (£100) + £20 x 2 (£40) = £140
LR: £8.90 x10 (£89) + £16.40 x 2 (£32.80) = £121.80

Total for 12 months: £258 + £140 + 121.80 = £519.80 (£43.32 a month)
Less £50 credit: £519.80 - £50 = £469.80 (£39.15 a month).

Option 2:
Family bundle @ 60% discount x 12: £14.40 x 12 = £172.80
BB: £10 x 6 (£60) + £20 x 6 (£120) = £180
LR: £16.40 x 12 = £196.80
Total: £549.60 (£45.80 a month).

So option 1 is cheaper over the 12 month term.

aled247

Wow thank you KTF, when written out like that it looks so much simpler haha wow ok so he gave me an even better deal than the email stated :S ive only been away from them for 11 days :S

qwertyty

Got the 60% off offer including £100 credit through the post.

deanos

called last night, they could only offer £15 off for 6 months "and this is the best deal you will get" , according to the advisor, so went ahead and cancelled, just check my account and now offering 50% off for 12 months, i guess i have to go through with the cancellation to get 60% off and a credit ? or are people getting 60% off before the disconnection ?

System

deanos wrote: »

according to the advisor, so went ahead and cancelled, just check my account and now offering 50% off for 12 months, i guess i have to go through with the cancellation to get 60% off and a credit ? or are people getting 60% off before the disconnection ?

Quick question. How long between cancellation did you get the 50% offer come up on your account? Literally a few minutes/hours?

Cheers

jem16

Vinnybro1988 wrote: »

Quick question. How long between cancellation did you get the 50% offer come up on your account? Literally a few minutes/hours?

Cheers

For me it was within minutes.

DiamondLil

Vinnybro1988 wrote: »

Quick question. How long between cancellation did you get the 50% offer come up on your account? Literally a few minutes/hours?

Cheers

It was two or three days for me.

And deanos - I got 60% off and a cash credit of £20 five days after I cancelled.
However, from reading others' posts, I probably should have played a bit of brinkmanship and waited a couple of weeks; it seems I could, maybe, have gotten a lot bigger cash credit.
My problem is I live with a sports fanatic....

System

jem16 wrote: »

For me it was within minutes.

Thanks Jem.

I was paying just under £60 for Original,HD and Sports.

Cancelled on Live Chat at 9:30ish and they offered me....

£43 to stay on Original with HD + sport. Told them to bog off and cancel.

Went straight onto My Sky and said about 50% off so went on live chat again. Offered me...

£40.50 for Family with HD, sports and movies. I was going to accept but thought be cheeky and ask for some M&S vouchers for the Mrs. He said sure thing but I can do 60% discount as well if you'll accept that. HAPPY DAYS.

So ended up with

£33.45 for Family,HD,Sports & Movies for 12 Months and a £50 M&S Voucher

:money:

teddysmum

I hope these good deals stand until my renewal time, later in the year, but suspect they may be due to competition from TalkTalk's current offer which ends soon.