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

jem16

mrbman wrote: »

ohh well just have to wait til may,

You'll probably manage a little earlier with the price increases due in February. That should allow you to get out or renegotiate.

mrbman

In all the years i have used virgin this is the first time i hadn't secured a deal after my offer period has ended. I can get the same for £44 from sky for 12 month that virgin are charging me £60 for soon to be £72. They would have kept me with everything at £50. going down to freeview 50mb and phone at £32.99 till may

only difference to me is internet speed.

is anyone else finding it hard to get a deal out of em.

gonna get sky for tv only by refer a friend £125 prepaid card and 50% off for a year .


total by splitting is £46 a month plus a £125 prepaid master card so in essence £36 a month.

Liberty1577

Well it's taken 2 weeks but we've had our first offer from Sky via email. 50% off any tv package and £50 credit. Let's see what they offer in another 2 weeks!

rev_henry

My broadband and phone is up in about 2 weeks. Now the question is, should I wait until the end date or haggle now? In my experience they apply new discounts immediately, so I'll lose out on 2 weeks ish free line rental I've prepaid for (did the line rental saver thing last year). But if I end up leaving (which I don't mind doing, broadband is broadband) and leave it until then I'll end up paying full price for a few weeks. Hmmm..

andrewmp

rev_henry wrote: »

My broadband and phone is up in about 2 weeks. Now the question is, should I wait until the end date or haggle now? In my experience they apply new discounts immediately, so I'll lose out on 2 weeks ish free line rental I've prepaid for (did the line rental saver thing last year). But if I end up leaving (which I don't mind doing, broadband is broadband) and leave it until then I'll end up paying full price for a few weeks. Hmmm..

If you're talking sky, you still get your agreed discount during your notice period. If you take a new deal though, and it's less than the discount on your current deal, the new deal will apply straight away so you could lose out that way.

rev_henry

andrewmp wrote: »

If you're talking sky, you still get your agreed discount during your notice period. If you take a new deal though, and it's less than the discount on your current deal, the new deal will apply straight away so you could lose out that way.

That's what I was thinking. I can't really win. I think I'll wait it out for now. Cashback deals on other ISPs aren't great atm anyway.

BIRCHY50

Current sky landline & bb deal finishes in January. Would I be able to negotiate now or should I wait? What deals are out there?

jem16

BIRCHY50 wrote: »

Current sky landline & bb deal finishes in January. Would I be able to negotiate now or should I wait? What deals are out there?

Far too early if you're still in contract. Best time is approximately 14 days before the end for LR/TV.

[Deleted User]

Currently on the Family bundle out of contract £36 a month. After an hour of online chat trying to get a deal with adding movies, the best she could give me was half price movies for 6 months so said forget it.


She then said I could have my current package for £10 A MONTH for 10 months but I couldn't add anything extra on top, so I've gone with NowTv for movies and have Sky for £10!


Pretty chuffed!

teddysmum

rev_henry wrote: »

My broadband and phone is up in about 2 weeks. Now the question is, should I wait until the end date or haggle now? In my experience they apply new discounts immediately, so I'll lose out on 2 weeks ish free line rental I've prepaid for (did the line rental saver thing last year). But if I end up leaving (which I don't mind doing, broadband is broadband) and leave it until then I'll end up paying full price for a few weeks. Hmmm..

I cancelled tv with the required 31 days' notice, then left phone/bb down to 10 days left.


I was wiling to gamble paying full price for less than a month or losing 10 days' free line rental, on the grounds that I thought I'd get a good deal....and did so; the new deal actually being cheaper than the current one, so no loss.