Sky Cancellation - Can anyone help me please?

nattypants

Hello

I'm very new to MSE and would very much appreciate if someone could help me please. I have been looking for ways to save money to fund my son's impending school trip - as a result I have just contacted Sky to cancel my subscription (thinking I would be offered a better deal therefore saving money) and unfortunately they have cancelled my account, no questions.
Now, I realise that Sky is not one of lives necessities, however to put you in the picture I have cut back on as much as I can in other areas and Sky is my family's only real luxury.....the question I have is..... can I call back and say I've changed my mind or have I blown it - with the result of devastating my 2 kids:sad: I know this sounds a bit OTT!!
P.S Lesson learned - never try to call anyone's bluff unless I REALLY mean it:doh:

black-saturn

I would try ringing them again and say you've changed your mind. Use freephone number here:

0800 731 6965

but be prepared for a long wait. Also your 'Freesky' will still work for the free channels.

Alternatively you could try Freeview.

littlereddevil

nattypants wrote:

Hello

I'm very new to MSE and would very much appreciate if someone could help me please. I have been looking for ways to save money to fund my son's impending school trip - as a result I have just contacted Sky to cancel my subscription (thinking I would be offered a better deal therefore saving money) and unfortunately they have cancelled my account, no questions.
Now, I realise that Sky is not one of lives necessities, however to put you in the picture I have cut back on as much as I can in other areas and Sky is my family's only real luxury.....the question I have is..... can I call back and say I've changed my mind or have I blown it - with the result of devastating my 2 kids:sad: I know this sounds a bit OTT!!
P.S Lesson learned - never try to call anyone's bluff unless I REALLY mean it:doh:

This happened to me. I read on here everyone calls their bluff but like you they took my cancellation. I just waited a couple of weeks then phoned up to get it back on.

nattypants

Thank you both - Can I ask littlereddevil, did you manage to get back on without having to pay any charge?

With regard to Freeview Black-Saturn, I know this would be the sensible option however we have (I'm ashamed to say) got very used to Sky+.....the shame of it!!:embarasse

Thank you again though

Edinburghlass_2

As Sky are now providing broadband I would try phoning them back and ask what sort of combined offers are available to you if you "go back" to Sky

McAzrael

You can get hard drive recorders that work with Freeview. They aren't nearly as fancy as Sky+, but (as you would expect from Freeview) they don't require a monthly subscription.

nattypants

Thank you for your replies......I contacted Sky last night and said I'd changed my mind (sap!) and was immediately offered 3 months half price - whayhay!!
So......thanks to this site, I am going to place the 'saving' directly into an account towards my son's school trip (rather than spend on something daft which I would have done prior to discovering MSE)
Take care all of you and thanks again for the advice :wave: xxx