Possibility of getting out of Sky for breach of contract

newwave19

In case no one has noticed, Sky are gaining a few extra pounds from their customers due to the VAT increase. Instead of adding 20% VAT on, they are adding the 2.5% unto the price that you used to paid (including charging VAT on the VAT you paid initially). eg

£20 per month normally is £17.02 without VAT, and with the increase is £20.42

£20+2.5% = £20.50


8p of a difference....i know it is petty to do it for 8p, but it annoys me that these companies will do anything to gain a few extra pennies for their customers and then try to make it seem that its all innocent. if they do this to a million customers (and thats not even a tenth of their subscribers) every month, thats a profit of £960,000 a year.
And again, this is just working on the assumption that you would normally pay £20 a month, there are many out there paying £50 upwards, not a bad way to gain some money for nothing.