Just had Sky rep at my door - this correct?

Widelats

Sky have said this:

Free phone
Free landline installation (i do not have a land line)
Free activation of the land line
Free installation
Sky variety channels
Sky plus box
Sky 20mbsp Broadband (unlimited downloads)
Sky phone on weekends and evenings unlimited
No one off costs
12 month contract

£19.50 per month

Sounds too good to be true, i don't trust them at all, do you think they can really do all that for free? Or is the Sky rep talking a load of cobblers?

macman

Well, since the basic Sky TV package alone (no phone, no broadband) is £19.50, what do you think? No mention of line rental in that list of course. That will add more than 50%.
The 'free' broadband is normally capped at 2GB per month, which is effectively useless.
Are you sure it's not £19.50 for the first 3 months, then the price goes up?
PS: they're not Sky reps, they're freelance marketing agents who work on commission only and will tell you anything you want to hear in order to get your signature. When you find out what you've really agreed to, they'll be long gone.

spike7451

Mac's correct,they are don't work for Sky,they work for a company called Topaz Marketing & get paid 100% on commission,so it's in their interests to get you to sign the dotted line. (they get £40 a sale)

I went for a job with that lot some time ago & went out with a 'Field Manager' who admitted they didn't know a great deal about what they are selling.You sign a generic contract that get's sent off to Sky,it's not uncommon for the details to change between signing & activation.

Going by what he was offering,the landline install ect seems too good to be true..Take it all with a big skip full of salt.

Widelats

No there was no mention of line rental he said 19.50 a month that is all, as i suspected it was too good to be true, i didn't know they were freelance marketers he had a sky badge and sky folder and sky coat on, looked legit, cheers mac i doubt i will call them.

Swans1912

macman wrote: »

That will add more than 50%.
The 'free' broadband is normally capped at 2GB per month, which is effectively useless.

Whilst true for the large majority of broadband users don't forget the OP doesn't have broadband so it is possible they wouldn't use that much to start with?

Never sign up with anyone who knocks on your door... go to SKY.com and price it up.

spike7451

The Talk Talk door to door reps are the same breed as well.They have to have Sky ID's,coats ect..get's them thru the door.

soccermom

macman wrote: »

The 'free' broadband is normally capped at 2GB per month, which is effectively useless.

We have the free broadband and my lads run their 2 computers off it use x box live and watch sky sports on their laptops at the same time and what ever else they do with them, it's definitely not useless :eek: it's a bargain.

macman

Never ever sign up at the door, even if the offer is genuine. Any commission going you can keep for yourself via a cashback site, rather than gift it to a doorstepper.

macman

soccermom wrote: »

We have the free broadband and my lads run their 2 computers off it use x box live and watch sky sports on their laptops at the same time and what ever else they do with them, it's definitely not useless :eek: it's a bargain.

Not on 2GB a month they don't...could be that Sky are failing to bill you for the excess.

soccermom

macman wrote: »

Not on 2GB a month they don't...could be that Sky are failing to bill you for the excess.

Just checked my sky on line bill next to internet it says £0 my lad watches the cricket while playing on his xbox.

I do have the telephone line rental charge of £12.25 and a £5 call package. Could that be why we get it then because he's definitely doing both at the same time

macman

Sky's problem, not yours...