Sky Price Increases

Lifes_Grand_Plan

Just got my letter today about Sky price increases and not happy..

I am currently on a 12 months half-price deal so my tv package costs me £24.50 - if I wasn't on the deal it would be £49 and there is no way I could afford (or want to pay) that much...

Anyway today I get the letter to say my bill is going up £2.50.... almost a 10% increase!!!:eek:

I seriously think Martin should take this up.... how can we sign a contract with Sky to pay £X a month and then they increase the price mid contract.... i'm damn sure if I lost my overtime one month they wouldn't let me get away with paying 10% less.....

So come on Martin, please look into this.... I could understand if they said it was going up 1% or 2%, even at the rate of inflation... but 10% is excessive!!

penrhyn

Shirley the price rise is more like 5% over the full price for the service.
What were you going to do when the half price deal came to an end?

Lifes_Grand_Plan

penrhyn wrote: »

What were you going to do when the half price deal came to an end?

The "full price" is irrelevant..... the price I pay is relevant. Just ask Sky what they get in their bank each month.... ask the tax man.... ask my bank manager....

penrhyn wrote: »

What were you going to do when the half price deal came to an end?

Errr..... cancel my Sky....

Mic2904

Considering there was no price increase for nearly 2 years, I am not complaining.

For me personally Sky is worth the money, although I only have a 25% discount on my package.

In regards to "Just ask Sky what they get in their bank each month.... ask the tax man.... ask my bank manager...." there is only one advise:

If you think its too much then go ahead and cancel Sky, simple as that. Sky has a certain value and you alone can decide wether the price is ok or not.

And as for 5% or 10%: Its still roughly £2.50 for everyone which (again) is not the worst price increase in the world. Considering the upgrades like SkyGo, F1 etc I am ok with £2.50.... could have been a lot worse...

Gordon_Hose

It's all in the Ts&Cs...

Will the price of my subscription(s) rise during the Minimum Term?

Under the Sky digital Subscription Contract we can increase the prices for the Stand-alone Premium Channels or extra Sky Premium Channels at any time during the Minimum Term.

However, in all other cases we can only increase the relevant Subscription Payment once during the Minimum Term. This increase won't affect you during the first 60 days of your subscription to your chosen service(s) and will not be more than either 10% of your subscription or the increase in the UK Retail Price Index over the last 12 months before we tell you about that price increase, whichever is greater.

Under the Sky digital Subscription Contract, if at any time you change your chosen Service, you will pay the then current price for your new Service from the day you first receive it.

When don't these limits apply to my subscription prices?

The limits on price increases do not apply after the Minimum Term of the relevant contract. The limits on increasing your Subscription Payments during the Minimum Term don't apply to any increase in your Subscription Payment for your first Sky digital subscription where we add extra channels to your chosen Option and you choose to take them or, if you choose to take any extra Sky Premium Channels or Additional TV Services we may offer you. The limits also don't apply where, following a request or requirement by any regulatory authority or, as required by law (including any changes in Value Added Tax), we change any aspect of our pricing which affects your Subscription Payment directly or our pricing structures generally.

If, during the Minimum Term, you choose not to receive extra channels we have told you we have added to your chosen Option under the Sky digital Subscription Contract, your Subscription Payment will not increase until the end of your Minimum Term when you will automatically receive all the channels in your chosen Option (including the extra channels) and pay the then current price for it.

How much notice will I get if you increase prices?

We promise to give you at least 31 days notice before we put the price of your subscription(s) up, unless the price increase results from you changing your Service under your Sky digital Subscription Contract or we are required to increase our prices by law (e.g. due a change in VAT) or because a regulatory authority requests or requires us to do so (if this happens we will try to give you reasonable notice). If you are not the payer of the relevant subscription, you must tell the payer of any price increase notice we send you.

http://www.sky.com/shop/terms-conditions/tv/

Niv

I have no problem with this (fairly modest) price increase. The price has not changed for over 2 years and I now get sky go and Sky cloud, those two services alone are worth the increase to me.

Niv

dan7hughes

sky wrote and told me about the price changes a year ago and they fixed them for all customers for that year.
So anyone under contract now would have entered that contract aware that the price change would come in?