Cancelling Sky

2013yearofthehouse

Sorry to start another thread on this, but just want to clarify a few things. If I call to cancel Sky, everything will stay the same for 31 days and then all turn off?

Can I still watch all the "free" channels through the sky box? Can you still view the TV guide and planner? What happens to the recordings on the planner? Do they just not play? Would they play again if I reconnected to Sky in the future? Am I right in thinking you can't record, pause or rewind anything?

Sorry if some of my questions are a bit silly! I just want to take a break for a few months, but would probably go back eventually.

Thanks

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The answer to every one of your questions is yes.:)

2013yearofthehouse

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

The answer to every one of your questions is yes.:)

Haha seems I was more looking for reassurance than answers then!



You can choose to keep the recording service for £10 a month though right? Can you record on channels you don't actually "have" and then watch those recording when you resubscribe to those channels later on?

Gratis

2013yearofthehouse wrote: »

I just want to take a break for a few months, but would probably go back eventually.

Thanks

2013yearofthehouse wrote: »

Can you record on channels you don't actually "have" and then watch those recording when you resubscribe to those channels later on?

Be very careful if you like and watch Formula One on Sky.

You need to bear in mind that if currently you are subscribing only to the "Entertainment" pack, or the "Entertainment Extra" pack, plus the HD pack, you are getting the Formula One channel free (and in HD).

If you cancel the HD pack and proceed to termination, you will lose forever your free entitlement to the Formula One channel via the HD pack.

To get the Formula One channel back, should you then return to Sky at a later date, you will have to subscribe additionally to Sky Sports (even if you aren't remotely interested in sport), merely to receive the Formula One in SD. That costs (currently) £21 a month – which is £252 a year – and it's due to rise in September.

To get the Formula One channel back in HD, you'd have to pay Sky a further £5.25 per month – namely, £63 a year.

This has created a serious dilemma for those who are bored by sport but like Formula One. For many, it now works out cheaper to keep up one's existing subscription (without Sky Sports) than to go without Sky itself for a few months and then return.

That's a crafty and very nasty one.

It also now poses a major risk for those who cancel Sky as a negotiating tactic in order to wait for a discount offer and return. Because, if your cancellation does go through to termination, you won't then be able to get back the free Formula One entitlement that is given to existing and continuing subscribers with the HD pack.

So, as I cautioned at the outset, be very careful if you like Formula One but don't want the Sky Sports channels. We all need to perform our calculations with great diligence, now, taking this new factor into account.

2013yearofthehouse

Gratis wrote: »

Be very careful if you like and watch Formula One on Sky.

You need to bear in mind that if currently you are subscribing only to the "Entertainment" pack, or the "Entertainment Extra" pack, plus the HD pack, you are getting the Formula One channel free (and in HD).

If you cancel the HD pack and proceed to termination, you will lose forever your free entitlement to the Formula One channel via the HD pack.

To get the Formula One channel back, should you then return to Sky at a later date, you will have to subscribe additionally to Sky Sports (even if you aren't remotely interested in sport), merely to receive the Formula One in SD. That costs (currently) £21 a month – which is £252 a year – and it's due to rise in September.

To get the Formula One channel back in HD, you'd have to pay Sky a further £5.25 per month – namely, £63 a year.

This has created a serious dilemma for those who are bored by sport but like Formula One. For many, it now works out cheaper to keep up one's existing subscription (without Sky Sports) than to go without Sky itself for a few months and then return.

That's a crafty and very nasty one.

It also now poses a major risk for those who cancel Sky as a negotiating tactic in order to wait for a discount offer and return. Because, if your cancellation does go through to termination, you won't then be able to get back the free Formula One entitlement that is given to existing and continuing subscribers with the HD pack.

So, as I cautioned at the outset, be very careful if you like Formula One but don't want the Sky Sports channels. We all need to perform our calculations with great diligence, now, taking this new factor into account.

Thanks for the warning have never actually watched the F1 channel though, even though I presumably used to have it. Used to have sports and HD, but downgraded to reduce cost, so only have the £26.50 (entertainment extra?) package now.

I appreciate the warning though, I lost my "old mixes" £4 (not a lot but it all counts!) discount in Febuary, when I downgraded. They didn't think to warn me before I cancelled and only told me when it was too late! Bit annoying....

Gratis

Yes; I did realise that you might not watch the Formula One channel, yourself. You wouldn't, after all, be likely to cancel halfway through the Formula One season if you did, unless you'd grown sick of watching fortnightly sessions of an exercise in tyre-management.

But I figured that it was worth me posting just in case you did, and also because your neat and snappy title for the thread might draw the attention of others who do and save them from making a disastrously expensive mistake.

The situation is exacerbated when careless idiots make postings on here urging others to switch from the E or EE pack, with HD pack, to the new "Entertainment Extra Plus" pack, claiming that one can, thereby, "save £5 a month without losing any channels" and then other prats compound the error by thanking them instead of correcting them. :mad:

So, your own posting has been most useful!.

Enjoy your break from Sky! :money:

[Deleted User]

2013yearofthehouse wrote: »

You can choose to keep the recording service for £10 a month though right?
Can you record on channels you don't actually "have" and then watch those recording when you resubscribe to those channels later on?

Yes, no and no.:)

2013yearofthehouse

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Yes, no and no.:)

To the point, that's what I like, thanks

2013yearofthehouse

Gratis wrote: »

Yes; I did realise that you might not watch the Formula One channel, yourself. You wouldn't, after all, be likely to cancel halfway through the Formula One season if you did, unless you'd grown sick of watching fortnightly sessions of an exercise in tyre-management.

But I figured that it was worth me posting just in case you did, and also because your neat and snappy title for the thread might draw the attention of others who do and save them from making a disastrously expensive mistake.

The situation is exacerbated when careless idiots make postings on here urging others to switch from the E or EE pack, with HD pack, to the new "Entertainment Extra Plus" pack, claiming that one can, thereby, "save £5 a month without losing any channels" and then other prats compound the error by thanking them instead of correcting them. :mad:

So, your own posting has been most useful!.

Enjoy your break from Sky! :money:

Thanks

Sky do seem to love confusing people with their unnesscessary pack changes to make more money! Very frustrating...

Hopefully people will see your informative post, before doing anything they regret