Sky Movies free for one month - new and existing customers

clarkee22

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, I couldn't find it.

Sky are offering new and existing customers a free month of Sky Movies. You just need to sign up and cancel within the first 28 days of the free month to not have to pay. Offer ends 24th October.

http://www.sky.com/shop/offers/movies/

meanbean

T&C state 'After free trial Sky Movies £8-£16 extra a month depending on package unless you cancel in the first 28 days of trial period.'

Many thanks OP, tempted to try it.

Edit: It also says 'Minimum and further terms apply' - wonder what they are.

ytfcmad

Wont allow you this offer if you have any other sort of offer running on your current package (just come off the phone from Sky)

benwarwick123

I thought with Sky you had to give 31 days notice to cancel so in effect sky are charging for 3 days ?

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benwarwick123 wrote: »

I thought with Sky you had to give 31 days notice to cancel so in effect sky are charging for 3 days ?

You have to give 31 days to cancel Sky completely. This offer requires 28 days notice, so no charge is made for people who adhere to the required timescale.

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meanbean wrote: »

It also says 'Minimum and further terms apply' - wonder what they are.

I don't think anyone who has cancelled Movies recently (probably within the last six months) is eligible for the offer either.

Heinz

I may have this wrong but I suspect this is a bit of a ruse to catch out those still on reduced fees following last year's price freeze.

I think I read somewhere that, if you make any changes to your package, you re-set the clock as it were and you forfeit any remnants of the freeze.

janiebaby29

Has anyone done this and cancelled without any problems ? I'm tempted but .............

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janiebaby29 wrote: »

Has anyone done this and cancelled without any problems ?

If you give 28 days notice that you don't want to continue after the trial, Sky has to accept your cancellation or it won't have been free.
Obviously Sky hope you'll either enjoy Movies so much that you won't want to cancel or that you'll forget to cancel in time.

Shellyd

Sorry if this goes slightly off at a tangent.
I've been with sky for nearly a month and when I set up with them, I was offered free sports for a month so I checked that I could just phone up and cancel at the end of my free month and the man confirmed.

I rang them to cancel the sports bit today and it took me 20 minutes to sort out. The csr was claiming that I had been put on the wrong package and then she was saying I had been misinformed. Then she said she was sorting it out and I would pay for sky sports up till 25th October then it would be cancelled after that. I stuck to my guns. Eventually she said I could cancel sports from today and not pay any more. But this lady had tried every trick in the book to get me to keep it all - she was even asking how they could help me in other areas so I could then afford everything. Nothing more than pushy sales tactics if you ask me.

A bit of a cautionary tale really. I guess approach any special offers carefully.

Danica

Right let me clarify as I may well take them up on this offer.
If i upgrade to sky movies online today I will have to ring them up by Sunday to cancel it and to get it free? also I am out of contract so if I do upgrade will this tie me into another 12 month contract? very susceptible to many of sky's "free offers".