Sky TV With Virgin Broadband?

tony_cluedo

We're about to move house. I have in the past phoned up and threatened to cancel and got discounts but didn't the last time as we were going to move.
I have been looking at how to go about this. As we are changing address I could cancel the contract and take out a new contract in my wife’s name. This would allow me to take advantage of the new customer offers and if I do it through topcashback I’ll get money back. Sky Fibre isn’t available in the area but Virgin’s is. The best way I can see to do it is take TV only with Sky, there’s an offer of 25% off the complete bundle and £200 odd cash back. Virgin will do 60mb broadband only for £30 a month and no set-up fee. There’s £50 - £60 cashback available here too. That would give me monthly payments of about £90, cashback of £260 minus the Sky set-up cost and I would get new equipment. My Sky boxes are acting up and I’d like new ones.

Separating broadband and phone means I can move the broadband about each year to take advantage of new customers offers and cashback. I can take the broadband out in my name or my wife’s so there can easily be more than 12 months between contracts with various providers. We both like Sky so are unlikely to move it but could still phone retentions each year for whatever money off we could get.

Are there any issues with doing this that I’ve missed?

I can phone retentions as well and see what they can offer me to stay as I am and just move my account to new address but I can’t see how they could beat the above especially if I want new equipment.

Cheers.

anotheruser

If you have moved your account to the new address then as far as I understand, you won't be able to get a "new customer" deal as they will know you are living there now.

prowla

I have Sky TV/phone/broadband and Virgin phone/broadband.

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prowla wrote: »

I have Sky TV/phone/broadband and Virgin phone/broadband.

I have Sky TV and Virgin 'phone/broadband.

The OP thinks that he'll be able to "cancel" each year and get "new" customer deals , but I think he'll struggle if he only wants to subscribe to the minimum term.

tony_cluedo

In the case of the broadband I can cancel say Virgin then take a contract with Sky. At the end if that I coukd cancel and get Talk Talk. After that I could go back to Virgin. Or any if the above in my wife's name.

I realise I can't take a year with Virgin then threaten to cancel or actually cancel and then get a new customer deal with Virgin again.

I'm not that fussed about broadband provider so can shift that about to whatever good deals or cash back is available at the time.

As I'd like to keep Sky, that limits me more and I'm stuck with the retentions route.

I think I'm right in my line of thought.

Moby_Tide

isn't Virgin 18 month contracts? or is that only for TV contracts?

tony_cluedo

TV and broadband are 18 months. Broadband only is 12.

james_joyce

My Mum had Sky at her old house and signed up for a 'new customer' deal with them via TopCashback straight away when she moved house - just used her new address and a different current account. It even allowed her to get a phone line installed free (new build house) instead of paying BT.

I got rid of Virgin TV this Xmas and got Sky instead, half price for a year, £31pm total inc Sport and Movies. Kept Virgin broadband and phone. I'm hoping Virgin will try to bribe me to come back to their TV package in a year's time, but then I'll need to stick with them for 18 months before I go back to Sky again...