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marcowil

Just got my existing (family) package re-instated at 50% off for 12 months with £75 credit

Torquaymudlark

I went onto live chat to cancel but I was only offered £7 of my sports package and nothing else so i went ahead and cancelled. I checked an hour later on my sky app & tv and the offer was there for 50% off for 12 months, so back onto live chat and was I then further offered £50 credit but i mentioned that i had seen £100 credit being given on the internet and this was then offered as well. £400 saved over the year and £100 credit was not bad for about 1 1/2 hours work.

misterzim

At the end of March last year we were literally going to buy a Freesat box and just keep line rental and broadband with Sky (best in our area) and told them this on the phone. They said, there and then, we could have the freeview channels with Sky while waiving the £25 fee. Great!

Then a week later they called and asked if we would be interested in paying only 75p per month for 12 months for the Original package (normally £21.50) but we declined, saying we don't watch enough TV to even warrant even that amount. They then offered us £75 credit on top - so we bit their arm off!!!

Pretty sure we won't get anywhere near that kind of deal this time around but we can hope!

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misterzim wrote: »

They said, there and then, we could have the freeview channels with Sky while waiving the £25 fee. Great!

Do realise that any Sky decoder (other than SkyQ) will receive all the Freesat channels after cancellation without any £25 payment. They effectively told you, there and then, that they wouldn't charge you £25 you didn't have to pay anyway!

Don't be taken in this way again...

misterzim

So I can carry on watching freeview channels through my Sky box after cancellation without a card in the box?

I did not know this, thank you for letting me know.

I did manage to keep the Sky+ function without paying a £10.25p/m fee also - will I lose this function on Freesat only?

poppasmurf_bewdley

misterzim wrote: »

So I can carry on watching freeview channels through my Sky box after cancellation without a card in the box?

I did not know this, thank you for letting me know.

You can leave your card in the box, and you will get a few more channels than you would be removing the card - the so called 'free to view' channels as opposed to the 'free to air' channels, ie ones that have so called 'soft encryption'. The card will also give you your local BBC and ITV channels on 101, 102 and 103 as opposed to the London ones.

brewerdave

misterzim wrote: »

Then a week later they called and asked if we would be interested in paying only 75p per month for 12 months for the Family package (normally £21.50) but we declined, saying we don't watch enough TV to even warrant even that amount. They then offered us £75 credit on top - so we bit their arm off!!!

Pretty sure we won't get anywhere near that kind of deal this time around but we can hope!

I assume that 75p per month is a mistype ? Otherwise, with a £75 bill credit they have given YOU £66 :rotfl:

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misterzim wrote: »

So I can carry on watching freeview channels through my Sky box after cancellation without a card in the box?

It works better if you keep the cancelled card in the box. Ignore Sky offering a FreesatfromSky card for £25, it simply isn't necessary.

misterzim wrote: »

I did manage to keep the Sky+ function without paying a £10.25p/m fee also - will I lose this function on Freesat only?

The Sky+ recording features are only available to paying subscribers. If you want these without Sky then you'll need a separate Freesat recorder (PVR) which you'll have to purchase.

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poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

The card will also give you your local BBC and ITV channels on 101, 102 and 103 as opposed to the London ones.

Actually, the default is now for the local channels associated with the last card paired to the box.

misterzim

I assume that 75p per month is a mistype ? Otherwise, with a £75 bill credit they have given YOU £66

No mistype, we couldn't beleive it either! They let us off £20.75 each month for 12 months saving £249.

We are still payng £21.75p/m for TV (Original), Phone and Broadband with Sky. On 25th March this will all increase to more than £50p/m.