Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

Boohoo

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

It's actually 32% discount as the £20 price is discounted from £25.

I read it as they have cancelled anyway, although £17 over £51.50 is a win in anyone's book.

It must of changed as i thought £20 was for an 18 month fixed contract and the £25 pm was for a rolling contract as others have mentioned on here.
Unless the posters has not told us everything as they were paying over £51 pm for Variety and kids for years so £17 looks like a bargain but was being overcharged to start with if it now costs £25 or £20 pm just for Entertainment package.
As the poster is very happy with that price then it's all that matters.

Penn_Wooding

Boohoo wrote: »

That is not a good deal.
I make that Sky have given you a 15% discount as Entertainment is £20 pm if i think you have a fixed contract and not a rolling contract.
You should of put in to cancel there and then.

really, I didn't know that. Oh well, good job I did cancel the whole contract. I was angling more for £10 a month but obviously that wasn't going to happen. Not to worry, I haven't watched sky in nearly a week now and I certainly don't miss it.

Boohoo

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

It's actually 32% discount as the £20 price is discounted from £25.

I read it as they have cancelled anyway, although £17 over £51.50 is a win in anyone's book.

I just read back on the post and they said they called and cancelled and was on the phone 1 hour and the best deal offered was £17pm on 18 month deal which they said was a pretty good deal which i took as they had taken it up.
Sorry i thought they accepted the deal so i am sorry.

TMTWGR

£11 is definitely possible for Entertainment on 12-month contract. Then £1 for HD.

AdLead

Hi all, after a bit of advice/guidance please.

Currently have original Sky+HD at discounted rate; by £7.40 pm which increases next month. I am not in contract.

Spotted last night that I can get Q install for £20 as long as I also do multiscreen for 18 months on VIP.

I was going to call to renegotiate anyway but this is a bit of a curveball.

The Q offer is tempting but I want to pay the same or less as I am now.

What's Best? Call and renegotiate as planned or call and cancel, follow through with it to see what they come back with?

Thanks in advance!

[Deleted User]

AdLead wrote: »

Hi all, after a bit of advice/guidance please.

Currently have original Sky+HD at discounted rate; by £7.40 pm which increases next month. I am not in contract.

Spotted last night that I can get Q install for £20 as long as I also do multiscreen for 18 months on VIP.

I was going to call to renegotiate anyway but this is a bit of a curveball.

The Q offer is tempting but I want to pay the same or less as I am now.

What's Best? Call and renegotiate as planned or call and cancel, follow through with it to see what they come back with?

Thanks in advance!

Call and renegotiate, cancel when they won't give you a decent offer, follow through with it to see what they come back with.

Q multiroom will add £12 a month to your bill regardless of anything else so definitely will not save you money, you're effectively paying £216 spread over the 18 months plus the initial £20.

Edit: so effectively you're paying £236 over the 18 months rather than £199 up front without multiroom (which is the usual price quoted for existing customers). Don't forget that this is a non-refundable rental fee as you have to return the equipment if you ever leave.

Mountains

I totally echo the above
We took out a new contract once with one of their deals. We called back in a few days later to say we did not want to go ahead and they slashed the price by 50% without even trying

AdLead

Done the deed. Cancelled after pretty much all day on messenger. Would only give me entertainment, HD and box sets for £10pm then dragged my fibre into it to make it look more appealing by giving me unlimited fibre £15pm, no reduction on line rental.

My fibre offer still has a couple of months to run so we'll see if there's any extra attempt to win me back for the TV. Unfortunately, I'm not in a Virgin area so don't have that to bargain with.

I would have hoped for more after 10 years+ custom but if previous posts on here are anything to go by, hopefully I'll get some contact with a better deal.

[Deleted User]

AdLead wrote: »

Done the deed. Cancelled after pretty much all day on messenger. Would only give me entertainment, HD and box sets for £10pm...

Unless that's a typo you're not getting any better than that, that's an excellent offer.

mije1983

AdLead wrote: »

Would only give me entertainment, HD and box sets for £10pm

That's a 66% discount. You are only going to possibly beat that by having Sky turned off for an extended amout of time. Even then, the days of 75% off deals seem to be gone for the moment.