Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

superbigal36

Just had a look on the Irish Site
I see if you have Skysports then SportsExtra it is reduced from 34Euros to 10 Euros for 6 months.

Just checked my current package and SkySports Complete pack is discounted for 18 months from £28 to £10 which is about 65% discount.
If Sports Extra is around about £25 on launch in UK I will clearly be looking to pay no more than about £10-£12 for full contract.

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superbigal36 wrote: »

Just had a look on the Irish Site
I see if you have Skysports then SportsExtra it is reduced from 34Euros to 10 Euros for 6 months.

Just checked my current package and SkySports Complete pack is discounted for 18 months from £28 to £10 which is about 65% discount.
If Sports Extra is around about £25 on launch in UK I will clearly be looking to pay no more than about £10-£12 for full contract.

I've edited my previous post as it's a bit confusing on the Irish Sky site.

bobstheboy

Reading these posts it is apparent it is the luck of the draw as to what deal you manage to get with Sky. I do understand that the position of strength is after your contract finishes and you cancel, but even then some seem to get a good deal with the minimum of fuss,others have to work hard.

With the new Sky Sports and BT Sports packages it will be interesting to see the best price.

smerch1468

Things have totally changed with Sky now, it used to be a 5 min call with retentions to get a decent deal. Now you literally have to barge your way to retentions, they have a team set up to "rejoin" sky that offer you a worse deal than when you originally cancelled.

Roll on Amazon making inroads to Premier League football amongst other things. The UK Pay TV market needs a serious shakeup. That aside, Sky is now making people watch streams (especially for sporting events) from overseas to get content that used to be reasonably priced.

broooce2229

Is there information when these new sky sports and BT sports packages will be available?

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broooce2229 wrote: »

Is there information when these new sky sports and BT sports packages will be available?

They are already, but since it's a soft launch they don't advertise them yet, contact them and ask for it. I've been told it's the 27th or 29th of this month they'll officially launch, can't remember which.

Peter999_2

I've left Sky again today.


I was on the full TV Package (sports, films etc) and was paying £36 a month but with £100 cashback.


I contacted them on the chat feature (facebook) as I hate wasting my time spending forever on the phone. They tried to keep me but only offered what is the standard price anyway, i.e. dropping sports and movies. I firmly said no and they have cancelled it.


I got an email confirming the cancellation straight away so that was good.

dazzaofdagenham

I can give my cancellation this Thursday.

To be honest I am really thinking about leaving this time....think there are enough other streams to keep family happy....have amazon prime and Netflix...

Will document my progress

martinbuckley

I have Entertainment and cinema - currently paying £31 a month. Received renewal "offer" by post which would take it to "only" £39.50 a month.

Contacted sky via chat and was offered it for £28 a month over an 18 month contract, with a Q box to replace my 7 year old HD+ box. I accepted.

davidmcg2u

Hi folks - I'm almost at the end of my deal so gave Sky their month's notice like I do every January.

I was offered the following on chat:

Entertainment - £17
HD - £1
Kids - £1
Ultimate on Demand - £3 (honouring current deal to 2021)
Sports & Cinema - £26
Sky Q MS - £13
Superfast BB with line rental - £27

Current paying £90 a month so this would be £88.

Was really tempted with Virgin Media's deal of full TV package, Fibre BB & Free sim. This is £89 o 12 month contractwith £165 via Topcashback & £150 cashback through VM's site until midnight. Our lines were laid in December so I would need to wait 10 days for a Eng visit so the £265 offers not available to me - gutted!!