Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

rexel

I have cancelled sky how long before you get a offer 

hawkhurst

My deal went from £62 to £92 this month for Sky Sports Complete, Cinema, Boxsets, Multiroom, Entertainment.
Threatened to cancel and the best offer they could do was £66 for the same package which I declined and went through with cancellation. 10 minutes later I went to sky.com/mydeal and was able to get the following:
Sky Signature £19 (was £30)
Sky Sports & Cinema £17 (was £41)
Netflix Premium £4 (was £10)
UHD £2 (was £6)
Multiscreen £9 ( was £14)
Total £51 for 18 months.

m19rts

hoth0416 said:

m19rts said:

Best I keep getting offered is £55pm + £10 admin free for all the packages (except BT sports) with 1 mini box.

I've got a similar contract that's fast approaching renewal:

• Sky Entertainment -- £19.50
• Ultimate On Demand -- £12.00
• Sky Sports - Complete Pack -- £11.00
• Sky Cinema -- £5.50
• Sky Sports HD -- FREE
• Sky HD -- FREE (I receive Ultra HD)
• Sky Q Multiscreen Pack -- £13.00 (I have 1 mini box)

Bill total -- £61.00

I assume this is what you have (maybe even more as I don't have the kids package). Are you getting offered £55pm +10 admin for effectively the above?

Thanks

Yep £55 pm + £10 admin.
They keep emailing and texting me, don’t know whether I should accept it or wait until the services are switched off and hope they offer a better deal...

st999

I've just got a 1tb Sky Q box and cinema for £38.20 upgraded from a Sky plus box and Sky Essentials.for which I was paying £34.50.
I have to give the installer my old Sky plus box. WHY?

Sky TV

£28.20

Discounted by £5.00 for 18 months

-£5.00

£23.20

 

Sky Cinema

 £19.00

Discounted by £8.00 for 18 months

-£8.00

Discounted by £2.00 for 18 months

-£2.00

£9.00

Total £38.20
I have also just reduced the cost of my Virgin broadband still 100mbs from an increase to £49 reduced to £38.50 just from a phone call so a gain of £6.50 and Sky cinema all for about an hour in total on the phone.

brewerdave

st999 said:

I have to give the installer my old Sky plus box. WHY?

You don't - its yours to do with as you wish. 

st999

brewerdave said:

st999 said:

I have to give the installer my old Sky plus box. WHY?

You don't - its yours to do with as you wish. 

I was told that I had to give the installer the Sky plus box as part of the deal I was getting

2013yearofthehouse

st999 said:

I've just got a 1tb Sky Q box and cinema for £38.20 upgraded from a Sky plus box and Sky Essentials.for which I was paying £34.50.
I have to give the installer my old Sky plus box. WHY?

Sky TV

£28.20

Discounted by £5.00 for 18 months

-£5.00

£23.20

 

Sky Cinema

 £19.00

Discounted by £8.00 for 18 months

-£8.00

Discounted by £2.00 for 18 months

-£2.00

£9.00

Total £38.20
I have also just reduced the cost of my Virgin broadband still 100mbs from an increase to £49 reduced to £38.50 just from a phone call so a gain of £6.50 and Sky cinema all for about an hour in total on the phone.

The Sky Q upgrade is usually just given for free, regardless of the rest of the package and any discount, and you should not need to give them your Sky+ box as a part of any deal. 

Also, you say your Sky TV is discounted to £23.20 with Sky Cinema discounted to £9, so your total price should be £32.20 not £38.20, unless they are charging you another £6 for something else as well. 

brewerdave

st999 said:

brewerdave said:

st999 said:

I have to give the installer my old Sky plus box. WHY?

You don't - its yours to do with as you wish. 

I was told that I had to give the installer the Sky plus box as part of the deal I was getting

Makes absolutely no sense - the installer won't want an old Sky+ box - you can pick up Sky HD+ Boxes for peanuts now!
Re the price - you don't mention HD - Sky charge extra for HD on "Entertainment" pack

st999

2013yearofthehouse said:

st999 said:

I've just got a 1tb Sky Q box and cinema for £38.20 upgraded from a Sky plus box and Sky Essentials.for which I was paying £34.50.
I have to give the installer my old Sky plus box. WHY?

Sky TV

£28.20

Discounted by £5.00 for 18 months

-£5.00

£23.20

 

Sky Cinema

 £19.00

Discounted by £8.00 for 18 months

-£8.00

Discounted by £2.00 for 18 months

-£2.00

£9.00

Total £38.20
I have also just reduced the cost of my Virgin broadband still 100mbs from an increase to £49 reduced to £38.50 just from a phone call so a gain of £6.50 and Sky cinema all for about an hour in total on the phone.

The Sky Q upgrade is usually just given for free, regardless of the rest of the package and any discount, and you should not need to give them your Sky+ box as a part of any deal. 

Also, you say your Sky TV is discounted to £23.20 with Sky Cinema discounted to £9, so your total price should be £32.20 not £38.20, unless they are charging you another £6 for something else as well. 

£6 for HD it seems to have been cut off when I copied and pasted

st999

I don't know why they want the old box I was just told that the installer would take it away, hence WHY?