Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

Wonderkamp

djsmith200 said:

Hi Guys
can i ask if you were to call up tonight and cancel due to being out of contract, do you lose access to your box features etc straightaway? then wait for the offers, sign up again, and your recorded/downloaded shows on your box will be avaliable again? or can you request the latest box?

cheers

No, the recordings and downloads remain on there until the cancellation is complete 31 days later. They tell you this in their cancellation blurb. 

Woodhousesjw

Hi all, first time commenter so hoping someone here can help me out! 

My contract is coming to an end in the next month or so. Received an email from Sky late last week saying they were going to extend my existing offers for another 18 months - no action needed.

Great, or so I thought. Logged into mysky and saw that my bills will actually increase by £10. Contacted Sky today and the best they could do was £14 more than my new increased price - so I asked to cancel.

Feels pretty dodgy to email saying my price won't change and actually increasing my price!

Current package:

Entertainment £21

Sky sports £13

Cinema £8

HD £5

Multiroom FREE

Super fast Broadband £26

Total £73

Will move to £83 in July

Best Sky could offer £94 + £20 admin fee!

Any thoughts on a price to target for that package? I'd rather not completely lose sky, but could probably survive a few days out of contract if it gets me a better price.

MM2002

Hi Guys, my 18month contract is up.

Whats the best going rate once you cancel with sky and all that malarkey. Currently have ultimate on demand-£12, sky sports £15, HD £2.50, multi room (Sky Q) £6.50 broadband superfast £27, sky talk £0 BB Boost £2, total £71 per month

What can I now expect to pay, best price? My local fibre has just upgraded to 900mbps, I currently get around 30mbps

Thanks in advance

MM2002

mits999

MM2002 said:

Hi Guys, my 18month contract is up.

Whats the best going rate once you cancel with sky and all that malarkey. Currently have ultimate on demand-£12, sky sports £15, HD £2.50, multi room (Sky Q) £6.50 broadband superfast £27, sky talk £0 BB Boost £2, total £71 per month

What can I now expect to pay, best price? My local fibre has just upgraded to 900mbps, I currently get around 30mbps

Thanks in advance

MM2002

I would move to Vodafone for 900mps broadband and cancel tv then log onto sky.com/mydeal NEXTDAY that way you will always pay best price for the tv

Joe9090

sky.com/mydeal does not work!
Have a look back at the last couple of pages of this thread.

copels

Hi all
My contract has just ended and prices will be going up this month to:

• Sky Entertainment £28
• Sky Box Sets £4
• Sky Sports - Complete Pack £22
• Sky Cinema £10
• Sky Sports HD £2
• Sky HD £5
• Sky Q Multiscreen Pack £11

TOTAL £82/month I also subscribe to Netflix (4 devices) for £13.99/month making a total of £95.99 I've contacted SKY retentions by chat and been offered: Signature £16 Normally £31 Ultimate TV £5 (netflix) HD £3 Normally £7 UHD £4 Sports £19 Normally £32 Multiscreen £15 TOTAL £62/month and would include the premium version of Netflix. I make this a saving of £33.99/month What do you think? Thanks, Steve

ins1337

Could somebody give me some advice please - i gave my cancellation notice a few days ago (from a TV and broadband and phone deal) and have since gone to the mydeals website for their improved offer. The problem is that they are only offering a TV deal. Does this page ever also offer a broadband deal too as I’d rather keep my supplier for both TV and broadband the same.

Thank in advance

mits999

ins1337 said:

Could somebody give me some advice please - i gave my cancellation notice a few days ago (from a TV and broadband and phone deal) and have since gone to the mydeals website for their improved offer. The problem is that they are only offering a TV deal. Does this page ever also offer a broadband deal too as I’d rather keep my supplier for both TV and broadband the same.

Thank in advance

Sky generally won’t do a deal on broadband for second term it’s always best to move broadband to new supplier

MM2002

Woohoo!!! Ok, have just got off from Sky Chat online with a new deal i'm happy with.

All Sky Q 2TB with 4 mini boxes(Already got)

Signature 20

HD and UHD Free

Ultimate(Netflix) 5

Multiscreen 10

Sports 14

TV Total £49

Ultrafast Broadband 100 Mbps Guaranteed £27

£10 Admin charge(Tried my hardest but wouldnt drop this-they already took £10 off-should be 20)

So total cost is £76 per month

I believe I scraped every last drop out of them.

It took a good few hours over 2 days, and one thing to note is TV and Broadband are completely different, you get no better deal doing them at the same time.

Thats me done for another 18 months!!

Mat_Lock

MM2002 said:

Woohoo!!! Ok, have just got off from Sky Chat online with a new deal i'm happy with.

All Sky Q 2TB with 4 mini boxes(Already got)

Signature 20

HD and UHD Free

Ultimate(Netflix) 5

Multiscreen 10

Sports 14

TV Total £49

Ultrafast Broadband 100 Mbps Guaranteed £27

£10 Admin charge(Tried my hardest but wouldnt drop this-they already took £10 off-should be 20)

So total cost is £76 per month

I believe I scraped every last drop out of them.

It took a good few hours over 2 days, and one thing to note is TV and Broadband are completely different, you get no better deal doing them at the same time.

Thats me done for another 18 months!!

Sky are so frustrating with their differing offers for differing people. What you get discounted heavily I get others discounted for but they all end up roughly the same. They have offered me today (during my cancellation month) the following:

sky signature £17
Netflix ultimate £5
Kids £2
HD £3
67mb broadband £25
multiscreen £11

I forgot to ask them if the multiscreen then included the supply of a new mini Sky Q box which I returned a few months ago after dropping multiscreen. They didn't mention sports even though I queried it.