Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

superleeds27

Another live chat, another wasted effort.

Still stuck at £61.

Sky Signature - £19 (18 Month contract) Full price £32
Sky HD - £4 (18 Months) Full price £8
Sky UHD - £4
Sky Ultimate TV add on - £6 (18 Months) Full Price £6
Sky Multiscreen - £11 (18 Months) Full price £15
Sky Kids - £3 (18 Months) Full Price £6
Sky Sports Complete package - £14 (without cinema and 18 Month contract) Full price £32

arty688

Not much movement with my package either , not sure they will come down much this year.

superleeds27

arty688 said:

Not much movement with my package either , not sure they will come down much this year.

I've basically said to myself anything over £55 is a no go. Factor in 18 months and they'll bump the price up around April time too

jellie

Was told today via live chat that I would have to upgrade my current HD+ box to a Q box, otherwise they wouldn't be able to apply any discounts to my package.  Does anyone know if this is true?

mits999

jellie said:

Was told today via live chat that I would have to upgrade my current HD+ box to a Q box, otherwise they wouldn't be able to apply any discounts to my package.  Does anyone know if this is true?

Totally not true!

jellie

mits999 said:

jellie said:

Was told today via live chat that I would have to upgrade my current HD+ box to a Q box, otherwise they wouldn't be able to apply any discounts to my package.  Does anyone know if this is true?

Totally not true!

Thanks.  I guess I'll have to ring and see what I can get that way.

Gold123

Got the come back to Sky VIP email after cancelling last week and contacted them via phone. After back and forth haggling got this:

Signature £21
Cinema £6
Sky HD £0 free

Total: £27

£20 admin fee waived after £20 credit applied on first bill.

Not as good as my last deal of £24 2 years ago but based on what I have read above is an ok deal.

Grav15

Negotiated this 

onlyme23

I cancelled last week got a call a few days later and accepted
Sky signature
Ultimate netflix
Multiroom
Ultra fast 145mb broadband and phone line

£61 a month

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Update.

29 April 2022 - Cancelled Sky.

My bill was £35 for Sky Signature, Box Sets, Sky Sports F1 (HD included).

Was offered £29 for Sky Signature including Box Sets, Sky Sports F1 HD.
18 months offer for Sky Signature. (£17).
12 months offer for Sky Sports F1. (£12).

Cancel any time - not a recontract.

10 May 2022 - Received text from Sky asking me to contact them if I changed my mind about leaving - nothing offered in text.

11 May 2022 -  Received letter from Sky.
Sky TV including Box Sets and Sky Sports for £33 monthly for 18 months.
(Plus £10 one-off fee.)
18 month minimum contract.
Small print states price may change during contract. (Which means it WILL go up in price at least once.)

Offer valid until 19 May 2022.

This is worse for me than already offered by being £4 dearer, having to pay a £10 fee,  and needing to recontract for 18 months.

On the plus side if I was interested in Sky Sports other than F1, which I'm not, that may be appealing, but it isn't. 

If I receive any other offers I will post here.

Update 23 May 2022.

Received letter today offering Sky Signature for £17 per month on 18 month contract.
Various packages add on at 50% discount whilst keeping Sky Signature.
A one off fee of £10 applies.

Multiscreen £7.
Cinema £9.
Sports £16.
Ultra HD £6.
Kids £3.50.

(Ultra HD or Kids cancellable at any time with 31 days notice.  
Others 18 months contract renewed.) 

Small print states prices may increase within contract - which means prices will increase at least once.

Not interested in this, but contacted Sky on Chat and asked if I could pay £17 per month for Sky Signature and add Sky Sports F1 at 50% discount ie £9 instead of £18 ?
This would make my monthly bill £26.
Sky Sports F1 would be in HD as standard - Sky Signature not in HD as standard.

The answer was no.
Though for the first time Sky has offered Sky Signature in HD as standard without paying £8 extra - or £4 extra on 50% discount offer.

Best Sky could offer me was £17 for Sky Signature (in HD), plus Sky Sports (in HD as standard) for £16.
This would make my bill £33 per month. 
That's £396 for the year plus the inevitable price increases.

That is still more than I want to pay.

I would have signed up for Sky Signature in HD plus F1 if Sky had agreed to £26 per month - but they said no to that.

So I will keep waiting to see if offered anything better.
Will update here if so.

*At least it appears Sky appear to be dropping the charge for HD across all channels for some customers.   

 

Update 23 June 2022.

Almost two months since cancelling Sky on 23 April 2022.

Received phone call offering Sky Signature and Netflix in HD for £20.00 monthly.
18 Month Contract.
Told them not interested in Netflix so they came back with Sky Signature in HD for £15 monthly.
18 Month Contract.

No special offers on Sky Sports F1.
No option of not signing for 18 months contract.

No offer of a credit.

Tbh Sky Signature in HD for £15 monthly is quite appealing. Only drawback being I know this will increase within contract at least once.
So I didn't take it up.

A couple of weeks ago I took out a NOW subscription which was two months viewing for £10. In addition I added the BOOST payment of £5 per month for HD, skipping ads, and 5.1 surround.
This let me watch the last episodes of a couple of series, and the first couple of episodes of latest Westworld and Blue Bloods.

I'm going to cancel NOW once my offer expires.

If I'm offered anything I will update the thread.

Update 3 July 2022.

Received offer by post.

Sky TV & Sports £29 a month for 18 months.

Plus a one off fee £10.

Normally £59 per month.

Add Sky Cinema £6 a month.

Add Sky Multiscreen £10 a month.

Add BT Sport £28 a month.

Microscopic print states prices may increase within contract. 
Which means will increase within contract at least once. 

Valid until 14 July 2022. 

Contacted Sky by chat.

Refused to waive one off fee £10.

No offer of a credit.

Chat confirmed channels are in HD.

Probably would have contracted again for 18 months if Sky had waived the fee.

£29 x £18 is £522.
Plus the £10 fee makes it £532.

I will wait to see if offered anything cheaper.

Presently paying for NOW at £10 per month plus £5 for BOOST, so £15 per month until I cancel next month when the NOW price increases to £19.95 per month plus £5 for the BOOST (HD, 5.1, No Ads).  I'm not paying £24.95 for NOW + BOOST.

18 month contract puts me off  - unless cheaper than NOW + BOOST.  


   



 

Update 30 July 2022. 

Received NOW offer by e-mail.
Save 40% for 12 months on Sky Sports.
Offer valid until 4 August 2022.
Cancel anytime.

£19.99 per month instead of £33.99 per month.

Might go this.

Already have NOW Entertainment at £10 per month, and BOOST at £5 per month.

Total cost of Sky bill will be £34.99.

Actually £6 more than have been offered by post for a new 18 month contract for the same package at £29 per month.

Advantage being ability to cancel at anytime without penalty.

In theory the Sky Sports £19.99 is good for 12 months but if Entertainment at £10 monthly or BOOST at £5 monthly increases in price I can ditch it.

Update 28 September 2022

Just over five months since cancelling Sky.

Received no phone calls or e-mails.
Every two or three weeks receive offer by post.

Sometimes a cinema based offer, sometimes multi-room, sometimes sport.

Today received offer for Sky Signature, Sky Sports  £20 for 18 months. 
Small print states prices may rise within contract - which means the price will rise at least once, probably twice.

Quite tempted by this, as even with the two rises, my bill will still be less than £25 in theory during the 18 months. This is the cheapest way for having Sky Sports F1 along with Signature.

Unable to find Sky Chat so rang them.
Sky confirmed HD is included in price. They also confirmed I can have the offer despite my box being an older Sky+ HD.  The letter stated I have to swap to Q - which I don't want to do because I don't want to change my LNB - and still need a SCART.

Might do this and cancel NOW Entertainment & BOOST.

Only thing puts me off is the 18 months commitment.

(Previously offered a rolling monthly which is better for me.)