Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

Mastanlem

vini_1983 said:

Have been without sky for almost 8 months now, using amazon fire 4k tv and OTT apps as required. With the added benefit of not watching live tv and sparing the tv license cost feels like a huge saving. Unless sky changes their pricing to around £15 its not worth with alternatives now available to everyone at home

Likewise, cancelled a year ago, we only had Signature with HD. Not missed it at all. We have a Now tv sub costing £5 a month and for  Eurosport we subscribed. £99 per year for both.

Sterlingtimes

The Sky man who 'phoned today, after I agreed to a less than satisfactory deal earlier in the month, called me "buddy". "Sir" may be dated, but buddy is verging upon rude. 

james87

So I waited for my sky to switch off this time then went back on chat the next day and accepted this deal:

Signature £17
Ultimate TV £5 (free for four months)
Sports £6
Cinema £10
HD £4
UHD £1

Total £38 for months 1-4 then £43 for months 5-18.

janet_oggy

We were paying £98.50 per month for Home Phone, Broadband Superfast + Boost, Signature, Sky Sports HD, Cinema and HD. Our contract was due to expire next week and the bill was due to increase to £122.85 over the next couple of months so I phoned customer services and the best they could offer was £90 for the same package, which I refused, so they put me through to Retentions. I explained to them that I had found a virtually identical package here for £72...

Compare best broadband and TV deals for 2022 - MSE (moneysavingexpert.com)

and they then offered me my original package for £71 per month on an 18 month contract.

I then enquired about UHD and was told that they would waive the usual £99 fee for the UHD box and give me UHD for only £2 per month extra !!

So, over the next 18 months we are set to save £900....happy days 

Kim1965

Sky are debiting £72 pm for sky hd+ sport and basic package (no cinema, Disney, no bt sport).
 What should i be aiming for?? 

janet_oggy

Seeing as you are on here, I'm guessing you are looking to save as much money as possible ??
Use the above examples/links and do your research into the likes of Virgin and BT to see what they are offering then ring Sky and see how far they will come down 

Riveryellowstone11

Kim1965 said:

Sky are debiting £72 pm for sky hd+ sport and basic package (no cinema, Disney, no bt sport).
 What should i be aiming for?? 

Sky’s offer for me to come back on above package is £28pcm. Signature + sport.

Kim1965

I am so hacked off with sky. Ive looked at iptv, a relativně has it, costs next to nothing

Rammie65

Kim1965 said:

I am so hacked off with sky. Ive looked at iptv, a relativně has it, costs next to nothing

I have both sky and IPTV, got a good deal with sky and use IPTV for the stuff not on sky. 

Kim1965

Mwood1 said:

Kim1965 said:

Sky are debiting £72 pm for sky hd+ sport and basic package (no cinema, Disney, no bt sport).
 What should i be aiming for?? 

Sky’s offer for me to come back on above package is £28pcm. Signature + sport.

So did you actually have to leave in order to get this deal? As consumers do we have to do this every year to avoid being fleeced. It becomes tiresome!