Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

butise

Bakey72 said:

I don't blame you @butise it isn't worth the hassle. If you did want to stay if they honoured the £30 you could always try putting a complaint in to them, however generally I've found their customer service across the board has gone downhill in the last 6 months. I want Humax to start making freesat boxes again instead of the poor Arris one they currently have, then I could completely cancel Sky. I dropped Sports and Cinema and don't miss those. 

I just cannot be bothered to expend any more effort to remain a Sky customer, like you say I probably won’t miss Sky once it’s gone, nature abhors a vacuum, and there are plenty of other entertainment service providers out there now, I am sure one of them will want my custom.

PeanutPeen

Hello everyone. 
I have to say this thread has helped me so much so wanted to share my savings. 
I have been paying £111.50 for:
Sky Signature, Sky Cinema, Discovery+, Ultra HD, Sky HD, Multiscreen, Sky+HD, Sky+HD, Sky Q 2TB UHD, Sky Q Mini box, Sky Q Mini box, Sky+HD
Sky Broadband Superfast, Sky Broadband Hub
Sky Pay As You Talk, Sky Talk Line Rental

This was going up to over £120 in April. 
Been a Sky customer for 19 YEARS!!!!!
Called the Sky team to cancel, said they would throw in Netflix (As i currently pay £15 a month for Netflix separately) with 4 months free then £6 a month. 
They said they could get it down to £109 a month initially, including the Netflix, so i'd be saving a fair bit by not paying the separate Netflix charge of £15 a month. 
Worth noting my broadband is under contract until Nov 23 - this can't be touched. 

I wasn't happy with the first offer so cancelled. 
Then got a text 2 weeks later saying visit their site to review my options sky.com/reviewmyoptions
Just jumped on online chat and for the same package above, i got it down to: 

- Sky Signature base pack £23 {£11 off} [standard price : £34] (new 18 min months contract)
- Sky Cinema £6 {£13 off} [standard price : £19](new 18 min months contract)
- Sky HD £5 {£4 off} [standard price : £9] (no contract)
- Sky UHD £2 {£2 off} [standard price : £4] (no contract)
- UTV AO {Netflix} £6 {£1 off} [standard price : £7] (no contract)
- Multiscreen £10 {£5 off} [standard price : £15] (new 18 min months contract)
This will sum up your TV bill £52 pm with an admin fee of £20 added to your next bill.
The original price of the complete TV package is £88 you are getting at £52 .
This offer is for the next 18 months only.
After the 18 months it will go back to its standard prices.
Also with your active broadband it will be £87.50 where TV will be for £52 and BB for £35.50

Pretty damn happy with this reduction. 

brewerdave

Re those who have both TV services and line rental/bband with Sky and are facing a large overall price increase - treat them as separate contracts when out of minimum term - only cancel the TV portion and wait for the offers to come.
The phone/bband portion -DON'T cancel ,just find a better a deal with another ISP and get them to handle the transfer of services if Sky haven't come back with a decent offer.
IF you cancel the broadband it can lead to a whole lot of pain and delay getting back online whereas the reversal of a Sky TV cancellation can be actioned by Sky in a few hours.

Mat_Lock

Never pay the £20 admin fee. 

PeanutPeen

Mat_Lock said:

Never pay the £20 admin fee. 

I realised this after! Damnit - but alas, still happy with the deal. 

brewerdave

Mat_Lock said:

Never pay the £20 admin fee. 

Tried to sting me with a £30 admin fee when I haggled in December. Got it down to £10 plus free install of Sky Q instead. Worth it as my dish is very awkward to get at !!

mits999

PeanutPeen said:

Hello everyone. 
I have to say this thread has helped me so much so wanted to share my savings. 
I have been paying £111.50 for:
Sky Signature, Sky Cinema, Discovery+, Ultra HD, Sky HD, Multiscreen, Sky+HD, Sky+HD, Sky Q 2TB UHD, Sky Q Mini box, Sky Q Mini box, Sky+HD
Sky Broadband Superfast, Sky Broadband Hub
Sky Pay As You Talk, Sky Talk Line Rental

This was going up to over £120 in April. 
Been a Sky customer for 19 YEARS!!!!!
Called the Sky team to cancel, said they would throw in Netflix (As i currently pay £15 a month for Netflix separately) with 4 months free then £6 a month. 
They said they could get it down to £109 a month initially, including the Netflix, so i'd be saving a fair bit by not paying the separate Netflix charge of £15 a month. 
Worth noting my broadband is under contract until Nov 23 - this can't be touched. 

I wasn't happy with the first offer so cancelled. 
Then got a text 2 weeks later saying visit their site to review my options sky.com/reviewmyoptions
Just jumped on online chat and for the same package above, i got it down to: 

- Sky Signature base pack £23 {£11 off} [standard price : £34] (new 18 min months contract)
- Sky Cinema £6 {£13 off} [standard price : £19](new 18 min months contract)
- Sky HD £5 {£4 off} [standard price : £9] (no contract)
- Sky UHD £2 {£2 off} [standard price : £4] (no contract)
- UTV AO {Netflix} £6 {£1 off} [standard price : £7] (no contract)
- Multiscreen £10 {£5 off} [standard price : £15] (new 18 min months contract)
This will sum up your TV bill £52 pm with an admin fee of £20 added to your next bill.
The original price of the complete TV package is £88 you are getting at £52 .
This offer is for the next 18 months only.
After the 18 months it will go back to its standard prices.
Also with your active broadband it will be £87.50 where TV will be for £52 and BB for £35.50

Pretty damn happy with this reduction. 

Signature could be had for £15 
hd could be had for £4
netflix could be had for £4
cinema is good price
uhd they should have done it for free

I would be inclined to cancel and wait for call back 

PeanutPeen

mits999 said:

PeanutPeen said:

Hello everyone. 
I have to say this thread has helped me so much so wanted to share my savings. 
I have been paying £111.50 for:
Sky Signature, Sky Cinema, Discovery+, Ultra HD, Sky HD, Multiscreen, Sky+HD, Sky+HD, Sky Q 2TB UHD, Sky Q Mini box, Sky Q Mini box, Sky+HD
Sky Broadband Superfast, Sky Broadband Hub
Sky Pay As You Talk, Sky Talk Line Rental

This was going up to over £120 in April. 
Been a Sky customer for 19 YEARS!!!!!
Called the Sky team to cancel, said they would throw in Netflix (As i currently pay £15 a month for Netflix separately) with 4 months free then £6 a month. 
They said they could get it down to £109 a month initially, including the Netflix, so i'd be saving a fair bit by not paying the separate Netflix charge of £15 a month. 
Worth noting my broadband is under contract until Nov 23 - this can't be touched. 

I wasn't happy with the first offer so cancelled. 
Then got a text 2 weeks later saying visit their site to review my options sky.com/reviewmyoptions
Just jumped on online chat and for the same package above, i got it down to: 

- Sky Signature base pack £23 {£11 off} [standard price : £34] (new 18 min months contract)
- Sky Cinema £6 {£13 off} [standard price : £19](new 18 min months contract)
- Sky HD £5 {£4 off} [standard price : £9] (no contract)
- Sky UHD £2 {£2 off} [standard price : £4] (no contract)
- UTV AO {Netflix} £6 {£1 off} [standard price : £7] (no contract)
- Multiscreen £10 {£5 off} [standard price : £15] (new 18 min months contract)
This will sum up your TV bill £52 pm with an admin fee of £20 added to your next bill.
The original price of the complete TV package is £88 you are getting at £52 .
This offer is for the next 18 months only.
After the 18 months it will go back to its standard prices.
Also with your active broadband it will be £87.50 where TV will be for £52 and BB for £35.50

Pretty damn happy with this reduction. 

Signature could be had for £15 
hd could be had for £4
netflix could be had for £4
cinema is good price
uhd they should have done it for free

I would be inclined to cancel and wait for call back 

Wow, that's a huge difference! Thank you for the tip

mikeizz

Friend at work has just accepted this deal.

As others have said, you can't seem to get amazing deals like used to!!......




Sky Signature standard cost is £34 but you'll pay just £23 a month (that's a £11 discount with an 18-month contract) with £10 Admin Fee

Sky sports complete pack standard cost is £34 but you'll pay £19 a month(that's £15 off for 18 month contract) with £10 admin fee

Multiscreen usually £15 but you'll pay at £9.50 (that's £5.50 off for 18 months)with £10 admin fee

Total £51.50 a month

Alpha_5

mikeizz said:

Friend at work has just accepted this deal.

As others have said, you can't seem to get amazing deals like used to!!......




Sky Signature standard cost is £34 but you'll pay just £23 a month (that's a £11 discount with an 18-month contract) with £10 Admin Fee

Sky sports complete pack standard cost is £34 but you'll pay £19 a month(that's £15 off for 18 month contract) with £10 admin fee

Multiscreen usually £15 but you'll pay at £9.50 (that's £5.50 off for 18 months)with £10 admin fee

Total £51.50 a month

Are Sky now charging £10 admin fees on every element of a package? That seems v steep if so. 

Does anyone know if price rise notifications are still in the process of being sent out? I haven't received one yet, but my previous offers ended last week and Sky automatically applied new (less generous) discounts, so I don't know whether I'll be impacted by a price rise as well. I just want to be fully armed before haggling.