Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

artyboy

I can't believe how quickly 18 months has rolled around again. And frankly I'm down with the lurgy so I have absolutely no energy for this fight again right now. So I just called and cancelled, and made it very very clear that I was not engaging in any haggling at all. All done in 5 minutes, I'm thinking that must be some sort of record!

To be honest, my last round was just... depressing. It took weeks of arguing, them making promises and reneging on them, rinse and repeat. I need my weetabix before I dive back in. That said, if anyone can give me a ballpark target on this package, I'd be grateful:

TV Only (Q)
- Signature
- Sky sports complete including Sky Sports +
- Sky Cinema
- TNT Sports
- Netflix Ultimate
- Paramount + basic
- Kids package (I can definitely ditch this)
- UHD
- Multiscreen with 3 miniboxes (I could cut down but not sure 1 or 3 makes a difference)

My last contract was signed at about £95, they are offering online at £144 for 2 years (obviously not!), what's realistic?

Easylinkselecta

artyboy said:

I can't believe how quickly 18 months has rolled around again. And frankly I'm down with the lurgy so I have absolutely no energy for this fight again right now. So I just called and cancelled, and made it very very clear that I was not engaging in any haggling at all. All done in 5 minutes, I'm thinking that must be some sort of record!

To be honest, my last round was just... depressing. It took weeks of arguing, them making promises and reneging on them, rinse and repeat. I need my weetabix before I dive back in. That said, if anyone can give me a ballpark target on this package, I'd be grateful:

TV Only (Q)
- Signature
- Sky sports complete including Sky Sports +
- Sky Cinema
- TNT Sports
- Netflix Ultimate
- Paramount + basic
- Kids package (I can definitely ditch this)
- UHD
- Multiscreen with 3 miniboxes (I could cut down but not sure 1 or 3 makes a difference)

My last contract was signed at about £95, they are offering online at £144 for 2 years (obviously not!), what's realistic?

£85 if you're lucky. 

artyboy

Easylinkselecta said:

artyboy said:

I can't believe how quickly 18 months has rolled around again. And frankly I'm down with the lurgy so I have absolutely no energy for this fight again right now. So I just called and cancelled, and made it very very clear that I was not engaging in any haggling at all. All done in 5 minutes, I'm thinking that must be some sort of record!

To be honest, my last round was just... depressing. It took weeks of arguing, them making promises and reneging on them, rinse and repeat. I need my weetabix before I dive back in. That said, if anyone can give me a ballpark target on this package, I'd be grateful:

TV Only (Q)
- Signature
- Sky sports complete including Sky Sports +
- Sky Cinema
- TNT Sports
- Netflix Ultimate
- Paramount + basic
- Kids package (I can definitely ditch this)
- UHD
- Multiscreen with 3 miniboxes (I could cut down but not sure 1 or 3 makes a difference)

My last contract was signed at about £95, they are offering online at £144 for 2 years (obviously not!), what's realistic?

£85 if you're lucky. 

Given all the tooth pulling that went into getting £95 last time, I'd find £85 to be astonishing. Are they being especially generous right now?

d123

artyboy said:

Easylinkselecta said:

artyboy said:

I can't believe how quickly 18 months has rolled around again. And frankly I'm down with the lurgy so I have absolutely no energy for this fight again right now. So I just called and cancelled, and made it very very clear that I was not engaging in any haggling at all. All done in 5 minutes, I'm thinking that must be some sort of record!

To be honest, my last round was just... depressing. It took weeks of arguing, them making promises and reneging on them, rinse and repeat. I need my weetabix before I dive back in. That said, if anyone can give me a ballpark target on this package, I'd be grateful:

TV Only (Q)
- Signature
- Sky sports complete including Sky Sports +
- Sky Cinema
- TNT Sports
- Netflix Ultimate
- Paramount + basic
- Kids package (I can definitely ditch this)
- UHD
- Multiscreen with 3 miniboxes (I could cut down but not sure 1 or 3 makes a difference)

My last contract was signed at about £95, they are offering online at £144 for 2 years (obviously not!), what's realistic?

£85 if you're lucky. 

Given all the tooth pulling that went into getting £95 last time, I'd find £85 to be astonishing. Are they being especially generous right now?

They aren’t, it would be close to a miracle to get from £144 to £85…

laddy1984

Here's some prices available for new customers on a 24 month contract via Stream : Sky Essential TV £15 per month for Sky Atlantic, Showcase , sports news, sports mix, sport racing, Netflix with ads and Discovery+ or for an extra £7 (£11 from April) Sky Ultimate.

MouldyOldDough

What is skys definition of a "new customer" ?

Surely - if someone cancels and comes back - they are not a new customer ?

How long do you have to wait to become a new customer ?

filmAlive

has anyone had any joy in bring able to cancel TV in contract due to the increases? Mine are another set that with offers applied is over the 10% increase

brewerdave

MouldyOldDough said:

What is skys definition of a "new customer" ?

Surely - if someone cancels and comes back - they are not a new customer ?

How long do you have to wait to become a new customer ?

Used to be after 12 months away - but might not still be the case !

Alberto_Frog

Recently cancelled Sky.
Ordered a Freeview box that can record on a memory stick.
The interface is massively "clunky" but at less than £19 - it's a lot less than a month's subscription to SKY
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286303225056?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=QqzzOb3WTka&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=O_M-OavSTyO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
It works fine with a cheapo indoor aerial too!

Riveryellowstone11

Alberto_Frog said:

Recently cancelled Sky.
Ordered a Freeview box that can record on a memory stick.
The interface is massively "clunky" but at less than £19 - it's a lot less than a month's subscription to SKY
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286303225056?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=QqzzOb3WTka&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=O_M-OavSTyO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
It works fine with a cheapo indoor aerial too!

I'll be dusting off my trusty 2012 1TB Humax Freesat box on Monday. Cancelled SKY and moving to the Discovery + app for cycling.