Sky contract ending.... too expensive

Castle_Rock

My free broadband with SKY has now ended so Im going to ring up & haggle.

I will now have to pay £93.40 a month for -

Line Rental - £17.40
Broadband - £ 7.50
SKY - £68.50 (Variety & Sports, HD Pack)

Ideally I want to stay with SKY broadband for easiness but if I can get Plus Net for £8.82 a month which includes line rental it seems like a no brainer.

Would I be better off going with Plus Net regardless & then a couple of months down the line try to haggle the cost down with SKY so that I can try & reduce the £68.50 cost or would you try & cut a deal for the whole lot now?

Thanks

Hasbeen

Castle_Rock wrote: »

My free broadband with SKY has now ended so Im going to ring up & haggle.

I will now have to pay £93.40 a month for -

Line Rental - £17.40
Broadband - £ 7.50
SKY - £68.50 (Variety & Sports, HD Pack)

Ideally I want to stay with SKY broadband for easiness but if I can get Plus Net for £8.82 a month which includes line rental it seems like a no brainer.

Would I be better off going with Plus Net regardless & then a couple of months down the line try to haggle the cost down with SKY so that I can try & reduce the £68.50 cost or would you try & cut a deal for the whole lot now?

Thanks

Recently cancelled after a few weeks received letter offering 60% off TV package, free broadband, half price line rental and £75 credit.

You need to cancel and wait for any offers to get you back.

teddysmum

My Sky tv is due to go off soon and I tried chat today (getting a callback as they were busy).


All I was offered was free broadband, which the man said would normally be £7.50, so they want £25.40 for the line and calls, with their annual, at least £1, increase in line rental due soon.


I said that I had cancelled tv as the package would become expensive (had 50% off), but could reinstate if the phone/ADSL was a good deal, making tv affordable.


Still no offer, so I'm having to decide between BT and PlusNet, whose prices I quoted, but has as been mentioned, recently, they wouldn't consider the fact that the lower prices were because of cashback and a voucher with BT and a cashback from PlusNet, if ordering via one of the 'swap' sites. They have also increased their line rental so with upfront payment line cost is guaranteed for a year.


They seem to be getting very mean with the short-lived 60% off tv reverting to just 50% for 10 months, after a couple of days' offer. This is certainly not going to gain them any custom.