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Sky Screwed Me Over - Action?

I was paying £76.99 a month.

£33 for:
Sky Entertainment (old package style)
Boxsets
HD
The above with another 9 months left on my contract with £16 worth of retention discounts.

Sky Cinema - £10 a month, new 18 mth contract started last month

£33.99 for Broadband and Line Rental.

I phoned to get Sports turned on and to see if Entertainment could be synced up so everything was on a new 18 month contract. I was hoping with the Sports added my Bill would be £85-£90 if they offered a good deal.

To my surprise she offered me Sports and Entertainment on a new 18 month contract for £40, plus £10 for Cinema I took out the previous month. And Broadband and Line rental for £23.99, so a new monthly total of £73.99, less than what we were paying but now with sports. I asked her to confirm 3 times that this was right and we would still get HD and Boxsets. She said all was OK.

But then I got the new bill from November (once everything had sorted itself out):

Still £33.99 for BB+Phone.
£5 extra for Kids, which we didn't want or ask for.
£5 extra for Boxsets.
£5 extra for HD.

A new total of £110.99.
Fuming!

I got back on the phone and they wanted to save me money by taking off the kids (fine) and HD and Boxsets (not fine).


When I asked them to put back everything the way it was they said:
A. Our previous entertainment package no longer exists.
B. Our previous £16 of discounts would be gone.

I've been totally screwed over by them. Can I do anything?

Comments

  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,123 Forumite
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    Phone them back and make a complaint. Get them to listen to the recording of the call. This would prove that you were quoted the figure and you acted on what was said.


    For future reference you can get apps that will record all you calls so you have a record of what has been said.
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