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My haggling success with BT and SKY
safta
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haggling with BT and Sky - my success story by Safta
Been with sky for 14 years and moved house Jan 2018. I got a good deal with sky at the beginning, had sky Q (1tb box) and entertainment package for £26 pm including multiscreen (which i didnt really need) as I am on my own and just the 1 tv downstairs but it was the deal at that time.
The price went up to £28.95 recently then when my 18 months subscription fiinished this month my bill was £35 which was a shock to me as they didnt tell me about. it.
My broadband has been with BT for a long time and they are excellent. So really I was paying about £60 a month for both and then realised that I could try to see is Sky can offer me a good deal for bb and tv which they did. Problem was everytime I phoned Sky I kept being told different amounts by different people (each time decreasing which was good).
BT at first offered me free broadband for 18 months only if I pay upfront in Jan as I have been doing for line rental. I refused stupidly then realised that I made a big mistake switching to sky for both and I called BT again and got £8 per month for their cheapest broadband which is fibre and excellent. So I haggled with Sky and I will be paying £9.95 per month for SKy Q and entertainment package so altogether my bill per month will be £36 for everything. BTW BT normally charge £52 for their cheapest package which is madness! BT customer service is excellent and always has been. SKY Customer service is rubbish.
Awaiting eagerly to hear your experiences with both.
Been with sky for 14 years and moved house Jan 2018. I got a good deal with sky at the beginning, had sky Q (1tb box) and entertainment package for £26 pm including multiscreen (which i didnt really need) as I am on my own and just the 1 tv downstairs but it was the deal at that time.
The price went up to £28.95 recently then when my 18 months subscription fiinished this month my bill was £35 which was a shock to me as they didnt tell me about. it.
My broadband has been with BT for a long time and they are excellent. So really I was paying about £60 a month for both and then realised that I could try to see is Sky can offer me a good deal for bb and tv which they did. Problem was everytime I phoned Sky I kept being told different amounts by different people (each time decreasing which was good).
BT at first offered me free broadband for 18 months only if I pay upfront in Jan as I have been doing for line rental. I refused stupidly then realised that I made a big mistake switching to sky for both and I called BT again and got £8 per month for their cheapest broadband which is fibre and excellent. So I haggled with Sky and I will be paying £9.95 per month for SKy Q and entertainment package so altogether my bill per month will be £36 for everything. BTW BT normally charge £52 for their cheapest package which is madness! BT customer service is excellent and always has been. SKY Customer service is rubbish.
Awaiting eagerly to hear your experiences with both.
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Depends upon what you mean by cheapest package . Package of what exactly .
ALR + 80 meg BB + Max TV + BT Sports HD costs me about £38 pm .
My cheapest BT BB is £3 pm .0
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