MSE News: Sky to hike mobile prices: You've 30 days to LEAVE penalty-free – can you switch and save?

flaneurs_lobster

dazzaofdagenham said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

dazzaofdagenham said:

Been on the £1 deal from late last year….unlimited calls / Texts / 1GB data….not had any info from SKY about a increase
i did however pay the £12 for the year upfront.

anyone else took this deal and had info about increase ?

Not what you asked but - same deal - no increase info.

I had no idea you could fund a year upfront.

I just made a manual payment via card…Didn’t want a small amount via direct debit…..

There's whole threads on here full of people asking how to set up small DDs just like this one - useful for bank switching bonuses.

Alpha_5

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81823156#Comment_81823156

So my renegotiation attempt got me nowhere. Despite me quoting ID's current 15GB for £6pm, Sky would not budge from the standard pricing - they wanted £12pm for 5GB (which is my average usage). This depite me calling to 'customer loyalty' and requesting my PAC code.

However I have a remortgage application coming up so, to avoid a hard search on my credit file, I've mixed down to 1GB for £5pm with Sky and will use the remaining data in my piggybank to make up the shortfall. Will review again in a few months.

makara

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81874545#Comment_81874545

Lebara - £1.xx for first 6 months for 5 GB / £4.90 thereafter - no credit check

MSE deal for the 5 GB -

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheap-mobile-finder/sim-only/lebara/

Crouching_Hippo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6649134/mse-news-sky-to-hike-mobile-prices-you-039-ve-30-days-to-leave-penalty-free-can-you-switch-and-save

Sky Mobile have been awful for a number of years. We had two contracts with them and I switched mine out a number of years ago to Lebara and then to ID Mobile and this evening have just switched my wife's out.

For her contract we were paying £9.60 per month SIMO (discounted by 20%) for 10GB. With the price hike of £3.00 per month on that contract, they said they could offer a discounted rate which would bring the monthly cost down to £9.80 per month for another 12 month contract. I said no… They said that early termination charges would apply as in my Ts & Cs they had already said mid-contract price rises would happen. As it was a nominal amount (5 weeks left) I couldn't be bothered to argue it and switched to ID Mobile for the deal below. On the basis she uses more than 10GB a month now anyway and the Piggy Bank was running dry, it's a win.