Only got Sky Sports, Setanta & MUTV for the footie? Cancel for the summer to save ££s

pamelajane

Fluffy_Bunny wrote: »

Just rang Sky to downgrade taking out Sports and Movies, cutting cost from £45 to £21 which was not a problem, only we have SkyPlus and lady said that you are not able to watch anything sports or movies that has been "recorded" on Sky+ if downgrading, these will all be wiped off. Asked if any special offers, to be told "NO and they can't offer anything over the phone". Must be doing something wrong here!

Me too!:mad:

Bajam

If you are near Stratford, East London and haven't subscribed to Sky before (or know someone who hasn't) there's a fella in the shopping mall offering free Sky+ and £30 installation instead of the usual £99 for the Sky+ box.

gardner1

Plastikman80 wrote: »

Is cancelling the direct debit for Setanta the best way to cancel?

Or is their any comeback from doing it this way? Breach of contract, Bank charges etc?

Cheers

On freeview there is no minimum contract. If cancel dd with bank setanta will send you a letter asking if you have made a mistake and enclosing new dd mandate.They will also tell you if they dont recieve dd back or hear from you in 10 days your service will be terminated

itm2

As luck would have it my Sky+ box broke down on the last day of the footie season. I was offered a free repair when I decided to cancel, but they couldn't arrange a weekend appointment so I cancelled anyway.
I expect I'll probably want to get the footie back when the new season starts, but of course my box will still be broken. What would be the cheapest way of getting a new Sky+ box when and if I decide to sign up again?

laura2506

sbb1979 wrote: »

We don't have Setanta, but phoned Sky to cancel Movies and Sports. They asked why and we said that we wanted to cut down on spending they then said that we could have the movies and sports for nothing for 3 months and then cancel if we wanted or it would go back up to normal price. Seems fair enough to me!

I called Sky this evening as hubby agreed we could get rid of the sports now the footie has finished. I ended up keeping everything and saving £15 a month on my subscription !!! I can't complain really

SJW

Just called up to cancel Sky Sports & Movies and was also offered £15 per month discount for the next 3 months. Happy days!!

mrcol

SJW wrote: »

Just called up to cancel Sky Sports & Movies and was also offered £15 per month discount for the next 3 months. Happy days!!

Same here, thanks to the o/p for the info.. :beer:

carpy

do any of the 0800 numbers still work for SKY customer services?

i think i'll try this cancelling of the Sports package, do you have to give 30 days notice?

laura2506

carpy wrote: »

do any of the 0800 numbers still work for SKY customer services?

i think i'll try this cancelling of the Sports package, do you have to give 30 days notice?

The 0800 numbers seem to have disappeared - but there is a geographical number, which is great if you have free landline calls.

Its: 01506 421712

As for 30 days, as long as you have not changed your package within the last 30 days, you can lower your package. Or in my case, keep the whole thing with a £15 discount.

Good luck.

yynnoott

I have been with them for 20 years I cancelled DD I REFUSE to pay o870 prices for hours talking to sky. They threatened me with the heavy mob for £30.00!!!!!!

The only offers I get are same for everyone . This is not fair as we were paying top rate for 20 years at least. I will only go back with a good offer. I know other people have great offers and they've only just joined say 2 years ago then cacelled.... Any ideas