Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

I've been trying to get a better deal on my current contract but it's turning out to be difficult. I added football and cinema for £25 on a rolling contract then cancelled the next day. They will end on the 28th. I recieved a postal letter offering all sports for £15 which I'll be happy to take up on the 29th.

My current contract with sky started in February and I was a new customer. My current plan is
Entertainment - £12
HD - free
Boxsets - free
Line rental - £18
Unlimited internet - free
Total - £30

I'm trying to add sports, cinema and multiscreen but will only take them if all are at a reasonable price. I'm pretty sure multiscreen is fixed £12, so I'm trying to get sports and cinema for £18 as my budget is £30.

I phoned today and was told they could only do sports £15 & cinema £10. That would be £7 over budget so I asked about reducing line rental and was told not possible. Finding it difficult to get any offers off them at the moment. When I mentioned I know of people getting sports for £10 and cinema for £6-7.50 he said he'd never heard of offers so low. I will phone again when the notice is to on the 28th and see what can be done.

Just like to add, during the call I enquired about sport hd and he said not to put it on as from October 1st hd will be free as standard. I was told the charge is being scrapped on that date. Not sure how true that is as there's a lot of conflicting things being said about the hd but just thought I'd mention it.

Sorry this is so long! Long story short, will try and get the upgrades for £30 at the end of the month.

Those who renewed through Love Digital, has the offer actually come through?

And is it worth getting rid of the old Sky+ HD box in favour of the new Sky Q one? As I understand it in the event of cancellation , Sky take back the Q box, and you can't (easily??) connect the old box back in order to get Freeview / Freesat ?

brewerdave wrote: »

If you have Sky Q installed ,you need to ask for a "hybrid LNB " to be fitted to the dish -this allows the use of the new box AND the old:)

The question is ---- Will they actually fit this if asked?

I've have just recently started the haggling process.
We were on an old package that hasn't been reviewed for years paying £65 per month on Sky+HD with variety, cinema and HD. Was interested in Sky Q and looking at the new packages we have been paying about £20 more per month than the equivalent today for the same channels :mad:
Offered Sky Q with extra mini box for £20 installation + £12 for the multiscreen. All channels at full price so not to impressed with this. Eventually offered a fairly good discount on channels but said I couldn't have the Sky Q offer so cancelled 2 weeks ago.

Got a text with a link to web chat for my fantastic offer which I followed and was again offerd the equivalent channels for £31 which isn't bad but again said no chance to Sky Q. Said they can't process upgrades, need to phone the Sky Q team but again no way to have any money off the channels.
Has anybody seccessfully haggled an upgrade to Sky Q along with a discount on their channel package at the same time?