Our new Sky Haggling guide - please share your feedback

Jayley wrote: »

Why shouldn't they at least offer me a competitive deal?

You answered your own question in the same post....

Jayley wrote: »

loyal and high spending consumer.

Why would they want to reduce their income from you, when you have been happily paying so much for the last 10 years?

As I said, in your position you will probably have to be prepared to have the TV switched off before you get a decent deal.

Our contract lapsed last year, but I held off doing anything for 6 months as we were potentially moving house. Now that we know we are staying put, it was a case of getting on to reducing the Sky bill. Was previously on a 50% off deal for 12 months, but currently getting stung for £83.50 per month for TV via Sky+

The aim was to upgrade to Sky Q, with 2TB box and an additional mini-box, whilst keeping the full package across entertainment, kids, movies and sport.

Went through regular customer service in Livingstone and managed to get the following for the full 18 months:

Full TV pack, 2TB box, mini box (inc multiroom subscription) for £64 per month + £30 one off fee.

I have also moved over from BT Infinity 2 at the same time and replaced Sky Fibre Max Unlimited on a like for like basis at £30 per month for 18 months, (and no other fees for set-up etc) which saves another £20+ on the BT bill. BT had already told me to take my business elsewhere when I tried to haggle, so I was happy to oblige.

I played the cancellation game last time round, but this time I was happy to go with an offer if it was reasonable enough. I could have potentially saved a little bit more if I had played that game again, but happy enough with this outcome. After reading recent posts in this thread, I wasn't expecting huge savings to be offered at the moment, so my expectations weren't at the 50% discount level anyway.

Looking forward to getting Sky Q in a few weeks!

shaggy wrote: »

I dont think I've watched anything on Sky+ for months - most of my viewing tends to be on BBC or netflix.

I've also discovered that on BBC iPlayer there are programmes from different regions that would not be on live tv. Currently there is a good series, with twists and turns, called Keeping Faith, from BBC Wales.

guy.pennington wrote: »

Just renewed, having given notice to cancel a couple of days ago.

The offer I have is;

Entertainment: £25 reduced to £15
HD: £5 reduced to £1
Sky Sports: £28 reduced to £14.50
Sky Sports HD: £6 reduced to £2
Sky Go Extra: £5 reduced to £0 (VIP)
12 Months Contract.

Total: £69 reduced to £32.50.

Hope this helps with haggling.

What is the minimum package you can have? I want Sky Sports only so could I just have a contract for £14.50 with a little haggling?

Unfortunately that level of discount seems to no longer be available. Best I have seen equates to around 50% but they are a rarity, normally you are lucky to get much more than about 40% off. They are now offering different levels of pricing for the various elements within the packages as opposed to a flat level of discount off the total price. Good luck, I th8nk you will need it!