Cancelling SKY

I've just purchased a Humax HDR1100S to replace my old Humax FoxSat box....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/humax-HDR-1100S-Freesat-Freetime-Recorder/dp/B0104SYAO4

Absolutely brilliant, and superb picture quality.
I also have a NowTV box that I use to pick and choose what I want to watch on Sky. To be honest, the only thing I am really interested in is the F1 races that BBC don't show "live" and the bigger golf tournaments.
I can buy a one day pass for £6.99 to watch the F1 or a weeks pass for £10.99 to watch a four day golf tournament. Much (much) cheaper than a full subscription to Sky.
If you are interested, my FoxSat box is in immaculate condition, would replace your Sky box perfectly and allow you to record what you want, when you want. You could have it for £50.00
;)
 
I just signed up to Sky and managed to get the following:

Sky TV, Sports, Movies, HD Pack, Sky Go Extra (so basically everything) for £22.25pm and then I got 12 months free broadband, just payd the £16.95 line rental. So in total it's £39.20pm for Full Sky TV & Broadband for 12 months.

Got a code via the Money Saving Expert website.
 
Scazza said:
I just signed up to Sky and managed to get the following:

Sky TV, Sports, Movies, HD Pack, Sky Go Extra (so basically everything) for £22.25pm and then I got 12 months free broadband, just payd the £16.95 line rental. So in total it's £39.20pm for Full Sky TV & Broadband for 12 months.

Got a code via the Money Saving Expert website.
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do you have a link pal?
 
Paying £111.14 for Sky+ HD, Sports and Movies plus Broadband and phone. Going to cancel Sky Movies and may cancel Sky Sports, and so I need to see what I can get from other providers.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Paying £111.14 for Sky+ HD, Sports and Movies plus Broadband and phone. Going to cancel Sky Movies and may cancel Sky Sports, and so I need to see what I can get from other providers.
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I was the same, binned off movies and sport and HD. the freeview esq channels you still get in HD so BBC, ITV, 4 etc. the only decent thing in HD was the sport on sky. I get that little time it was worth it, I now have netflix via Roku which is great and 6.99 per month and my sky bill is around 70 quid with fibre BB, Multi room, line rental and international call pack.
 
Rooter said:
I was the same, binned off movies and sport and HD. the freeview esq channels you still get in HD so BBC, ITV, 4 etc. the only decent thing in HD was the sport on sky. I get that little time it was worth it, I now have netflix via Roku which is great and 6.99 per month and my sky bill is around 70 quid with fibre BB, Multi room, line rental and international call pack.
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@Rooter - will have a look into this. HD is brilliant for sports - but as I'm not a great watcher of football, golf or tennis ...

(before you ask - I got Sky Sports principally for my son - and he has left home - and the Ryder Cup)
 
I finally cancelled my Sky tonight. (well I kicked the process off).

£75.75 a month ( I don't have their phone or BB) just isn't good value for money any longer. The Sky girl on chat was trying to talk me into staying and asking me lots of questions about what the family use Sky for. It only made me realise even more that I don't use it very much at all.

Do you watch movies? Not very much on Sky no. I have Netflix and other options
Do you use the Music Channels? Actually not very much nowadays, we have Spotify all around the house and Youtube is great for music videos.
Great, so you love watching football? Yes I do but only certain PL games and CL football is now costing me more money!

Thanks for helping me to see the error of my ways all these years! :confused:

On top of this I had the new 2Gb Wifi HD box about 18 mths ago and its been a heap of doo doo. I have to reset the thing nearly every day due to it hanging/freezing/no channels/ cant record/ etc.

After about 30 minutes Sky offered a reduction to £45 by removing movies but I politely passed.

Like I told her, I can always go back to Sky if the grass isn't any greener on the other side.

I'm paid up for another month so if they come back to me in that time with a better deal I might re-consider otherwise I am out.:ooo:
 
I've had Sky for 25 years or so but I'm just switching internet to them too and the deal I've done is, all tv channels plus min 32 bmps broadband, phone line and free evening and weekend calls for £83 per month lasting 10 months and a small increase for the last 2 months
 
Left sky last month after 20 years, was paying £80 + a month just for the tv, now gone over to Virgin, I got 150mbs B/B, ( going up to 200mbs this week) all sky channels plus the sports package and landline phone all for £75 a month. Fixed for 12 months, so all in all a good deal.
 
Dellboy said:
Left sky last month after 20 years, was paying £80 + a month just for the tv, now gone over to Virgin, I got 150mbs B/B, ( going up to 200mbs this week) all sky channels plus the sports package and landline phone all for £75 a month. Fixed for 12 months, so all in all a good deal.
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Does that include Sky Atlantic? Miss it since we switched to Virgin...
 
Missis T aka HID is cancelling sky movies as we talk. Complete and utter waste of time.
 
HID as just got off they phone from Mr Sky, in essence they have said we can have movies free for a year and they have knocked a quid off sky sports for the year..
 
Tashyboy said:
Missis T aka HID is cancelling sky movies as we talk. Complete and utter waste of time.
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Missis S is going to do exactly same - see where that get's us price wise. Then going to have to have a serious think about what Sky channels we actually watch - not that many. Think I'd miss Sky Atlantic a bit - but that would be about it. And even then we do n;t watch much Sky At. And Sky Sports - just don;t watch that much EPL football - my son who did has flown the nest,,,
 
Hobbit said:
Does that include Sky Atlantic? Miss it since we switched to Virgin...
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That's the bonus of my Now TV box, I get all those popular channels in the entertainment package for only £6.99 a month and can turn it off & on at my leisure :thup:
 
sawtooth said:
I finally cancelled my Sky tonight. (well I kicked the process off).

£75.75 a month ( I don't have their phone or BB) just isn't good value for money any longer. The Sky girl on chat was trying to talk me into staying and asking me lots of questions about what the family use Sky for. It only made me realise even more that I don't use it very much at all.

Do you watch movies? Not very much on Sky no. I have Netflix and other options
Do you use the Music Channels? Actually not very much nowadays, we have Spotify all around the house and Youtube is great for music videos.
Great, so you love watching football? Yes I do but only certain PL games and CL football is now costing me more money!

Thanks for helping me to see the error of my ways all these years! :confused:

On top of this I had the new 2Gb Wifi HD box about 18 mths ago and its been a heap of doo doo. I have to reset the thing near<script id="gpt-impl-0.08010795777555357" src="http://partner.googleadservices.com/gpt/pubads_impl_75.js"></script>ly every day due to it hanging/freezing/no channels/ cant record/ etc.

After about 30 minutes Sky offered a reduction to £45 by removing movies but I politely passed.

Like I told her, I can always go back to Sky if the grass isn't any greener on the other side.

I'm paid up for another month so if they come back to me in that time with a better deal I might re-consider otherwise I am out.:ooo:
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After cancelling and waiting I got a call from Sky.

I'm now staying with them after being getting a very good deal, it begs the question why they are charging so much to begin with, but happier now.

Pretty much twice the Sky for half the money. Lovely Jubbly.
 
Yup you have got to bargain with them. Otherwise they will keep taking the money. At one tome sky really was your only option. They know that has now changed
 
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