Sky Offer

[GreiginFife]

Some of you may recall that a couple of months ago I made the bold step of announcing that I work for a wee satellite broadcasting firm and that once of the perks is that I can sometimes get good offers for people. The offer back then was withdrawn due to some ..... abusing it and I said I would advise when it was being re-enabled.
Well, I have been advised by a marketing colleague that this is due to restart on Friday (subect to confirmation) so thought I would give a heads up.
From what I gather the deal is as follows;
Free equipment (Sky+ HD) and install
Half price HD subs for 12 months
Half price on any package you choose for 12 months
Half price broadband and talk* subscription for 12 months

* You must have Sky Talk line rental for the talk offer (LR is £12.25 per month)

You must not be a current subscriber (or have subscribed in your name) within 12 months.

Details on any existing customer offers (or whether these will exist) are yet to be confirmed.

The rules of the offer have changes a little due to the abuse it suffered last time.
If anyone is interested in this please PM me for what to do next. (If the offer is delayed I will update).

Mods please note, I am not selling anything here, I am merely using the privileges I have to help others to save during these tough times.

 

[Aztecs27]

I can vouch for this bloke. Saved me some pennies and am now watching this summer's golf in glorious HD. :thup:

 

[GreiginFife]

Thanks Jon, glad you are enjoying the glorious HD

 

[thecraw]

I'm actually considering binning my Sky as the monthly out going for repeats is pretty poor. Why can I not just have a Sky Sports package?

 

[GreiginFife]

I'm actually considering binning my Sky as the monthly out going for repeats is pretty poor. Why can I not just have a Sky Sports package?

I believe this is something that is being looked at in the face of the competition commission review...

 

[AuburnWarrior]

I'm actually considering binning my Sky as the monthly out going for repeats is pretty poor. Why can I not just have a Sky Sports package?

I'd actually go further and ask why SKY can't break their sports channels out further into SKY Sports football, SKY Sports Rugby, etc. That way the customer could select one, two, three or all the channels rather than having to pay £20 a month for sports that they'll never watch. I'd have the golf and cricket channels which, for example, would cost me £10 (£5) per channel.

 

[ADB]

I'd actually go further and ask why SKY can't break their sports channels out further into SKY Sports football, SKY Sports Rugby, etc. That way the customer could select one, two, three or all the channels rather than having to pay £20 a month for sports that they'll never watch. I'd have the golf and cricket channels which, for example, would cost me £10 (£5) per channel.

I think you have answered your own question there AW - I guess they rely on the football to subsidise less popular sports such as the cricket.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Sky will be going belly up soon....too big a company .....out of control leadership
They are soooooooooooo last year.

 

[GreiginFife]

Sky will be going belly up soon....too big a company .....out of control leadership
They are soooooooooooo last year.

You keep hinting at this Doon, please fill me in on your insight as to how out of control the leadership is. Do you know who the leaders are (I'll give you a clue, it's not KRM...). Seems Sky have been so last year for about, oh I make it 23 years... So we'll pencil that corporate failure in for 2035 then shall we?
Is it a size issue? So companies like IBM, Glaxosmithklein, Astrazeneca, Microsoft, Apple and Samsung should be due imminent failure soon then. Interesting.
Anyhow, to answer your question Auburn, to do that would require each "channel" to have it's own broadcast platform which would cost money to create and maintain. Meaning that it would become cost prohibitive from both a business and subscriber perspective.

 

[Golfmmad]

I have Sky and it amounts to £63 per month. This includes all the sports, entertainment discovery etc, HD and multi room.

Was thinking this is too much to be paying each month as money is tight in these tough economic times.

So I pnoned Sky pleading poverty and said that I'm thinking of cancelling. She said ok, let's have a look at your account. Firstly we cancelled multi room, (daughter has now moved out).
Put me on hold and came back and offered a 25% discount on the rest which means the monthly charge is now only £42 and the offer will last for a year.

OK, it's not life changing but a step in the right direction. :thup:

 

[Andy808]

I had sky once and will never have it in my house again. Conning gits.

 

[GreiginFife]

Look, the offer is there for those that want to have Sky that maybe can't afford the full rate. It's my attempt to help others.
Sky is NOT a utility, it is optional.
If no one wants the offer then that's cool, but it's on the table for those that do.

 

[Golfmmad]

I had sky once and will never have it in my house again. Conning gits.

Why do you say that?

They are providing a service, for that you have to pay.

 

[Andy808]

Why do you say that?

They are providing a service, for that you have to pay.

I had sky for 10 years, paying them a fortune, then their gear started playing up so I asked for an engineer to visit to sort it out as it was unwatchable even when the weather was clear. I then got told it was going to cost me £65 for him to come out and sort the problem out. Having been with them so long, spending so much money with a full package + phone + internet (which they lied to me about to get me to have it) on a monthly bill in the region of £90 they still wanted £65 more from me. I have no problem paying for a service but I don't like being ripped off and sky did it on a regular basis.

 

[connor]

When I finally move into my house end of the year or very early next year sky will be installed the day I pick up my keys. Had it since a kid and no way I'm goi with out it now

 

[Scottjd1]

You lot crack me up sometimes...

Someone who most of you probably dont know offers an opportunity to get something as a good deal, with no benefit to himself. And you want to use the thread to bad mouth the service being offered.



Thanks for the offer by the way, I already have it so cant take you up but maybe others will.

Cheers...

 

[Golfmmad]

I had sky for 10 years, paying them a fortune, then their gear started playing up so I asked for an engineer to visit to sort it out as it was unwatchable even when the weather was clear. I then got told it was going to cost me £65 for him to come out and sort the problem out. Having been with them so long, spending so much money with a full package + phone + internet (which they lied to me about to get me to have it) on a monthly bill in the region of £90 they still wanted £65 more from me. I have no problem paying for a service but I don't like being ripped off and sky did it on a regular basis.

Fair enough, thought it must of been bad for you to say what you did.

Tell me to mind my own business, but is it worth giving them another try? :mmm:

 

[Andy808]

Fair enough, thought it must of been bad for you to say what you did.

Tell me to mind my own business, but is it worth giving them another try? :mmm:

To be honest I've quiet enjoyed having the extra money in the bank and with the job I do really can't afford it anymore anyway. If we had missed it I would think about it, apart from the kids missing kids tv we haven't really noticed it being gone.
If it's for you then great but sadly it's not for me anymore.

 

[3offTheTee]

Think people have a choice here. A guy is trying to help and gets slagged off. It is not his fault if we receive bad service. It you are not satisfied write to The CEO.

I have had Sky since 1989 when there were 2 Companies. I find the biggest problem is that they do not look after their existing loyal customers who are unable to take up the offers. Similar to churning with The Banks'.

There is nothing for loyalty is this day and age

 

[GreiginFife]

I had sky for 10 years, paying them a fortune, then their gear started playing up so I asked for an engineer to visit to sort it out as it was unwatchable even when the weather was clear. I then got told it was going to cost me £65 for him to come out and sort the problem out. Having been with them so long, spending so much money with a full package + phone + internet (which they lied to me about to get me to have it) on a monthly bill in the region of £90 they still wanted £65 more from me. I have no problem paying for a service but I don't like being ripped off and sky did it on a regular basis.

So you pay the BBC a license fee of £xxx.xx per year regardless of using their service, so if your TV broke down would you expect the BBC to replace it free? You have a warranty on electrical equipment, if YOU choose not to extend the warranty then you take your chance. If your TV, Microwave, DVD, XBOX etc break down out of warranty you want free replacements yeah?
That's not how it works I'm afraid.