Deals On Sky TV Service - (Mostly Cancellation deals)

Kristopherus

doctorg wrote: »

Can you help or direct me to this info?

I've been trying to get xmbc/kodi running properly via various plugins. But none of them seem to work very well.

www.kodi.tv, www.tvaddons.ag, www.vdubt25.co.uk, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057313961, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057066642

Mountjoy Mugger

Can ye keep this stuff off the thread, please?

km79

wife rang to cancel and they rang me back to discuss options
offered the following
variety with split sports(1&5 or 2&5) 43 a month for 10 months
with HD 50.50

variety with full sports 50.50 a month I think for 12 months but maybe was 10
with HD 58 a month

No contract

I was pushing ahead with cancellation until she said that as a long term customer we get the variety pack at 32pm instead of 38pm and that will reset if cancellation is initiated.........

She is calling back Sunday !morning anyway whilst I think about it

matrixf

Got the offer I wanted today, €56.50 for variety/sports/movies/hd and multiroom for 12 months, also got a free 2nd sky+hd box on the way with free installation, happy enough with that!

NATLOR

Rang to cancel today was offered a few options but nothing close to some of the deals reported here.
Told him i wasn't accepting anything less than 12 months half price as iv'e been a long term customer and always paid full price but was told he couldn't do that so went ahead and cancelled.
Will see if i get any further offers in the coming weeks

km79

NATLOR wrote: »

Rang to cancel today was offered a few options but nothing close to some of the deals reported here.
Told him i wasn't accepting anything less than 12 months half price as iv'e been a long term customer and always paid full price but was told he couldn't do that so went ahead and cancelled.
Will see if i get any further offers in the coming weeks

Were the offers better or worse than the one I outlined above ?

Niemoj

My bill is gone back up to €38 now the offer is after expiring.

What are the current offers going for Variety, the €38 package?

NATLOR

km79 wrote: »

Were the offers better or worse than the one I outlined above ?

I'd say worse, i only have the variety pack with HD was paying €53,they offered €36.50 to stay on that.Alternatively was offered a downgrade to the basic family package for €19 no HD. He said there is no half price offers and certainly no'free months' available.
I'm not bothered as everything I watch can be sourced through other means.It is a good service and very user friendly but not worth anything like the money they want at present

jca

NATLOR wrote: »

USB ports are located in the back of most modern TVs

Amazon Fire TV stick is a streaming media device sold on Amazon UK that plugs into a HDMI port on your TV

Both my samsung tvs have multiple usb ports but pressing pause rewind on the remote with a usb stick connected doesn't do anything.

muffler

jca wrote: »

Both my samsung tvs have multiple usb ports but pressing pause rewind on the remote with a usb stick connected doesn't do anything.

You probably have to change the "source" or "input" - ie. from HDMI 2 for example to "USB" or "external device" depending on how its labelled.

Blade

Folks will you please stay on topic and keep the XBMC/Kodi etc. chit chat for another forum, thanks!

tvercetti

I had Original and Sports for the past 9 months at 50% off. I think it came to €32.50 and I then had a multiroom box at full price (€15) so in total I was paying €47.50. But since my deal expired, my bill has risen to €80.

I rang to cancel hoping I'd get the same deal again, but the best he offered me was Original and Sports for €52 and half price Multiroom so €59.50 total. I went ahead and cancelled for now.

FastFullBack

Was due to get cut off next Tuesday. Logged into Sky Service App recently and got a message offering 35% off, rang them and they knew nothing about it and only offered 20%. So sent a PM to Sky on here looking for the 35% off and half price HD.

Got a call back this evening offering 50% off with 12 month contract. So €44.50 for Variety, Sports and HD. Happy enough with that.

_Kaiser_

FastFullBack wrote: »

Was due to get cut off next Tuesday. Logged into Sky Service App recently and got a message offering 35% off, rang them and they knew nothing about it and only offered 20%. So sent a PM to Sky on here looking for the 35% off and half price HD.

Got a call back this evening offering 50% off with 12 month contract. So €44.50 for Variety, Sports and HD. Happy enough with that.

Just checked this myself and have the same 35% off offer... hmmm, maybe a PM to the Sky Reps might be worthwhile

donegal.

new customer offer:

full price sky packages but with a free galaxy tab 4 worth €140

Niall558

donegal. wrote: »

new customer offer:

full price sky packages but with a free galaxy tab 4 worth €140

It's only online though!

I tried ringing in but they told me that they literally have no way to do it on their systems. I was a little disappointed but then I realized the deals you get whilst on the phone are way better than the online offers

keng66

Was on to SKY to cancel, my deal had expired and had gone up to €105.50 got variety package, sports & movies & HD & multiroom, was only paying €64 for last 9 months. Now have it for €52.75 p.m.for the next 12 months. Can't complain about that in fairness

Ginger Power

Does any one get a free little black box off sky for free, and now it wont let me watch box sets on it at all, which is whole point of getting it off them, as an offer to stop me cancelling, so annoyed with them. Then they send me a email to say get sky go app for free but it wont let me get it on my tablet as again my package isn't up to date

matrixf

Ginger Power wrote: »

Does any one get a free little black box off sky for free, and now it wont let me watch box sets on it at all, which is whole point of getting it off them, as an offer to stop me cancelling, so annoyed with them. Then they send me a email to say get sky go app for free but it wont let me get it on my tablet as again my package isn't up to date

You need a hd subscription to watch sky boxsets

Ginger Power

matrixf wrote: »

You need a hd subscription to watch sky boxsets

So basically a total Con, give the box for free, yet you need to sign up for HD subscription. So annoying Sky is just all in it for the money

muffler

Ginger Power wrote: »

So basically a total Con, give the box for free, yet you need to sign up for HD subscription.

No. The box can also be used for on demand / catch up tv.

Ginger Power wrote: »

Sky is just all in it for the money

They are a business after all and not a charity.

matrixf

Ginger Power wrote: »

So basically a total Con, give the box for free, yet you need to sign up for HD subscription. So annoying Sky is just all in it for the money

You can still watch Catch up tv, but I agree you shouldn't need hd subscription to watch boxsets , it's included in the family pack in the UK, should be included here too!

gunnerfitzy

Anyone know if an order is cancelled within the 14 days 'cooling off' period do they come back and remove the dish from the building?

mickdw

gunnerfitzy wrote: »

Anyone know if an order is cancelled within the 14 days 'cooling off' period do they come back and remove the dish from the building?

I don't see any way they would take back a dish as they are near worthless things and wouldn't be worth an installers time to take it down.
maybe you don't get installation till after cooling off period though.

muffler

gunnerfitzy wrote: »

Anyone know if an order is cancelled within the 14 days 'cooling off' period do they come back and remove the dish from the building?

A family member has had first hand experience of this recently and the dish wasnt touched. A sky "engineer" (hello Winston ) did call and collected the box.

gunnerfitzy

mickdw wrote: »

I don't see any way they would take back a dish as they are near worthless things and wouldn't be worth an installers time to take it down.
maybe you don't get installation till after cooling off period though.

Cheers. I was informed that the cooling off period doesn't start until installation is complete!!

Joo0

gunnerfitzy wrote: »

Cheers. I was informed that the cooling off period doesn't start until installation is complete!!

Amazed they don't remove the dish. People could see it as a free way of getting freesat

Fred Swanson

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higster

keng66 wrote: »

Was on to SKY to cancel, my deal had expired and had gone up to €105.50 got variety package, sports & movies & HD & multiroom, was only paying €64 for last 9 months. Now have it for €52.75 p.m.for the next 12 months. Can't complain about that in fairness

Did they offer this before you actually cancelled?

gunnerfitzy

Joo0 wrote: »

Amazed they don't remove the dish. People could see it as a free way of getting freesat

As mentioned the dishes are cheapy cheap. I assume that they will take the box alright but wasn't sure about the dish. I have an install scheduled but am genuinely unsure if I'll keep the service.

ctlsleh

higster wrote: »

Did they offer this before you actually cancelled?

Good question, I'd also like to know how you got that price

keng66

higster wrote: »

Did they offer this before you actually cancelled?

Told them I was cancelling because of the cost, they said they could do it for €84 , I said no still too dear, came back with another price-still more than I was paying on last deal, still said no thanks, he then said he would check with supervisor and ring me back which he did with the offer. Last year they let me be cut off for about 2 weeks before they rang back so it seems to depend on who you get through to.

Tugboats

Just a heads up for any Utd fans I got MUTV in for the month for the pre season friendlies. Sky are giving it for 4euro instead of 8euro

sheldon16

Hi Guys, anyone know of any deals for new customers?

V1llianous

sheldon16 wrote: »

Hi Guys, anyone know of any deals for new customers?

The deal they are advertising on TV at the moment is get a free Samsung tablet when signing up (have to wait up to 3 months for tablet to arrive), all the details are at www.sky.com/tablet

kooga

V1llianous wrote: »

The deal they are advertising on TV at the moment is get a free Samsung tablet when signing up (have to wait up to 3 months for tablet to arrive), all the details are at www.sky.com/tablet

isn't there a great deal for sky in the carphone warehouse......i don't have the details, worth ringing your local store and checking.

tinofapples

Just called sky in the last few minutes to see if they'd do any deal for me. I'm disconnected about 2 weeks now after coming to the end of 9 month half price contract. Was met with a flat "nothing I can do" so it's onto a combi box or another kind of box. I'll probably purchase an alternative and they'll come forward with a "deal" !!

tinofapples

Just called sky in the last few minutes to see if they'd do any deal for me. I'm disconnected about 2 weeks now after coming to the end of 9 month half price contract. Was met with a flat "nothing I can do" so it's onto a combi box or another kind of box. I'll probably purchase an alternative and they'll come forward with a "deal" !!

kooga

Let sky do the running

Kristopherus

tinofapples wrote: »

Just called sky in the last few minutes to see if they'd do any deal for me. I'm disconnected about 2 weeks now after coming to the end of 9 month half price contract. Was met with a flat "nothing I can do" so it's onto a combi box or another kind of box. I'll probably purchase an alternative and they'll come forward with a "deal" !!

Don't worry. They will contact you. And when they start, they will follow up every 3 months. I'm gone from them for 2 yrs and got an offer a few weeks ago. Won't be going back till I win the Lotto.

km79

Tugboats wrote: »

Just a heads up for any Utd fans I got MUTV in for the month for the pre season friendlies. Sky are giving it for 4euro instead of 8euro

Where ?

Tugboats

km79 wrote: »

Where ?

I rang to order it and they gave it to me for that price. He said that's the offer on it at the moment

dorito92

im thinking of joining sky, was looking at their vairety bundle €38 a month, just wondering in terms of payment does it have to be direct debit or can i pay 6/12 months in advance with a credit card?

loyatemu

not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Eircode could put an end to the whole "vary your address and sign up as a new customer" game. Sky could well ask for your eircode when signing up - this is unique per house/apartment.

Fred Swanson

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ablelocks

loyatemu wrote: »

not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Eircode could put an end to the whole "vary your address and sign up as a new customer" game. Sky could well ask for your eircode when signing up - this is unique per house/apartment.

unique is right. According to Eircode, we have been relocated to a neighbouring parish in Co. Clare, which itself has been relocated to Limerick. Which does mean that we now have a new address to sign up to Sky with.

donegal.

ablelocks wrote: »

unique is right. According to Eircode, we have been relocated to a neighbouring parish in Co. Clare, which itself has been relocated to Limerick. Which does mean that we now have a new address to sign up to Sky with.

no it doesn't.
your house will not get a new eircode.

that address is not new, it was always your postal address. Your closest main post office , where your post gets sorted in Limerick ?

muffler

Back on topic again. My 6 months half price basic pack with sports was coming to an end next month so I rang earlier and the best the guy could do was €47 a month. I'm currently paying €32.50 for that so I declined the offer.

I have an offer of €12.99 for August / Sept. with Setanta which I can avail of before the end of the month and coupled with Freesat and Freeview I think I'm well enough covered going forward.

phill106

Going to try the cancellation tonight now, paying 38 and not a deal to be offered unless you cancel it seems.

Skidfingers

Tugboats wrote: »

I rang to order it and they gave it to me for that price. He said that's the offer on it at the moment

How long must you keep MUTV for?