Deals On Sky TV Service - (Mostly Cancellation deals)

besty

I called this morning to cancel and was offered 10%, 15% and then 20% off my package (which is currently €100.50 p/month and includes Variety, Sports and Movies).

Went ahead with the cancellation and received the 50% offer through the Sky Service App almost immediately. Called back quoting the offer and was given two proposals: (1) 50% off tv package and €10 HD for 6 months (no contract) or (2) 10 months with 50% off tv, €10HD and 2 months full price (with contract).

Happy haggling.

Larcoon

I have just TV service, posting approx €30 euro a month. What would be my best offer that they would give to me would you say

GY A1

Larcoon wrote: »

I have just TV service, posting approx €30 euro a month. What would be my best offer that they would give to me would you say

as above
depends really but half price for 6 - 9 months is being offered

Span Molby

I am due to move out of my apartment in a month but our new place won't be ready for about two months, so have to move in with the in laws for a bit. What do ya reckon would be the best way to get a good deal. Currently have Variety and Sports. Thinking of ringing to cancel now and see what claw back offer I get after that

blowin3

I canceled my TV subscription with SKY but keeping my internet at 50e a month. I got a call Thursday and I got variety pack plus HD (8 months) and my WFI (12 month contract) for 64 euro. So happy with that and will talk to them in 8 months time regarding TV.

Seve OB

Chris_Bradley wrote: »

Basically you didn't pay your bill and they cut you off after about 3 weeks then offered you credit and a cut price sub yes?

Sent you a letter or was this available in your mysky online account?

Absolutely not. Always paid by dd.

I cancelled my account. They made me an offer to come back.....phone call offer

Chris_Bradley

Seve OB wrote: »

Absolutely not. Always paid by dd.

I cancelled my account. They made me an offer to come back.....phone call offer

? = Question.

Thanks for the reply though.

DavidJC

Does anybody know, if I added Sky sports last September, does than mean I entered a new contract?

Avada

DavidJC wrote: »

Does anybody know, if I added Sky sports last September, does than mean I entered a new contract?

No, just 31 days notice.

psawyer

Help! I'm so bad at trying to get a deal. Currently have variety with sky 33 pm and phone and 120 mg broadband with virgin for 40 pm. My contract with virgin is up so I rang sky to see what they could me. Said the best would be 70 pm for variety not HD and anytime calls and fibre broadband. I'd only be saving about 3e a month if I switch all to sky. Said I'd think about it. Anyone like to tell me my next move!!

muffler

psawyer wrote: »

Help! I'm so bad at trying to get a deal. Currently have variety with sky 33 pm and phone and 120 mg broadband with virgin for 40 pm. My contract with virgin is up so I rang sky to see what they could me. Said the best would be 70 pm for variety not HD and anytime calls and fibre broadband. I'd only be saving about 3e a month if I switch all to sky. Said I'd think about it. Anyone like to tell me my next move!!

First of all Sky is currently running an offer for its tv customers where they can get unlimited fibre BB for €35 a month with a 12 month contract. You should be aiming for that.

Generally you would need to compare like with like. Off peak phone calls come free with that offer but unlimited calls will cost another €7.50 a month. But thats cheap compared to VF particularly if you ever had to ring the UK or other countries. With the Talk Unlimited you can ring 20 different countries and spend up to an hour at a time on calls including calls to mobiles in America.

Also just to note that Sky fibre is completely unlimited whereas VF's is capped.

Call them again and do a bit of haggling and threaten to cancel your tv sub and see how that goes.

Tipsy McSwagger

Called today and I said half price or cancellation. Lots of the usual talk of reducing the package and who else are you going to go with. No deal on the half price so I gave the 31 days cancellation. Checked the Sky Services App and immediately was offered half price for 6 months in a 12 month contract. I'll wait it out and get a better deal from them.

The Ayatolla

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Called today and I said half price or cancellation. Lots of the usual talk of reducing the package and who else are you going to go with. No deal on the half price so I gave the 31 days cancellation. Checked the Sky Services App and immediately was offered half price for 6 months in a 12 month contract. I'll wait it out and get a better deal from them.

If you only have TV, Wait until the day it actually cuts off. Ring back and see what deals they have then. 9 months half price I think is the current one, 12 month contract.

Careful_now!

I was given the half price offer 12 months ago and that's now coming to an end.

If I call again this year, am I likely to get another 6, 9, or 12 months of half price?

The Ayatolla

Careful_now! wrote: »

I was given the half price offer 12 months ago and that's now coming to an end.

If I call again this year, am I likely to get another 6, 9, or 12 months of half price?

Yes. But give your 30 days notice.

BBMcQ

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Yes. But give your 30 days notice.

A word of warning, in March 2015 I was coming to the end of my 12 months half price and I gave my notice. They called my bluff and let me go with only 12 months at 30% off, therefore I left. So another person in the same address signed up with the Groupon for 12 months at half price. Now that's coming to and end and I've been badgered up until Christmas with "come back to Sky" 50% off offers, but they've dried up since new year... We're due to sign another contract in March/April.

eamondunphy

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Called today and I said half price or cancellation. Lots of the usual talk of reducing the package and who else are you going to go with. No deal on the half price so I gave the 31 days cancellation. Checked the Sky Services App and immediately was offered half price for 6 months in a 12 month contract. I'll wait it out and get a better deal from them.

Where in the app was the offer? When I click offers it brings me to main sky website which has nothing

who_ru

I'm paying €108 for BB/phone/sports/variety/HD.

I'm not in a contract for TV, but am for BB/phone until April. The bb/phone package will actually go up from €40pm to €50pm in April so I'm going to ditch them for someone else then.

It's too much as far as I'm concerned. I cancelled the sports about a week ago, Sky rep on the phone just said yeah ok.

I might just settle for eir and they're €30 a month for 12 months offer.

who_ru

I'm paying €108 for BB/phone/sports/variety/HD.

I'm not in a contract for TV, but am for BB/phone until April. The bb/phone package will actually go up from €40pm to €50pm in April so I'm going to ditch them for someone else then.

It's too much as far as I'm concerned. I cancelled the sports about a week ago, Sky rep on the phone just said yeah ok.

I might just settle for eir and they're €30 a month for 12 months offer.

who_ru

Don't understand why double posts

Kerrydude1981

who_ru wrote: »

Don't understand why double posts

I read somewhere that the double posts are happening because people are using the quick reply option

Tipsy McSwagger

eamondunphy wrote: »

Where in the app was the offer? When I click offers it brings me to main sky website which has nothing

When I sign in with my passcode it just comes up straight away

A Law

Sky services app.

jca

who_ru wrote: »

I'm paying €108 for BB/phone/sports/variety/HD.

I'm not in a contract for TV, but am for BB/phone until April. The bb/phone package will actually go up from €40pm to €50pm in April so I'm going to ditch them for someone else then.

It's too much as far as I'm concerned. I cancelled the sports about a week ago, Sky rep on the phone just said yeah ok.

I might just settle for eir and they're €30 a month for 12 months offer.

Bearing in mind Eir is a 24 month contract, what does it go up to after 12 months? My bb with Eir has crept up to almost €59 pm from April when yet another price increase (€2) is being added. I'm going to vf Bb only for €40 pm it's enough to be spending.

kooga

jca wrote: »

Bearing in mind Eir is a 24 month contract, what does it go up to after 12 months? My bb with Eir has crept up to almost €59 pm from April when yet another price increase (€2) is being added. I'm going to vf Bb only for €40 pm it's enough to be spending.

Eir is 18 months

jca

kooga wrote: »

Eir is 18 months

On the teeny tiny print on their TV ad it's a 24 month contract, maybe that's only if your getting the quad play but make sure to check first. Don't avail of any free trials of their tv service which will be offered to you about 5 months into your contract as they'll put you on a new 18 month contract without telling you. Nasty..

iggy

My Groupon half price for the year is due to expire soon.
I'm currently paying €47 for Variety, Sports and Movies and HD.
Do u think I'll get another half price for the year if I ring to cancel?

I'll ring on Monday and give it a go. I'll go ahead and cancel if they don't offer it.

Del007

who_ru wrote: »

I'm paying €108 for BB/phone/sports/variety/HD.

I'm not in a contract for TV, but am for BB/phone until April. The bb/phone package will actually go up from €40pm to €50pm in April so I'm going to ditch them for someone else then.

It's too much as far as I'm concerned. I cancelled the sports about a week ago, Sky rep on the phone just said yeah ok.

I might just settle for eir and they're €30 a month for 12 months offer.

I think it goes up to around €90 after 12 months

ablelocks

for those of you with contracts due up soon, watch out for any offers off the standard SkyQ pricing. It'll be interesting to see if deals are offered...my free 3 months is up at the end of this month so I'm considering whether to move to SkyQ or not...

Seve OB

what is SkyQ ?

ablelocks

Seve OB wrote: »

what is SkyQ ?

more info in the Sky Ireland forum

muffler

Seve OB wrote: »

what is SkyQ ?

This post will give you a brief outline together with a couple of basic costs. The full thread is here

muffler

ablelocks wrote: »

more info in the Sky Ireland forum

Snap

Seve OB

expensive and more money for gizmos and gadgets i'd never use

i'll stick to the normal service thanks

Seve OB

expensive and more money for gizmos and gadgets i'd never use

i'll stick to the normal service thanks

Avada

Seve OB wrote: »

expensive and more money for gizmos and gadgets i'd never use

i'll stick to the normal service thanks

Actually, if you read the thread, for some people it will work out a little cheaper.

paska

Just had the Variety bundle and Cancelled a month ago. Still have BB. They rang me twice after I cancelled and both time I was at work and missed them.

Finished my deal on 30th Jan and got a call yesterday. Asked why I cancelled and I said I refuse to pay for HD. In fairness the lad said he agreed. They offered me 50 percent off so €20 for Variety with HD. A fiver a week is not too bad in my view.

No contract for 6 months. He said if I took moves or sports they would be half price as well.

Patty O Furniture

I took up the half price movies+sports, but in doing so, the agent told me first i couldn't, if i was goin to apply a 20% on TV, so he reduced the variety to basic, as i don't watch all those channels to be honest!

Also i was passing by a sky kiosk one day in Letterkenny & briefly asked him on something & told him i had already had signed up to the 1/2 price & told me when the offer runs out, come & see him & he'll give me the same again!

That's something you don't often get again with sky, unless i'm terrible at haggling:D although premier league will be finished when mine finishes in May.

Avada

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I took up the half price movies+sports, but in doing so, the agent told me first i couldn't, if i was goin to apply a 20% on TV, so he reduced the variety to basic, as i don't watch all those channels to be honest!

Also i was passing by a sky kiosk one day in Letterkenny & briefly asked him on something & told him i had already had signed up to the 1/2 price & told me when the offer runs out, come & see him & he'll give me the same again!

That's something you don't often get again with sky, unless i'm terrible at haggling:D although premier league will be finished when mine finishes in May.

Well the kiosk rep can't apply retention offers so they are talking Shít. Unless they are suggesting you remove sports and cone back to then to have them readded.

Patty O Furniture

Avada wrote: »

Well the kiosk rep can't apply retention offers so they are talking Shít. Unless they are suggesting you remove sports and cone back to then to have them readded.

It's probably the latter, but i wasn't really expecting that & assumed it was BS as the promo is up in may & thought they can't really do that?

Kerrydude1981

I suppose when someone signs up for Sky Q,Sky will attempt to sell on the Broadband as well.

Anyway I saw this last night

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/news/492019/Sky-HD-update-Sky-planner

BrendanD

Am with Virgin for broadband and phone and have sky tv, is it possible to get sky broadband as i don't have an Eircom lime ?

Avada

BrendanD wrote: »

Am with Virgin for broadband and phone and have sky tv, is it possible to get sky broadband as i don't have an Eircom lime ?

If there is an old one there, they may be able to reactivate it. Otherwise it would be a new line installation (which is possible but can take 4-6 weeks). Your address would need to be a unique one (not a townland address).

Seve OB

Avada wrote: »

If there is an old one there, they may be able to reactivate it. Otherwise it would be a new line installation (which is possible but can take 4-6 weeks). Your address would need to be a unique one (not a townland address).

sure don't we all have unique addresses nowadays

Avada

Seve OB wrote: »

sure don't we all have unique addresses nowadays

We do, but only when OpenEir play catch up with their ARD key database. Eircom is actually very useful for this (when the database is updated). I don't work in the industry anymore so I don't know when/if it will be done.

BrendanD

Thanks , do you know would sky arrange for a new line ? Actually thinking back there was a line in here a long time ago

Avada wrote: »

If there is an old one there, they may be able to reactivate it. Otherwise it would be a new line installation (which is possible but can take 4-6 weeks). Your address would need to be a unique one (not a townland address).

Avada

BrendanD wrote: »

Thanks , do you know would sky arrange for a new line ? Actually thinking back there was a line in here a long time ago

Sky have a new line provide section if necessary. Have a look for an old Eircom phone socket.

wolfyboy555

rang up for the folks earlier. I had cancelled a few days ago. Got the 6months half price thing on the sky services app. I chanced and said it said 10months half price and the operator came back with a 9 months offer so went with that.

iggy

My half price Groupon deal is up next month.
Just rang them to cancel and to say I'm not interested in any deals other than half price.
He said he'd just extend my half price deal with no contract so happy with that.

tramoreman77

iggy wrote: »

My half price Groupon deal is up next month.
Just rang them to cancel and to say I'm not interested in any deals other than half price.
He said he'd just extend my half price deal with no contract so happy with that.

Where is the group on deal ,is it gone.