Page 1 of Free Sky Plus Box + Free Install + No £10 monthly subscription ... If out of 12 month contract

Hi All,

Its been ages since I was last on the site, submitting posts. This post can `only` be done if out of your 12 month contract.

This has to be done in the following way:
1. Customer:- Ring sky
2. Ask to speak to the cancellations department
3. Ask to cancel your contract because you are unable to watch your favourite programmes due to shift work ... i.e. like me have missed all of `24` and if cant watch the programmes you want to watch then theres no point having
4. Sky : - How about a Sky Plus Box (160gb) - £45 install, £10 a month till July then free thereafter
5. Customer: - No thanks ... Not that fussed and in theory going to cost me £65 to keep me as a Sky customer. Not willing to pay out .. (even better if virgin in your area ... can play they`re cheaper card)
6. Sky: - Can offer Sky + box reconditioned and install for free (half recording capacity 80 gb) still though a massive amount of recording time
7. Customer: - What about the monthly fee
8. Sky: - Offer to waiver though only clause is a new 12 month contract

Reference points 6. they didn`t automatically offer it ... they hold that offer off so be prepared to haggle.

Benefits: - They upgrade the unit on aerial, which has four ports (single on normal sky). 2 required for sky in your main room and in theory two other ports for two other rooms. The spare two sockets can be wired to two other units with cards. I`m planning to ring up today to see if can wangle a freeview card, have someone install the wire to my bedroom and use my old box. There is no way round a multiroom sky charge if want same channels as downstairs.

Will let you know how get on with freeview card .... anyone else done this before.

Good Luck,

Chris

This item was edited on Friday, 1st June 2007, 23:16

Not, bad you can always haggle with sky, though on the 10 pound month sub, I think they are axing or axed that any way, as long you are a sky subscriber, not freesat.
A WISE MAN ONCE SAID

:) yeah done it ,i got free inst and sky+ box.but im gonna try for a few other extras soon lol

I was told there were no 160gb boxes left...are you sure its new and not a refurb?

You get an 80gb refurb box. Mines great and does what I need ... best of all cost me nothing ... why have basic box when can have a sky plus box at no extra cost.

The 160bg was at a cost of £45.

Obtained a freeview card for £20 and having two bedrooms wired up, to have freesat upstairs.

:B keep trying i say

Just had a letter from sky, asking us to come back, for the same deal, its tempting.

7.50 for 3 months, then 15 pound a month for basic package, free refurb sky plus box, 12 months warranty, free installation

Though happy with my topfield pvr at the moment, but its a very good offer.

A WISE MAN ONCE SAID

I tried the cancellation trick.All I could get out of her was a new Sky+ box for £50 installed.I might try again later or take up the offer.

I would just cancel, when we cancelled we had a phone call everyday for 4 weeks trying to get us back, was quite annoying, though it does surprise me, they have a massive customer base and they still go on chasing you not to leave, with loads of different offers, though I must admit the letter we have just got is the best one so far.

A WISE MAN ONCE SAID

another trick is to tell them your think about it,and also you have not got a credit card or debt ard.i haven,t and they gave in.

This item was edited on Monday, 11th June 2007, 08:49