Sky Cancellation

[Steve]

Been at the bar all night watching Pool game in UHD
Small box,
€100
€70 subscription
Picture quality was cracking, interface was excellent & had everything.
Folks here take them home & replace TNT or SKY

 

[Waitey]

I think someones made an error...

Sky Sports HD Subscription Discounted:-£4.00
• Offer end date: 12th July 2106

 

[davo172]

My virgin media contract up soon they said it will go up from 63 a month mega tv, land line free evenings and weekends calls, 350 broardband tnt sports and cinema. Too


Wait for it





£199 a month! 🤣🤣


Good luck with that! cancellation dept being called this week.

 

[Steve]

My virgin media contract up soon they said it will go up from 63 a month mega tv, land line free evenings and weekends calls, 350 broardband tnt sports and cinema. Too


Wait for it





£199 a month! 🤣🤣


Good luck with that! cancellation dept being called this week.

I’m waiting to get out of Sky, currently £110 a month.

Just need the fibre routing to our estate, already in the new estates 🤬🤬

 

[imprezaworks]

Managed to get mine for £40 a month with Sky from the £54

 

[Steve]

Managed to get mine for £40 a month with Sky from the £54

What you got package wise?

UHD everything
Full Sports
Cinema
Netflix premium
Fibre

 

[davo172]

Managed to get mine for £40 a month with Sky from the £54

Can't get sky Q any more new customers, just sky stream now i think.

 

[Nickw88]

Just be aware with Sky Stream; I posted about Sky in the TIDL thread recently as they've hiked my prices mid contract. Streaming TV is not governed by the usual Communications Act 2003, so in my case I cannot invoke my right to cancel as the typical rules and consumer rights do not apply in this case. So I'm stuck with the 25% increase for another 13 months and there's F all I can do about it other than downgrade my products to reduce the bill

 

[Steve]

@Nickw88

So if my discounts start dropping off like they have since May do I have a case to cancel or suck it up till September?

 

[Nickw88]

@Nickw88

So if my discounts start dropping off like they have since May do I have a case to cancel or suck it up till September?

Well that's partly what happened to me, along with general prices increases on top. So was a double whack for me.

My understanding is Sky TV customers (with a wired box) can cancel regardless of how far they are into their contract following price increases (providing the correct process is followed), whereas Sky Stream customers have no rights at all. Depends which you have, but at least September is only a few months away, worst case.

EDIT: I don't think you have any case with discount periods ending, I think it only applies to the rise of their standard prices. I had an email notifying me of them, maybe a month or so ago now.

 

[Steve]

How wierd is that 9 months ago I contacted ‘open reach’ as we have mega fast fibre in certain parts of our village, put in request, told 2026.

Just gone to collect bins & 3 guys in high vis have the lids off the pavement boxes, quick chat & they are getting ready to pull the cables through for open reach.

He reckons 2 months away, perfect as my Sky package ends Sept

 

[rctempire]

How wierd is that 9 months ago I contacted ‘open reach’ as we have mega fast fibre in certain parts of our village, put in request, told 2026.

Just gone to collect bins & 3 guys in high vis have the lids off the pavement boxes, quick chat & they are getting ready to pull the cables through for open reach.

He reckons 2 months away, perfect as my Sky package ends Sept

Excellent.

Fibre and bin off traditional services.


They will soon get the message that overcharging customers is poor business practices.

Plenty of other alternatives out there.

 

[Nickw88]

@Steve
Not wholly relevant, but I moved from Sky BB in January to BRSK as the best Sky they could offer in my area was averaging 36 mbs due to the cul-de-sac not having fibre. It was just about OK initially, but after upgrading my TV and Xbox it became impossible with 4k streaming/gaming at peak times, especially on the weekends when my daughters stays.

Anyway, I've since found out by chance that Sky have had fibre in my street since the day the house was built 10 years ago but some stupid rule meant that a % of connections had to be reserved for other BB providers! Not sure whether there's any truth in that but made me wonder. Anyway, I now have 500 mbs for £5 a month less than Sky were charging me and it's been faultless, so Sky can get in the sea

 

[Steve]

Excellent.

Fibre and bin off traditional services.


They will soon get the message that overcharging customers is poor business practices.

Plenty of other alternatives out there.

Hopefully my iptv works well otherwise I’ll be after something else 🤔

 

[rctempire]

Hopefully my iptv works well otherwise I’ll be after something else 🤔

No idea who supplier is, but im sure will be fine.

Plenty out there.

 

[davo172]

Well that's partly what happened to me, along with general prices increases on top. So was a double whack for me.

My understanding is Sky TV customers (with a wired box) can cancel regardless of how far they are into their contract following price increases (providing the correct process is followed), whereas Sky Stream customers have no rights at all. Depends which you have, but at least September is only a few months away, worst case.

EDIT: I don't think you have any case with discount periods ending, I think it only applies to the rise of their standard prices. I had an email notifying me of them, maybe a month or so ago now.

Sneaky b******s! Thats why the don't offer sky q anymore then!🤔

 

[Nickw88]

Sneaky b******s! Thats why the don't offer sky q anymore then!🤔

I didn’t know they’d stopped it to be honest, but I’m sure they’ve got their reasons…

 

[davo172]

Anyone got any decent renewels deals from virgin media latley or promo codes?

 

[charltjr]

I didn’t know they’d stopped it to be honest, but I’m sure they’ve got their reasons…

Sky Q box needs a dish which can need installation, it’s a bigger bit of kit with a hard drive in it so higher shipping and warranty costs. Much cheaper for them to just send out a little streaming box.

Mine’s going up by £15 at the start of September but thankfully I’m out of contract pretty soon after. Wish someone else had the F1.

 

[davo172]

Remember when I cancelled my sky years ago out of contract and had a bill for 374 quid for early cancellation charge, when I called up and told em they said. Don't worry it's an automated bill🙄

Then few weeks later one saying I needed to pay over a grand for not paying last £364 or court case procedure 😂😂

You can imagine how fuckin happy I was when I called up again ref this one!

Useless c***s!

What really got me was that if that was someone who worries or maybe older people they would of probably just panic and pay it.

 

[charltjr]

Think I’m going to bin it off and get an F1 TV pro subscription again.

I would genuinely quite happily pay them a tenner a month, even twenty a month, to just have Sky F1 and nothing else but nope you have to have the TV package and all the sports on top, and it’s a 24 month contract now where they can change the prices at any point.

It’s not even the money so much as I hate being ripped off by their shitty business practices.

 

[Nickw88]

Think I’m going to bin it off and get an F1 TV pro subscription again.

I would genuinely quite happily pay them a tenner a month, even twenty a month, to just have Sky F1 and nothing else but nope you have to have the TV package and all the sports on top, and it’s a 24 month contract now where they can change the prices at any point.

It’s not even the money so much as I hate being ripped off by their shitty business practices.

I've not looked in to it myself as there's no need currently, but NOW TV used to offer a Sky Sports package (pay monthly and day passes for certain events). Do they not still offer that? Could potentially be worth looking at if they do

 

[charltjr]

I've not looked in to it myself as there's no need currently, but NOW TV used to offer a Sky Sports package (pay monthly and day passes for certain events). Do they not still offer that? Could potentially be worth looking at if they do

Yeah they do, but it’s live only with no catchup etc and the price is carefully pitched that if you’re not a very occasional user you’re better off getting a proper subscription.

 

[Nickw88]

Yeah they do, but it’s live only with no catchup etc and the price is carefully pitched that if you’re not a very occasional user you’re better off getting a proper subscription.

Ahh fair enough. I’ve just had a look and it seemed reasonable at first glance, then I looked closer. Yeah, not cheap

 

[hopgop1]

Watch & Record Your Favourite Shows with Sky Q

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Looks like you can still go through the steps to buy Sky Q on the site, not tried all the way through though to see what happens. Apparently the contract for the satellites that Sky use is until 2029, so seems likely to be when it'll be switched off.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I've not looked in to it myself as there's no need currently, but NOW TV used to offer a Sky Sports package (pay monthly and day passes for certain events). Do they not still offer that? Could potentially be worth looking at if they do

Day pass for NowTV used to be £6.99 as I'd used to get that for the odd game I was home for. It's now £14.99.