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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: pscocoa on 03 March 2019, 14:17:05
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2 years ago after a long boring negotiation I agreed a deal with Sky with which I was very happy and I said at the time if you try this horse trading again I will just leave.
So my deal is set to go from £82.50 to £150. Immediately cancelled everything for 31 days hence. They then come back with £120 but I have now made my decision.
Shame because I like the Sky system but do not need to pay a premium for this.
I will go to EETV at £38 all in including 20gb monthly data boost (for mobile phone) as this will meet our needs and I already have EETV with fibre unlimited in another property.
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Every once in a while I get bored and decide to sign up to SKY for a year. After a week or two I remember why I binned it previously - its just more channels filled with utter shite, that you need to scroll through, in the hopeless search for something decent to watch.
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I am, at present, paying sky, £57 for a package that should be £90ish. This 'discount' ends in September and, if they don't let me keep the price, I will cancel my subscription too.
I've got an 18 month package with BT. £29.99 for unlimited, high speed fibre and BT sport for free. After the 18 months, the internet goes up to £54 and BT sport is £27.50 a month. You can guess what's gonna happen there as well.
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I am, at present, paying sky, £57 for a package that should be £90ish. This 'discount' ends in September and, if they don't let me keep the price, I will cancel my subscription too.
I've got an 18 month package with BT. £29.99 for unlimited, high speed fibre and BT sport for free. After the 18 months, the internet goes up to £54 and BT sport is £27.50 a month. You can guess what's gonna happen there as well.
Not if you ring them up Steve and negotiate hard. They are all wanting your business, and I just use the fact of "going elsewhere" and BT keep my prices down to where I want them.If BT have given you that package at those prices for 18 months they can do it again!
However I did drop the BT tv package some time ago when I purchased new televisions that give me Freeview Play and full catch up on all the programmes I am ever going to be interested in. As already said, with all the 'packages' you get a load of crap channels that you never watch, so just spend another £30 per month roughly for the privilege. ;)
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Five channels plus about another hundred on Freeview is enough for me.
....but then I'm not made of money like some. :)
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ive ditched sky about a year ago know found them to expensive. then when they put there prices up when discovery nearly pulled from sky. that was enough for me, >:(
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I am, at present, paying sky, £57 for a package that should be £90ish. This 'discount' ends in September and, if they don't let me keep the price, I will cancel my subscription too.
I've got an 18 month package with BT. £29.99 for unlimited, high speed fibre and BT sport for free. After the 18 months, the internet goes up to £54 and BT sport is £27.50 a month. You can guess what's gonna happen there as well.
Not if you ring them up Steve and negotiate hard. They are all wanting your business, and I just use the fact of "going elsewhere" and BT keep my prices down to where I want them.If BT have given you that package at those prices for 18 months they can do it again!
However I did drop the BT tv package some time ago when I purchased new televisions that give me Freeview Play and full catch up on all the programmes I am ever going to be interested in. As already said, with all the 'packages' you get a load of crap channels that you never watch, so just spend another £30 per month roughly for the privilege. ;)
Even if the largest most comprehensive Sky package was £20 P/M I'd still tell them to shove it up their arse. As you say, Lizzie, most of it is utter shite.
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I'm with Lord Opti on this one as apart from the BBC TV Tax I won't pay for TV. :)
Although at the moment my reception has got so bad that I can only watch a couple of channels, so I think I need to pull down my aerials and replace all the co-ax. :-\
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I'm with Lord Opti on this one as apart from the BBC TV Tax I won't pay for TV. :)
Although at the moment my reception has got so bad that I can only watch a couple of channels, so I think I need to pull down my aerials and replace all the co-ax. :-\
I sincerely hope you don't 'pull down' other things while watching Babestation..........which is free to view. ;D
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If you have a SKY dish,box and wiring ,you can buy a freeview card for about £5 ,IF you have poor Ariel reception :y
won't allow you to record or watch premium channels but it is an alternative to a new Ariel and wiring :y
I pay for sky , but not got sky Q because my old 2TB box allows me to use magic eye links , sky Q requires extra boxes and subscriptions :(
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I'm with Lord Opti on this one as apart from the BBC TV Tax I won't pay for TV. :)
Although at the moment my reception has got so bad that I can only watch a couple of channels, so I think I need to pull down my aerials and replace all the co-ax. :-\
I sincerely hope you don't 'pull down' other things while watching Babestation..........which is free to view. ;D
Too much silicone on Babestation for my liking ::) , but it matters not as the girls are completely pixelated so no tissues required! :D
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If you have a SKY dish,box and wiring ,you can buy a freeview card for about £5 ,IF you have poor Ariel reception :y
won't allow you to record or watch premium channels but it is an alternative to a new Ariel and wiring :y
I pay for sky , but not got sky Q because my old 2TB box allows me to use magic eye links , sky Q requires extra boxes and subscriptions :(
No chavvy Sky dish here! :o I think there's a covenant or sonething... :-\ ;D
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No chavvy Sky dish here! :o I think there's a covenant or sonething... :-\ ;D
I got one stuck on my 1888 victorian house , so has everyone else round here ;D
probably not period correct but better than the spalling render, stone cladding and peeling paint that some have stuck up ::)
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I'm with Lord Opti on this one as apart from the BBC TV Tax I won't pay for TV. :)
Although at the moment my reception has got so bad that I can only watch a couple of channels, so I think I need to pull down my aerials and replace all the co-ax. :-\
I sincerely hope you don't 'pull down' other things while watching Babestation..........which is free to view. ;D
Too much silicone on Babestation for my liking ::) , but it matters not as the girls are completely pixelated so no tissues required! :D
Ahhhhhhhhhh. How sweet. You obviously get very emotional and tearful when listening to them..................
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Every once in a while I get bored and decide to sign up to SKY for a year. After a week or two I remember why I binned it previously - its just more channels filled with utter shite, that you need to scroll through, in the hopeless search for something decent to watch.
.. and that's on the rare bits that happen in-between the adverts. ::)
Anyone would think they were funding the content by selling advertising and just pocketing the monthly fee from those mugs who pay it. >:(
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I use a freesat box and a HD satellite receiver and dish from b&q £40 for German channel's f1 and motogp sorted.
Wouldn't use sky again
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My Sky deal includes fibre-based broadband and TV, along with all telephone calls. The latter SWMBO would sorely miss, as she lives on the telephone, so I dare not change provider - unless anyone knows different?
Ron.
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As discussed on PM, try NOW TV stick:
https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles (https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles)
Same content as Sky, no contract, although internet only delivery.
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As discussed on PM, try NOW TV stick:
https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles (https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles)
Same content as Sky, no contract, although internet only delivery.
Ooh .. tempted; I miss Car SOS since I dumped all the Virgin channels (it's on one of the Discovery network channels).. I'll have to have a look at the packages. :y
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As discussed on PM, try NOW TV stick:
https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles (https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles)
Same content as Sky, no contract, although internet only delivery.
Ooh .. tempted; I miss Car SOS since I dumped all the Virgin channels (it's on one of the Discovery network channels).. I'll have to have a look at the packages. :y
A lot of people buy, binge all the content then cancel. Wait ~3 or 4 months for content to build
up again. Buy and binge and cancel....
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As discussed on PM, try NOW TV stick:
https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles (https://www.nowtv.com/stick-bundles)
Same content as Sky, no contract, although internet only delivery.
Thanks Mark - will keep an eye out for deals - but got to the age now that the free stuff is actually enough plus Netflix which has a reasonable amount of films etc plus stuff for the grandkids. Add Netflix to EETV cost thus making £45 a month including Fibre and Calls which is acceptable.
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A lot of people buy, binge all the content then cancel. Wait ~3 or 4 months for content to build
up again. Buy and binge and cancel....
I did check - no Car SOS :( It's on Nat Geo now, and that's not on Now TV. Boo.
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A lot of people buy, binge all the content then cancel. Wait ~3 or 4 months for content to build
up again. Buy and binge and cancel....
I did check - no Car SOS :( It's on Nat Geo now, and that's not on Now TV. Boo.
Did you find any way of working out what IS on now TV? Damned if I can. :-\
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A lot of people buy, binge all the content then cancel. Wait ~3 or 4 months for content to build
up again. Buy and binge and cancel....
I did check - no Car SOS :( It's on Nat Geo now, and that's not on Now TV. Boo.
Did you find any way of working out what IS on now TV? Damned if I can. :-\
Sky, with a different logo. :)
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Another good reason not to bother then :D
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A lot of people buy, binge all the content then cancel. Wait ~3 or 4 months for content to build
up again. Buy and binge and cancel....
I did check - no Car SOS :( It's on Nat Geo now, and that's not on Now TV. Boo.
Sorry, only Nat Wild is the line up now. Used to have it...
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A lot of people buy, binge all the content then cancel. Wait ~3 or 4 months for content to build
up again. Buy and binge and cancel....
I did check - no Car SOS :( It's on Nat Geo now, and that's not on Now TV. Boo.
Did you find any way of working out what IS on now TV? Damned if I can. :-\
Sky, with a different logo. :)
So anything I can watch on my current sky package?
Except Car SOS. :-\
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A lot of people buy, binge all the content then cancel. Wait ~3 or 4 months for content to build
up again. Buy and binge and cancel....
I did check - no Car SOS :( It's on Nat Geo now, and that's not on Now TV. Boo.
Did you find any way of working out what IS on now TV? Damned if I can. :-\
Sky, with a different logo. :)
So anything I can watch on my current sky package?
Except Car SOS. :-\
Almost... Some channels we don't have. Movies it's everything on Sky, the entertainment pack is a bit trimmed down compared to Sky.
Depends what you want to watch?
NOW TV also offer broadband, phone etc.... you get same hardware delivered just with NOW TV stamped on it.
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I'll watch car SOS and tell you all what happens :)
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I'll watch car SOS and tell you all what happens :)
It's always the same, they find an old car. They tell the owner it's going somewhere (when they clearly know where it's really gone)
Fix it up, some cringeworthy TV from the chap who finds all the bits. They "struggle" to get it done on time, but always looks spot on when they reveal it.
Owner then attempts to look surprised.
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I'll watch car SOS and tell you all what happens :)
It's always the same, they find an old car. They tell the owner it's going somewhere (when they clearly know where it's really gone)
Fix it up, some cringeworthy TV from the chap who finds all the bits. They "struggle" to get it done on time, but always looks spot on when they reveal it.
Owner then attempts to look surprised.
You've spoiled it for me now. :(
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I'll watch car SOS and tell you all what happens :)
Is that the one with the Yank and the shouty Cockney? :-\
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I'll watch car SOS and tell you all what happens :)
Is that the one with the Yank and the shouty Cockney? :-\
I think it's the one with 'Fatty Brewer'
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.....actually that is Wheeler Dealers. :-X
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I'll watch car SOS and tell you all what happens :)
Is that the one with the Yank and the shouty Cockney? :-\
No.
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So its the same shite as freeview's Nazi channel or Dave, but more expensive?
Hmmm, where do I sign up :D
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And......it's going up on April 3rd, by £3 for me, but much more for some.