cheapest way to get sky hd

shine · 4 Nov 2010 at 16:14

My dad I wanted to upgrade to HD so I rang and said I was going to cancel as Virgin had offered a better deal - I got - free HD box with installation and 6 months half price on the HD subscription. He's got all mixes plus the sport pack.

psd99 · 4 Nov 2010 at 16:29

shine said:
My dad I wanted to upgrade to HD so I rang and said I was going to cancel as Virgin had offered a better deal - I got - free HD box with installation and 6 months half price on the HD subscription. He's got all mixes plus the sport pack.

that's a decent deal you got there
but how much a month?

Jez · 4 Nov 2010 at 16:43

psd99 said:
I agree but what I am saying is if I rang up sky and said I want sky back at my address (but use my nan's address) so I get their engineer to come out and install my sky + hd box at her place

the moment the engineer leaves I take the hd box back to my house and use it
then ring up sky and cancel the subscription we got atm in the mrs's name

I see what you are saying, but there is no point, just take one out at your address. The only point on which i have no experience personally is if your surnames match. I have only taken out multiple subs in completely different names.

Marvt74 said:
From what i've read on other forums and widely accross the tinternet is that they do check accross addresses so Jez's plans wouldn't work.

You are wrong, and yes it would. I think i have been more than clear on this point.

Reality Bites · 4 Nov 2010 at 16:57

as long as you use a different bank account, it can be started in the same name. With all the offers for new customers at the moment I'm going to phone to cancel and my wife will start a new one. We'll just say we've split up or something. Don't this before without issue.

maddog · 4 Nov 2010 at 17:00

As an existing customer i rang up yesterday to upgrade to hd, the box is free but they wouldn't budge on letting me off with the £60 installation fee, i already have sky tv and multiroom, phone and broadband at over £70 a month.
seems you got to threaten to cancel to get any offers.

Jez · 4 Nov 2010 at 17:03

maddog, you should be able to opt out of installation if you dont need it. They can do a postal installation service where they simply courier you the box instead. Its a lot cheaper. I have been offered this with no suggestion on my part in the past.

Jez · 4 Nov 2010 at 17:05

Reality Bites said:
as long as you use a different bank account, it can be started in the same name. With all the offers for new customers at the moment I'm going to phone to cancel and my wife will start a new one. We'll just say we've split up or something. Don't this before without issue.

While i knew that the address is not cross referenced, it is interesting to know that it is the funding source specifically. I wasnt sure if they checked the names too for a surname match.

maddog · 4 Nov 2010 at 17:25

Well they said because i don't have sky+ they can't send me the box it has to be installed :mad:

3dcandy · 4 Nov 2010 at 18:29

unless you have 2 cables already installed and a multi-output lnb they will charge you...however we got free installation this week as we had moved. Also acquired another hd box which we don't need hd for, but thus gain a 320gig Sky+ box.

psd99 · 5 Nov 2010 at 09:59

3dcandy said:
unless you have 2 cables already installed and a multi-output lnb they will charge you...however we got free installation this week as we had moved. Also acquired another hd box which we don't need hd for, but thus gain a 320gig Sky+ box.

do u have a tv that doesn't have hd?

3dcandy · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:32

nope, but it still uses hdmi and upscales so pictures are perfectly watcheable. It's in the bedroom on a sammy 20" so no real need for hd.

shine · 5 Nov 2010 at 11:02

psd99 said:
that's a decent deal you got there
but how much a month?

I think it works out to £49 pcm for 6 months and then its £54 after that.

Reality Bites · 5 Nov 2010 at 11:20

Jez said:
While i knew that the address is not cross referenced, it is interesting to know that it is the funding source specifically. I wasnt sure if they checked the names too for a surname match.

We will obviously have the same name, but as long as it's a different bank account, you'll be ok.

iamtheoneneo · 5 Nov 2010 at 11:44

psd99 said:
You sound like you work for Sky.
It is a fact that new customers get the best deals.
We've been with sky for 12 years yet I always seem to see offers on sites like quidco and hotukdeals which are so much better than what most existing Sky customers get.

see my point above about mobile phones....i dont work for sky at all haha, i just cant stand people who compain about the costs when they want premium services.

psd99 said:
Have you ever been offered M and S vouchers?

yes on 3 occasions no less.

psd99 said:
Half Price Sky Sports HD and HD Movies for a year?

6 months

psd99 said:
Maybe you've had the Sky HD £10 pack knocked off your price too?

i had it knocked to £5 for 6 months yes.

psd99 said:
I highly doubt you've had any of these and are probably paying closer to £80 a month. We can't all afford such lavish lifestyles!

i pay just under £60 for 3 mixes, hd, sky sports and espn....thats fine with me, because i know they are PREMIUM channels that come with a PREMIUM price tag and im not expecting something for nothing. i drop sky sports after feb like i do every year (when nfl/CF finished) and keep ESPN for lacrosse and college basketball, then pick sky sports back up come august.