Left Sky TV in the last 12 months?

bulldog147 · 20 Nov 2016 at 01:52

I was surprise to my own eyes :eek:

when I logged in my sky account and saw a pop up screen saying 'Left Sky TV in the last 12 months?' with amazing 75% off and a credit of £100 as well. All full bundles with sports and movies in HD with no contract.

Does anyone have this similiar?

Rotty · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:00

I had a 60% + £100 offer but didn't get that one

tbh these sort of things are a right kick in the **** to long term customers

Greebo · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:04

Yeah we just got that offer too. Glad we do the annual shuffle each year between me and my gf.

Sky does not look after loyal customers at all.

robfosters · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:07

Damn that's amazing. 75% off for 12 months with 5 months free anyway with the credit. That's great.

As Rotty says though, what a kick in the teeth for me as loyal customer. I might try calling their bluff with it. Tell them I want to cancel and take my chances with that offer. You never know.

Energize · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:08

Seems like a rip off to me compared to Netflix and Prime.

Rotty · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:10

Energize said:
Seems like a rip off to me compared to Netflix and Prime.

sky's main selling point is live sport

robfosters · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:11

Rotty said:
sky's main selling point is live sport

And Game of Thrones

Rotty · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:13

robfosters said:
And Game of Thrones

not in reality

that is available very easily elsewhere

2StepSteve · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:18

Rotty said:
sky's only selling point is live HD/UHD sport

Fixed.

Rotty · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:19

suppose so, as poor quality can be had elsewhere

robfosters · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:31

Rotty said:
suppose so, as poor quality can be had elsewhere

Actually, HD can be had elsewhere as well if you know where to look

Enough of that talk though as I live in fear of the ban hammer that you so readily wield.

diamount · 20 Nov 2016 at 02:56

Energize said:
Seems like a rip off to me compared to Netflix and Prime.

Netflix are relying less and less on movies to sell their service, with all that original content they are pumping out.

Energize · 20 Nov 2016 at 03:03

diamount said:
Netflix are relying less and less on movies to sell their service, with all that original content they are pumping out.

Were movies ever really a selling point for Netflix?

It's fantastic. They are a company churning out A rated content en masse at the minute for pennies whereas Sky by comparison are using 350 channels of advert laden old movies and tv shows as its selling point and its slowing subscriber growth, stagnant profit margins and rapid price increases reflect that.

Hades · 20 Nov 2016 at 04:24

I've been with sky for years and have everything except sport. But in the past year I've watched hardly anything on it and tend to use Netflix and Amazon instead. I'm probably going to cancel soon as it's just a waste of money.

diamount · 20 Nov 2016 at 04:36

Energize said:
Were movies ever really a selling point for Netflix?

It's fantastic. They are a company churning out A rated content en masse at the minute for pennies whereas Sky by comparison are using 350 channels of advert laden old movies and tv shows as its selling point and its slowing subscriber growth, stagnant profit margins and rapid price increases reflect that.

To start with, yeah. Then they no longer renewed their contract with a lot of the studios.

Freakbro · 20 Nov 2016 at 07:10

Hades said:
I've been with sky for years and have everything except sport. But in the past year I've watched hardly anything on it and tend to use Netflix and Amazon instead. I'm probably going to cancel soon as it's just a waste of money.

The main reason I keep sky is a) habit and b) I'm on the old package that gives me F1 for having the HD pack (extra £10 / mnth) without needing sky sports

I don't have Netflix or Amazon, but somehow still manage to see their shows

1pudding1 · 20 Nov 2016 at 08:17

Greebo said:
Yeah we just got that offer too. Glad we do the annual shuffle each year between me and my gf.

Sky does not look after loyal customers at all.

I'm tempted to do this as it's currently in my GF's name, but dont you need a new viewing card/box and lose all recordings on the current box? That would be a masive pain as we have loads we havent watched and film/stuff for the kids.

Greebo · 20 Nov 2016 at 08:47

Yeah you lose all your recordings. Generally have a month cross over and binge watch all the recordings.

Worth it though as each year we do the switch tend to get a cheaper deal, bigger cash back and freebies from sky plus we sell the old box for £50/60.

Usually ends up costing only a few quid each month.

Em3bbs · 20 Nov 2016 at 08:54

The only thing I have Sky for is football and F1. I would cancel it in a heartbeat otherwise. I am considering using NowTV day passes but the only thing then is when you are streaming live sport then you end up a minute or two behind, which is a pain if you're in WhatsApp groups with other friends watching, or if you want to use things like the live timing on the F1 website.

darkgen · 20 Nov 2016 at 08:56

Freakbro said:
The main reason I keep sky is a) habit and b) I'm on the old package that gives me F1 for having the HD pack (extra £10 / mnth) without needing sky sports

I don't have Netflix or Amazon, but somehow still manage to see their shows

In exactly the same boat and have to confess I hardly even watch that anymore. Wow just logged in and noticed I'm now paying 44 quid a month (528 a year) for effectively the strife to watch the CI channel to develop 101 ways to murder your husband.

Oh dear.