Since1982
Well-known member
Good price, that's helpful. I have multi room as well. It's the sports packages where they ramp up the price though.
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[TV] Sky Stream or Sky Q?
- Thread starter ofco8
- Start date
It didn't go well. They wanted £28 a month for TNT and £27 for Sky Sports and wanted to increase Sky Cinema by £12 a month for some inexplicable reason.
saltdeanseagull1
Member
- Aug 21, 2011
- 217
I just renegotiated with Virgin a couple of weeks ago, 300m Broadband, Sky sports 4K and BT Sports with their latest TV box (which I find quite clunky) for just over £61 pm. As others have said, set your 30 day notice and wait for the call from retentions.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
We are on FreeSat and just pay NowTV £22 a month for sports. We were getting SkyCinema for 99p a month but it's going up to £9.99 so being cancelled.
Hudson Hawk
Active member
Cancel and then play the waiting game.
If they haven't offered you something respectable give them a call a few days before its due to go off.
Always call and never go via chat. Calling retentions gets through to the UK call centre who have much more power. The call centre is overseas somewhere.
I get Signature inc netflix, sports, movies, HD/UHD and multiroom for £57.50 pm.
As for Sky Q vs Stream. Q is in better quality and like you say, you can download, watch when the internet is down and skip adverts etc.
I went with Q on the picture quality alone.
If they haven't offered you something respectable give them a call a few days before its due to go off.
Always call and never go via chat. Calling retentions gets through to the UK call centre who have much more power. The call centre is overseas somewhere.
I get Signature inc netflix, sports, movies, HD/UHD and multiroom for £57.50 pm.
As for Sky Q vs Stream. Q is in better quality and like you say, you can download, watch when the internet is down and skip adverts etc.
I went with Q on the picture quality alone.
Similar.
Freeview + NowTV + Netflix + Amazon Prime and I have far too much to watch.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
And Sky's HD tax of £6 a month?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
No. We pay NOWTV, not Sky although they are part of Sky.
It’s on special offer at £21 for 6 months at the moment
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Doonhamer7
Well-known member
- Jun 17, 2016
- 1,454
I did the cancel, then you get a call from the team in Northern Ireland - got a great offer, probably due to start the process again
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
I get it, I have been a long term subscriber for years. Reason I said Sky is because Now Tv is owned by Sky. In order ot watch in full hd they charge £6 a month which in this day and age is ridiculous. You cant even buy an sd resolution TV so this is simply money grabbing.No. We pay NOWTV, not Sky although they are part of Sky.
It’s on special offer at £21 for 6 months at the moment
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METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
- 6,823
Just to confirm the Sky Retentions team has now been ' catchily ' been renamed ' Sky Loyalty Stay Team ' and they are on 03442414141.
As people have mentioned previously you need to convince them that you are prepared to cancel. And to save valuable time I always state from the outset that " the package I have is perfect for me ' . Something along those lines negates the usual tactic whereby they try to 'chip off' components of your current package to get the price down.
As people have mentioned previously you need to convince them that you are prepared to cancel. And to save valuable time I always state from the outset that " the package I have is perfect for me ' . Something along those lines negates the usual tactic whereby they try to 'chip off' components of your current package to get the price down.
Since1982
Well-known member
Ouch.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,876
Or...
1) Receive an email from Virgin saying you are moving which you aren't.
2) Virgin disconnect you.
3) Virgin them reconnect you (at the same address) as a new customer and give you the same discount they did when you initially signed up to them.
For all their dysfunctionality, terrible customer service, lies about "connection" dates (which are actually "survey" dates) and delays connecting to a cabinet that happens to be in the street right outside your f***ing front garden....
.. they are definitely value for money.
Normal Rob
Well-known member
It boils my piss that you have to go through the price negotiation 'merry dance' every bloody time. Just give us a good price straight up and stop being *****, you *****!
Superphil
Dismember
The main negative with Sky Glass is the TV itself, it’s really not that good a picture. Compared to my OLED TV it was dreadful, we sent ours back, with no complaints from SKY.
But with Virgin if your internet goes down then your TV goes down - both services share the fibre infrastructure.
seagull_si
Active member
I was comparing Sky Stream with Sky Q...not with Virgin. You can still watch TV Sky Q without broadband.
Washboard Didgets
Graphic Designer
Yes I do try to remember to put my phone on Do Not Disturb – but have forgotten a couple of times.
Even watching Sky Sports via my iPad Sky Go app connected to Sky Q box (when the Mrs insists on watching something on the main TV) has had a delay of around a minute or two. But you don't know that until there is a notification.