Threatening to cancel sky..

[Stouffer]

..at the moment will earn you a 25% discount for 6 months.

 

Biff guide below.

 

1) Phone sky (Select the options for cancellation).

 

2) Tell them you want to cancel as in the current financial climate you can't afford the subscription.

 

3) They'll try to get you to drop some channels or mixes, if there's any you don't want get them taken off your account.

 

4) Tell them it's still too much and you can't afford it.

 

5) They'll offer you 25% discount for six months.

 

6) Make a donation to TLW

[ScottyT]

...and if they don't and happily process your request to cancel?

[Stouffer]

...and if they don't and happily process your request to cancel?

 

 

Then they probably think you're a massive doucher and you save nothing.

 

Boo hoo.

[Torvald Utne]

...and if they don't and happily process your request to cancel?

 

then you can save 100% and watch the matches on the internet.

[fruitbat]

i got rid of sky last february, as sky sports comes off a different satellite the signal kept getting interupting and the channel kept freezing during the matches

 

enough was enough and after they offered me a engineer for 80 quid, i still told them i was leaving then they offered a free engineer

 

they still harass me to find out why i left

[gkmacca]

I can't risk losing the Dirty Darts Channel.

[aws]

I can't risk losing the Dirty Darts Channel.

 

...and all the engineers you can handle.

[thechap]

I cancelled mine and it was due to expire on 13th February, because they were going to charge £65 for an engineer to look at our pisspoor Sky+ box. I fully expected them to call and offer me something. They didn't and I felt the twat when my missus made me ring them again on the 12th and cancel the cancellation because she wanted to make sure she could record Neighbours.

 

Neighbours aside, the point is they don't always offer you something (although they did when I cancelled 3 years ago...)

 

Instead, I'm going to look for one of those dudes who flog Sky in the shopping centres. At the moment my missus is the customer but I will sign up in my name this time and get a new box for free, cancelling my missus' account.

[Stouffer]

Anyone who actually pays for an engineer to be called out deserves to be £65 sheets out of pocket?

 

Has anyone rang and had their sub reduced?

[Stouffer]

Damn double post.

[Major Tom]

I rung this morning and asked them if there was any way they could reduce my bill as I couldn't afford what I was paying. They said yup and offered me Sky Sports for 5 quid a month instead of whatever I pay now (more than 5 quid).

 

It was easy. Too easy.

 

Eerily easy.

[Lucky Pierre]

Going to ask them to reduce my sly sports when I get in. If they don't there's always the internet

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

Going to ask them to reduce my sly sports when I get in. If they don't there's always the internet

 

 

Followed Stouff's instructions and they offered me the 25% off, the girl on the phone was saying it's not a discretionary thing, it's a policy that they've brought in the "Help People" in post credit crunch England.

 

So don't take no for an answer

[Lucky Pierre]

Followed Stouff's instructions and they offered me the 25% off, the girl on the phone was saying it's not a discretionary thing, it's a policy that they've brought in the "Help People" in post credit crunch England.

 

So don't take no for an answer

Well the movies don't get wastched often in our house, and its only really me who watches the sports so If I can get them reduced it'll be brilliant, if I have to say I want it cancelled I'll just hang up the phone before the deed is done.

 

What options should I press when I ring them up?

[Stouffer]

Well the movies don't get wastched often in our house, and its only really me who watches the sports so If I can get them reduced it'll be brilliant, if I have to say I want it cancelled I'll just hang up the phone before the deed is done.

 

What options should I press when I ring them up?

 

Can't remember the exact options but you need to get throught to cancellations, could be options 5, 5 and then 5.

 

You need to say you want to cancel because you can't afford it tho'.

[chrisked]

I cancelled mine and it was due to expire on 13th February, because they were going to charge £65 for an engineer to look at our pisspoor Sky+ box. I fully expected them to call and offer me something. They didn't and I felt the twat when my missus made me ring them again on the 12th and cancel the cancellation because she wanted to make sure she could record Neighbours.

 

Neighbours aside, the point is they don't always offer you something (although they did when I cancelled 3 years ago...)

 

Instead, I'm going to look for one of those dudes who flog Sky in the shopping centres. At the moment my missus is the customer but I will sign up in my name this time and get a new box for free, cancelling my missus' account.

 

You may not get away with it as they will check your post code and work out what you are doing. If you call them and say you have a problem, they will come out for £65 and if needed will give you a new box in that charge. (Its up to you if you argue the £65 fee)

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

Well the movies don't get wastched often in our house, and its only really me who watches the sports so If I can get them reduced it'll be brilliant, if I have to say I want it cancelled I'll just hang up the phone before the deed is done.

 

What options should I press when I ring them up?

 

 

When you call the customer services number, there is an option on the call tree for cancellations, just press that and you should be fine.

 

As an added bonus, I got through to a call centre in Glasgow and not Bangaldesh, so it was relatively straight forward

[hamstrung]

What's the number and I'll ring up.

 

I'll do it in the style of Blakey from "on the buses" and see if I get the discount.

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

What's the number and I'll ring up.

 

I'll do it in the style of Blakey from "on the buses" and see if I get the discount.

 

Numbers from SAYNOTO0870.com

 

0870 2404040 0844 2414141 01506 831741

[Major Tom]

Numbers from SAYNOTO0870.com

 

 

Word to that website.

 

0870 numbers do my nut.

[laddo]

I cancelled mine and it was due to expire on 13th February, because they were going to charge £65 for an engineer to look at our pisspoor Sky+ box. I fully expected them to call and offer me something. They didn't and I felt the twat when my missus made me ring them again on the 12th and cancel the cancellation because she wanted to make sure she could record Neighbours.

 

Neighbours aside, the point is they don't always offer you something (although they did when I cancelled 3 years ago...)

 

Instead, I'm going to look for one of those dudes who flog Sky in the shopping centres. At the moment my missus is the customer but I will sign up in my name this time and get a new box for free, cancelling my missus' account.

You do realise you can record neighbours if you get a Freeview+ box for about 60 quid?!

[Original202]

If you do cancel, what happens to your dish? Is there sky dish heaven?

[Lucky Pierre]

Just got 20% (a tenner) off my bill. Said it wasnt financially viable to keep movies & sports, so she said as we've been with them nearly 4 years we can have an offer

[Guest Kenny]

Im tempted to try my luck but I have sky broadband which means I have to keep sky tv(basic package) is it worth trying it for sky sports?

[millomred]

I cancelled mine last october, about a month ago I got a phone call and was offered the full package at half price for six months with the right to cancel after that period, which i probably will do because they are robbing bastards.