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Title: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 15 February 2013, 09:30:15
So over New Year had a couple of PM's can't remember who, also been asked in a few threads  :-[

New customers I can get you 50% discount for 12 months, if you already have Sky but no broadband, I can get you Unlimited broadband free for 9 months  :y
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: omega3000 on 15 February 2013, 11:35:49
Can you get me free SKY for 12 months for being a loyal customer  :P :D ;)
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 15 February 2013, 11:39:15
Sorry no, do feel for current customers. Every time this offer is posted internally, we always, always ask what about discounts for current customers. Free movies? Free HD? 2TB box upgrade or similar, but we struggle to get anywhere  :(
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: omega3000 on 15 February 2013, 11:42:42
Thats ok mate , i dont expect it free but would be nice for a freebie now and then for loyalty ... no other companies do it that i know of so dont expect sky to start  :y
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 15 February 2013, 12:51:48
Thats ok mate , i dont expect it free but would be nice for a freebie now and then for loyalty ... no other companies do it that i know of so dont expect sky to start  :y

Do you have Sky broadband?
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: STMO123 on 15 February 2013, 12:56:17
My half price multi room (2) and HD offers have just ended. Bit of a hike in my bill, nearly £100 a month now.
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 15 February 2013, 14:45:36
My half price multi room (2) and HD offers have just ended. Bit of a hike in my bill, nearly £100 a month now.


Wish I was wealthy and lived in Wakefield. :y
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: omega3000 on 15 February 2013, 14:53:44
Thats ok mate , i dont expect it free but would be nice for a freebie now and then for loyalty ... no other companies do it that i know of so dont expect sky to start  :y

Do you have Sky broadband?

No and cant swop at the minute due to contract , how does sky broadband compare to talk talk broadband  :-\
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 15 February 2013, 14:55:10
Thats ok mate , i dont expect it free but would be nice for a freebie now and then for loyalty ... no other companies do it that i know of so dont expect sky to start  :y

Do you have Sky broadband?

No and cant swop at the minute due to contract , how does sky broadband compare to talk talk broadband  :-\

Suspect for your needs about same, although Sky's would be free for 9 months.

If your locked in and happy with what you get, no reason to change  :y
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: omega3000 on 15 February 2013, 15:08:06
Thats ok mate , i dont expect it free but would be nice for a freebie now and then for loyalty ... no other companies do it that i know of so dont expect sky to start  :y

Do you have Sky broadband?

No and cant swop at the minute due to contract , how does sky broadband compare to talk talk broadband  :-\

Suspect for your needs about same, although Sky's would be free for 9 months.

If your locked in and happy with what you get, no reason to change  :y

We are paying peanuts for talk talk tunnie at the minute and never had any issues but will shop around once its time to . Talk talk want to charge us for the new TV box as an existing customer  >:( although looking into it , it seems it will be a whole lot dearer than sky because you have to add on a lot of packages to get what we currently get from sky  ::) Wont bother with that from talk talk , seems a bit of a con  :-\
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: STMO123 on 15 February 2013, 19:29:13
My half price multi room (2) and HD offers have just ended. Bit of a hike in my bill, nearly £100 a month now.


Wish I was wealthy and lived in Wakefield. :y
I'm halfway there, Opti.
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Omegatoy on 15 February 2013, 20:34:35
lol sooo glad i didnt,go for sky as was going to, as they are changing satelite to a new one with a much more smaller footprint we here in spain have already lost loads of channels and will lose them all by august this year!! there are thouseands of bars here who pay the full package as well as thousands of normal households,cant beleive sky is willing to lose all that income ,but i guess thats progress???? :-\ 
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: STMO123 on 15 February 2013, 20:39:25
lol sooo glad i didnt,go for sky as was going to, as they are changing satelite to a new one with a much more smaller footprint we here in spain have already lost loads of channels and will lose them all by august this year!! there are thouseands of bars here who pay the full package as well as thousands of normal households,cant beleive sky is willing to lose all that income ,but i guess thats progress???? :-\
I don't get it. Why?
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Omegatoy on 16 February 2013, 08:48:05
lol sooo glad i didnt,go for sky as was going to, as they are changing satelite to a new one with a much more smaller footprint we here in spain have already lost loads of channels and will lose them all by august this year!! there are thouseands of bars here who pay the full package as well as thousands of normal households,cant beleive sky is willing to lose all that income ,but i guess thats progress???? :-\
I don't get it. Why?

snap!! got no idea,questioned and answers are er we dont know!!
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Varche on 16 February 2013, 09:07:34
It is to do with the satellite degradation. They don't last forever and the current one is going down the pan faster than expected.

So the transmission is migrated to a different satellite with a narrower beam that is much less likely to splash over southern europe.

Sky doesn't have a licencve to broadcast outside the UK so technically anyone receiving is breaking the law. You would have thought they ought to have a licence to get more custmers and thus more revenue. I bet someone at Sky has already done the maths.

One ray of hope is that the Sky channels themselves (i.e. not BBC, ITV and CH4) might continue to be receivable.

Who knows, we may all have to read books or have BBQs!
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: aaronjb on 16 February 2013, 10:49:17
You could just all move back to blighty  :P ;)

Tunnie, is it 12 months that you have to have been 'away' from Sky before you count as a new customer again?
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 16 February 2013, 10:53:10
You could just all move back to blighty  :P ;)

Tunnie, is it 12 months that you have to have been 'away' from Sky before you count as a new customer again?

Yup!  :y
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: aaronjb on 16 February 2013, 10:59:39
Thought so .. ah well, maybe next time! :)
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: pscocoa on 16 February 2013, 11:00:17
Tunnie - how much would basic hd plus sky sports 1,2,3 etc be then and is it a one year contract please? Is history and geographic still extra?
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: STMO123 on 16 February 2013, 11:08:39
Tunnie - how much would basic hd plus sky sports 1,2,3 etc be then and is it a one year contract please? Is history and geographic still extra?
Basic HD?  :-\
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 16 February 2013, 11:11:53
Tunnie - how much would basic hd plus sky sports 1,2,3 etc be then and is it a one year contract please? Is history and geographic still extra?

Errr they changed the packs so just went to double check:

Basic Pack is £21.50/m
HD = £10.25/m
Sports Pack = £21/m
Entrainment Extra (History/Geo) = £5.50/m

= £58.25/m

With my code, be £29.12/m

 :y :y

Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Varche on 16 February 2013, 11:13:20
You could just all move back to blighty  :P ;)

Tunnie, is it 12 months that you have to have been 'away' from Sky before you count as a new customer again?

err no. You never seem to have any sun and everything is so expensive. Just paid our half year water bill -39 euros and I thought that was a lot.........
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: pscocoa on 16 February 2013, 11:17:52
Tunnie - how much would basic hd plus sky sports 1,2,3 etc be then and is it a one year contract please? Is history and geographic still extra?

Errr they changed the packs so just went to double check:

Basic Pack is £21.50/m
HD = £10.25/m
Sports Pack = £21/m
Entrainment Extra (History/Geo) = £5.50/m

= £58.25/m

With my code, be £29.12/m

 :y :y

thanks Tunnie
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: aaronjb on 16 February 2013, 11:20:01
err no. You never seem to have any sun and everything is so expensive. Just paid our half year water bill -39 euros and I thought that was a lot.........

We have sun! For at least five minutes a year, I'll have you know  :P
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Omegatoy on 16 February 2013, 20:41:02
You could just all move back to blighty  :P ;)

Tunnie, is it 12 months that you have to have been 'away' from Sky before you count as a new customer again?

err no. You never seem to have any sun and everything is so expensive. Just paid our half year water bill -39 euros and I thought that was a lot.........

lol very true!
plus i can ride me raptor anywhere i please as long as its not fenced,
can work when i want, not clock in when someone tells me too,
rush hour?whats that?
horsemeat?ITS LABELLED here,when you buy beef its really beef,
beer is a euro a bottle,and you pay at the end of the session, tapa,s (snacks)are free ,after paying the bar bill,the landlord gives you a couple of freebies for the road,
corruption is rife,do it the illegal way after meeting the right people no problem, try to do it legally and its a nighmare with nothing at the end of it except a big bill,
but for all its faults life here is never boring and much better than blighty!!
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Omegatoy on 16 February 2013, 20:46:41
It is to do with the satellite degradation. They don't last forever and the current one is going down the pan faster than expected.

So the transmission is migrated to a different satellite with a narrower beam that is much less likely to splash over southern europe.

Sky doesn't have a licencve to broadcast outside the UK so technically anyone receiving is breaking the law. You would have thought they ought to have a licence to get more custmers and thus more revenue. I bet someone at Sky has already done the maths.

One ray of hope is that the Sky channels themselves (i.e. not BBC, ITV and CH4) might continue to be receivable.

Who knows, we may all have to read books or have BBQs!
BBQ,S AND beer!! and i bought a Kindle,thanks to Entwood i can now load it reasonably well,
never lose me page and dont have to read hundreds of book covers to see what i want to read,
not to bothered meself apart from stargate,star trek and F1, but Ze watches an awful lot of tv :y
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: Abiton on 16 February 2013, 21:13:40
Tunnie - how much would basic hd plus sky sports 1,2,3 etc be then and is it a one year contract please? Is history and geographic still extra?

Errr they changed the packs so just went to double check:

Basic Pack is £21.50/m
HD = £10.25/m
Sports Pack = £21/m
Entrainment Extra (History/Geo) = £5.50/m

= £58.25/m

With my code, be £29.12/m

 :y :y

Kinell! A quid short of £700 a year to watch telly, no wonder you have to sucker people in with special introductory offers.  ;D
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 17 February 2013, 01:21:47
Tunnie - how much would basic hd plus sky sports 1,2,3 etc be then and is it a one year contract please? Is history and geographic still extra?

Errr they changed the packs so just went to double check:

Basic Pack is £21.50/m
HD = £10.25/m
Sports Pack = £21/m
Entrainment Extra (History/Geo) = £5.50/m

= £58.25/m

With my code, be £29.12/m

 :y :y

Kinell! A quid short of £700 a year to watch telly, no wonder you have to sucker people in with special introductory offers.  ;D

Made just over 1 billion quid last year in profit, so can't be doing too badly :)
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: omega3000 on 17 February 2013, 07:28:07
Tunnie - how much would basic hd plus sky sports 1,2,3 etc be then and is it a one year contract please? Is history and geographic still extra?

Errr they changed the packs so just went to double check:

Basic Pack is £21.50/m
HD = £10.25/m
Sports Pack = £21/m
Entrainment Extra (History/Geo) = £5.50/m

= £58.25/m

With my code, be £29.12/m

 :y :y

Kinell! A quid short of £700 a year to watch telly, no wonder you have to sucker people in with special introductory offers.  ;D

Made just over 1 billion quid last year in profit, so can't be doing too badly :)

Thats a good wage for you tunnie  ;D , wish i had joined sky when they asked me to  :(
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: henryd on 12 March 2013, 12:05:55
Tunnie,I see Sky are doing HD upgrade half price for 6 months at the mo,does that include the HD box or does that have to be paid for?
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 12 March 2013, 13:45:13
Tunnie,I see Sky are doing HD upgrade half price for 6 months at the mo,does that include the HD box or does that have to be paid for?

Thats just the pack, but you can argue a free box out of them. How long have you been a customer?
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: henryd on 12 March 2013, 13:46:51
Tunnie,I see Sky are doing HD upgrade half price for 6 months at the mo,does that include the HD box or does that have to be paid for?

Thats just the pack, but you can argue a free box out of them. How long have you been a customer?


About 10 years now ::)
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 12 March 2013, 13:47:20
I can actually currently offer:

Free Sky+HD box
Free standard set-up
Half price HD Pack
Half price TV

All for 12 months to new customers.

If you already have Sky but no broadband, I can get that for you, free for 9 months (£7.50 after that)
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: tunnie on 12 March 2013, 13:48:25
Tunnie,I see Sky are doing HD upgrade half price for 6 months at the mo,does that include the HD box or does that have to be paid for?

Thats just the pack, but you can argue a free box out of them. How long have you been a customer?

About 10 years now ::)

Ring up say you want the pack, if they ask for money on a new box, question it, don't pay for one. let me know how you get on  :y
Title: Re: Half Price Sky again.... (yet another Sky bash thread!)
Post by: henryd on 12 March 2013, 13:51:37
Tunnie,I see Sky are doing HD upgrade half price for 6 months at the mo,does that include the HD box or does that have to be paid for?

Thats just the pack, but you can argue a free box out of them. How long have you been a customer?

About 10 years now ::)

Ring up say you want the pack, if they ask for money on a new box, question it, don't pay for one. let me know how you get on  :y

will do :y