Sky TV

[NottinghamWhite]

After a post in another thread by Pecky it appears I may be paying over the odds for Sky. We are currently paying £89 and for that we get all the channels including sports and movies plus the Internet. Have phoned Sky on a couple of occasions but they are unwilling to negotiate this figure.

[18longleeds]

Tell them if they don't sort something out you will be switching to virgin media, I'm sure they will soon negotiate.

[Barlow Boy]

Tell them if they don't sort something out you will be switching to virgin media, I'm sure they will soon negotiate.

Spot on , I do the same with every supplier we have and they NEVER fail to offer you some form of discount to save you moving elsewhere.

[Deleted User 130]

You are being ripped off by the sounds of it. sounds a bit high to me.

[Pecky10]

Tell them if they don't sort something out you will be switching to virgin media, I'm sure they will soon negotiate.

Spot on , I do the same with every supplier we have and they NEVER fail to offer you some form of discount to save you moving elsewhere.

When I moved house, Sky didn't want to give me the discount they were offering to new subscribers so I told them to cancel my contract and then I got put through to the retention team who gave me exactly what I asked for

[Aces]

We had Virgin Internet and telephone and TV with sky. Sky offered us a deal for one year at £25 a month less than what we were paying, which was about £100 so we now pay £75. If you work it out over the year 12x25 is £300 which isn't to be sniffed at, but after a year I will be paying £90 which is still £10 a month saving. I have friends who have been told sky won't offer them a deal because they are existing customers and the word is, you have to go to cancellations, who then might offer a better deal, but that's a ...... Might, I think you have to plan for them saying, ok ...... So your leaving. Best of luck.

[Barlow Boy]

Slightly off topic, but I 'haggle' about most things - well you do it abroad, so why not here.

I have lost track of the odd £5 or £10 I have saved on Suits, Shirts, Pictures (the list is endless). If you don't ask, you don't get and they can only say no which the local shop did when I offered 5p off the going rate for a pint of milk as it was on it's last day before it went off.

[Pecky10]

Slightly off topic, but I 'haggle' about most things - well you do it abroad, so why not here.

I have lost track of the odd £5 or £10 I have saved on Suits, Shirts, Pictures (the list is endless). If you don't ask, you don't get and they can only say no which the local shop did when I offered 5p off the going rate for a pint of milk as it was on it's last day before it went off.

Martin Lewis (Money Saving Expert - check out the website for deals and tips ) has pointed out in the past that every price tag is the price that the shop is offering you for the product; they offer you a price and you choose to accept it or not - so as Barlow rightly says, (I've never had the front to do it, mind ) you're allowed to go to Tesco and barter the price of your Groceries. They might say no but you can haggle over anything - supply and demand will determine whether they're willing to negotiate

[NottinghamWhite]

I'll call them later that's for certain. Until we moved we had Virgin Media with a TiVo box which we preferred to Sky if I'm honest. The problem is its not available here, mores the pity.

[NottinghamWhite]

Slightly off topic, but I 'haggle' about most things - well you do it abroad, so why not here.

I have lost track of the odd £5 or £10 I have saved on Suits, Shirts, Pictures (the list is endless). If you don't ask, you don't get and they can only say no which the local shop did when I offered 5p off the going rate for a pint of milk as it was on it's last day before it went off.

Feel like I'm in a Souk Market in Marrakech