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SKY F1 Offer 2021?

wvbarnes — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:01:49 GMT

Hi, Off the back of 18 months with full SKY Q incl multiroom/Sport/Cinema etc and a big price hike we have reverted to new entertainment bundle UHD and HD only.

Last year there was a March offer of SKY Sports F1 for a rolling monthly £10 for 12 months. There is nothing about this in 2021 I can find.

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PandJ2020 — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:03:02 GMT

@wvbarnes wrote:
Last year there was a March offer of SKY Sports F1 for a rolling monthly £10 for 12 months. There is nothing about this in 2021 I can find.

Likely to come soon when the season kicks off at the end of this month.

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wvbarnes — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:41:32 GMT

Still no offer this year for F1

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SKY1992bf — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:51:32 GMT

In the pass couple of years it's shown on the first Monday after the pre season testing so could show from a week Monday (15th)

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wvbarnes — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 18:12:55 GMT

Thank you, last year showed as £10 for 12 months rolling offered for four weeks from 29 Feb.

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SKY1992bf — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 20:15:10 GMT

@wvbarnes Yep last year's offer started the day after the second pre season testing ended which ran from 26th-28th feb and the offer started the day after 29th feb

This season there's only one pre season testing block which runs this coming weekend from 12th-14th March so expect the offer (if it comes) anytime from 15th March

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wvbarnes — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 19:37:32 GMT

Super logic. I'll keep looking. £18 rolling is on my Q box but not my web account or app. Fall back if nothing offered. An email got a call today from Indian support. Waste of time! Tiresome all this negotiating after 30 years. F1 used to be free with hd add on!!!

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Parrot+Slayer — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:33:42 GMT

Ted and co will be talking to themselves at that price.

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Lenkelly166 — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:41:16 GMT

Far too much when much of the time it's a precession. At £18 I'll give it a miss this year and watch the highlights on 4.

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Dave+Schaer — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:08:26 GMT

I'd like to thank Sky for saving my weekends this year.

Every year, I've sat glued to my TV for hours and hours on Friday's, Saturdays and Sunday's, every other week and sometime in between, to keep up with my Formula 1 obsession.

I've long wanted to break this indulgent consumption of my Spring, Summer and Autumn weekends and now, bumping-up the price from £10 to £18 per month (that's an 80% increase by the way, when Inflation is running around 2%!), has finally done it!

Although the Sky coverage is really good and none of the other channels are worth bothering with any more, if I can't watch my favourite motorsport fully and properly for £10 a month, I really can't justify watching it at all. Job done and my life is returned - Thank you Sky!

Hope everyone flushed enough to support this commercial abuse of our sporting passion continues to enjoy it. D x

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Dave+Schaer — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:16:24 GMT

P.S. R.I.P. Murray Walker, what a legend.

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ac173 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:48:09 GMT

Its looking likely that many of us wont be subscribing this year especially judging by the negative reaction to their ridiculous 'only 18 pounds' advert on facebook. Sky have lost most of the Cricket, European Football (Champions League, La liga etc) and Rugby as well as Disney content yet continue to increase their prices by inflation busting amounts every year (80% for F1!!!). Their unsustainable business model around the Premier League rights is the most likely culprit. Now they're ripping off Golf and F1 fans as well as standard subscribers to subsidise it as their customer base dwindles. I'm subscribed to their broadband and sky q signature package until October but as soon as my contract period is up I'm leaving. I'm furious with the contempt they have shown for their remaining loyal customers.

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wvbarnes — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:47:21 GMT

Thanks to all who have contributed.

My 'My Sky' app says 'SKY VIP Diamond Where loyalty gets more rewarding.'

Don't think so.

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Oyodi — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:50:30 GMT

Same here, the only reason i have Sky TV is for the Formala 1, I remember when F1 was included in the basic sky package, which was why I joined way back; I believe that £10 per month was a reasonable amount to pay, but at £18 I know I will be subsidising the ridiculous amounts they pay for football, so I too, will leave when my contract is up, and make do with the highlights on Ch4 unless they reduce the cost of watching F1 to a reasonable amount, infact I would sign up to a new 18 mouth contract and stay with Sky if they offered F1 at £10 per month on an 18 month contract.

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Parrot+Slayer — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:53:14 GMT

Well judging from the advert I heard today on the radio, they are committed to charging £18 (t&C's apply). There is no way back. 10+ years of watching F1 live ho well all good things must come to an end.

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ac173 — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:17:32 GMT

I'm sure Sky VIP is their way of trolling their customers. A link to a live video feed for an arts and craft demonstration? 'Special offer' on Sky Cinema that's 2 pounds higher than the price the charge for new customers? Their used car marketing strategy really amuses me also. Everything is on sale apparently. Just show an artificially inflated RRP next to the offer price and tell the customer they are saving money. I'm surprised they didn't put an RRP of 30 pounds in the 18 pound F1 advert and claim the customer is receiving a massive discount.

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Andre12 — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:35:40 GMT

I'm another fan who has been with Sky F1 since the begining. Nothing wrong with the show, the presenters or the coverage, its just the price hike to £18 this year on top of increases to their other services mid contract that is the final straw for me.

I hope that a lot of fans dont take up this offer because its only going to get worse. If we pay £18 per month, then why not put up to £20 half way through, then £25 next year and so on and so on.

Sky seems to be doing a great job of alienating its customers, and unless things start to get more realistic I will vote with my feet and leave Sky entirely and move to a free service and unlike previous occasions there is little to no chance of me coming back.

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Lenkelly166 — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:26:09 GMT

My feelings exactly. I wonder at what point they will realize that they are going to loose customers. I'll be checking out the British Touring Cars and the highlights on C4.

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wvbarnes — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:40:12 GMT

I tried calling yesterday for one last go. Indian call centre I assume. Not budging. Tried to tell me they were generous by not charging Full £30 for Sky Sports. I asked about adding Cinema £19, currently discounted to £9 or paying for 18 months for it with Sky F1 if I could have a decent deal. Nothing that wasn't on my account page offered.

My fault for recontracting Q 'Signature' HD and UHD only in January (also dumped multiroom I wasn't using) when nothing I wanted to watch on Cinema or Sport at the time. Out of contract I would have seen big increases.

It seems when they have you in contract for the Q bit they don't feel they have to impress with add ons. DUH!

Thanks for all the views. Hard ball post Murdoch from SKY owner Comcast who own Liberty Media who own F1 it seems!!!!

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Trevos2u — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:31:31 GMT

It will be C4 for me this year too!

Shame they can't see that an inlux of customers paying an extra £10 a month is worth more than very little signing up to the £18 a month.