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VIP prizes / offers

HEATHER+254 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:44:28 GMT

What good is Sky prizes and offers to people who been with the 7+ years when nearly all offers or prizes are in England ? Are people in Scotland and Wales expected to travel miles for a show .

Re: VIP prizes / offers

Mark39 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:35:40 GMT

I've been with Sky for 20+ years, and haven't yet come across an offer that I would want to take up. And I'm in England.

But Sky VIP is free anyway, so I don't feel as though I've missed out on anything.

Re: VIP prizes / offers

HEATHER+254 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:40:05 GMT

But that's the difference I see offers I would like to go to but it's always in England .

Re: VIP prizes / offers

Daniel0210 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:42:20 GMT

@HEATHER+254

I suppose Sky can only offer the locations that the relevant company offers to Sky.

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TimmyBGood — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:13:52 GMT

@HEATHER+254 wrote:

Are people in Scotland and Wales expected to travel miles for a show .

Yes?

To be fair there have been Cadw and National Trust for Scotland VIP promotions in the past but almost nothing in the way of other events: last time I looked the nearest participating cinema to here was a 120 mile round trip.

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Doc5907 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:27:09 GMT

@HEATHER+254 wrote:
What good is Sky prizes and offers to people who been with the 7+ years when nearly all offers or prizes are in England ? Are people in Scotland and Wales expected to travel miles for a show .

@HEATHER+254

Prizes currently available on Sky VIP include:

1. Blondie live - Glasgow

2. Zoos: Edinburgh, Ayr, Highland wildlife park, Welsh Mountain zoo,

3. Cadw heratige sites (Welsh castles)

4. Milkshake live - Swansea

5. Twilywoo live - Mold theatre

6. Carmen live - Edinburgh, Cardiff

7. Fireman Sam live - Swansea

8. Peppa Pig live - Edinburgh

Oh and there's National trust day pass to anywhere in UK.

Re: VIP prizes / offers

TimmyBGood — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:58:33 GMT

@Doc5907 wrote:

Prizes currently available on Sky VIP include:

1. Blondie live - Glasgow

2. Zoos: Edinburgh, Ayr, Highland wildlife park, Welsh Mountain zoo,

3. Cadw heratige sites (Welsh castles)

4. Milkshake live - Swansea

5. Twilywoo live - Mold theatre

6. Carmen live - Edinburgh, Cardiff

7. Fireman Sam live - Swansea

8. Peppa Pig live - Edinburgh

It's a matter of geography (or rather topography), really: from this bit of Wales the Welsh Mountain Zoo (Conwy), Swansea and Mold are all at least a couple of hours away (given you're lucky to average 40mph on the local roads) and on the other side of a mountain range or two, and I suspect it's similar in most of Scotland outside the Glasgow-Edinburgh corridor. However as Wales is only the size of Wales, everywhere looks a lot closer to someone sitting in the offices of a corporate promotion company somewhere in the south-east of England ; )

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HEATHER+254 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:01:45 GMT

Blonde live isn't coming to Glasgow it shows only English venues .The National Trust is for England and Wales , it tells you Scotland National Trust is a different organisation . The Zoo I never looked at but yes it show Edinburgh . I have a look at the rest you have said are in Scotland

Re: VIP prizes / offers

LGUser — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:16:01 GMT

@Doc5907 wrote:
@HEATHER+254 wrote:
What good is Sky prizes and offers to people who been with the 7+ years when nearly all offers or prizes are in England ? Are people in Scotland and Wales expected to travel miles for a show .
@HEATHER+254
Prizes currently available on Sky VIP include:

1. Blondie live - Glasgow
2. Zoos: Edinburgh, Ayr, Highland wildlife park, Welsh Mountain zoo,
3. Cadw heratige sites (Welsh castles)
4. Milkshake live - Swansea
5. Twilywoo live - Mold theatre
6. Carmen live - Edinburgh, Cardiff
7. Fireman Sam live - Swansea
8. Peppa Pig live - Edinburgh

Oh and there's National trust day pass to anywhere in UK.

And why is it that it's mostly kids things? What about those of us with no little kids? Also, I do not see Blondie in Scotland.

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HEATHER+254 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:32:39 GMT

The woman in Black - London , London , London .

Eat , Drink , Dance At The Pub - All England

Toy Story - All England .

Death Drop - London

Milkshake Live - England only

Twirlywoos - England only

Fireman Sam - England Only

Premier League Football - England only

British Basketball - England .

Infact if you live in England you can enter everything as they have the venues all over England but Scotland and Wales are limited to a few things we can enter . I suppose we should be happy with a zoo visit and Peppa Pig in one city to cover the whole length of Scotland .

Re: VIP prizes / offers

Mark39 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:48:12 GMT

As already mentioned, Sky simply pass on to their VIPs the offers and promotions they receive. They have no say over the venue or location. Pot luck, I'm afraid.

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Doc5907 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:05:19 GMT

@HEATHER+254 wrote:
The woman in Black - London , London , London .
Eat , Drink , Dance At The Pub - All England
Toy Story - All England .
Death Drop - London
Milkshake Live - England only
Twirlywoos - England only
Fireman Sam - England Only
Premier League Football - England only
British Basketball - England .
Infact if you live in England you can enter everything as they have the venues all over England but Scotland and Wales are limited to a few things we can enter . I suppose we should be happy with a zoo visit and Peppa Pig in one city to cover the whole length of Scotland .

@HEATHER+254 where does it say you can't enter competitions with venues located in England, if you live in Scotland ??

Re. Blondie, it was there in Glasgow when I looked earlier. They must have taken it off. (blondie are playing in Glasgow 22nd April )

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Grilly — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:42:30 GMT

Sky customer for 20+ years and have never seen an offer that I can make use of. We would have to catch a flight or ferry to the mainland first!

Plus, they do deals for Sky Mobile, Sky Fibre... none of which are available here.

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HEATHER+254 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 08:23:20 GMT

Who is going to enter a draw that they have to drive hours to get to ? I suppose driving with young kids for 10 hrs to see Fireman Sam seems like a sensible solution smh . Not to mention the cost of fuel .
These people on defending it don't work for Sky ??? Yeah right .

Re: VIP prizes / offers

Mark39 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 08:59:06 GMT

Believe what you like. Those 'defending' Sky are speaking from a commonsense perspective, perhaps with a slightly better understanding than you of the way the VIP scheme operates.

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TimmyBGood — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:10:50 GMT

@HEATHER+254 wrote:

Infact if you live in England you can enter everything as they have the venues all over England but Scotland and Wales are limited to a few things we can enter . I suppose we should be happy with a zoo visit and Peppa Pig in one city to cover the whole length of Scotland .

I'd suggest it's a situation created mostly by geography (as I was indicating above): there are just fewer venues and correspondingly fewer shows and other attractions in Wales and Scotland. However, there also tends to be a lack of imagination shown by the organisers of such schemes when dealing with the regions: apparently they think in Wales there's no population at all except on the north and south coasts, which might come as a surprise to the residents of Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Newtown, Welshpool, Llandrindod, all of which have cinemas and performing arts centres.

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LGUser — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:04:46 GMT

There is hardly anything in Scotland. The best thing on the list is not longer available. Why is Sky so London central? What about Wales?

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redsky88 — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:07:14 GMT

@LGUser Try living in Northern Ireland and see what you get. Spoiler alert........nothing.

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ozsat — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 04:39:50 GMT

How about a prize of "free sub for a month", "free Sky Cinema pass for a month", "free Sky Sports for a month" or, "free mini box" ??

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LGUser — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 09:11:26 GMT

@ozsat wrote:
How about a prize of "free sub for a month", "free Sky Cinema pass for a month", "free Sky Sports for a month" or, "free mini box" ??

Sky does have the home cinema package up for grabs on VIP. I have signed up for it.

But yes, I agree that things like this would be of benefit to everyone on Sky. And also add in a free movie rental regardless of cost.

One thing Sky did on VIP was send out an email saying that on VIP you could get a free voice remote. The remote wasn't there and I called and it was confirmed that it wasn't there and to wait a week for the remote to show. It never showed so I called back and Sky did honer the email and sent me a voice remote. That's the remote I use for the mini in the bedroom. It's good to have the same remote for both boxes.