April Increases to subscription

[sanbenel]

I today received the increase to my Sky TV subscription, Sky signature going up £5.25 something we hardly watch. My question is when there is an increase mid contract you normally have 30 days where you can cancel without penalty. Because i am like many others  who are fed up with providers jumping on the bandwaggon of putting these big increases.  I watch BBC ITV Netflix and Sky Sports. I could get what I need through NOW TV for a lot cheaper. Can members please advise on their experiences. I have been with Sky for over 24 years

[SKY1992bf]

@sanbenel  There is no get out clause due to price increase within sky tv contracts and therefore you cannot normally cancel unless sky agrees to it 

should they allow you to cancel you are liable to pay early termination charges equaling the monthly suspension x the number of months left 

[Daniel0210]

@sanbenel 
My question is when there is an increase mid contract you normally have 30 days where you can cancel without penalty. 

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@sanbenel 

That penalty free cancellation only applies to Broadband/Talk. It does not apply to TV subscriptions. 

[nolte]

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@sanbenel wrote:

. My question is when there is an increase mid contract you normally have 30 days where you can cancel without penalty. 

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The contract with sky for tv services, does allow for price increases.

[Alanwigster]

On a recent trip to India l found that the top Disney subscription in UHD android 4 devices costs just 1499 rupees - less than £15 quid FOR A YEAR add in another £10 quid a year for the 2nd biggest service there and you have the majority of programming we pay separate subscriptions to Sky, BT and Disney for (approx £100 a month or £1200 a year). Oh yes there's the BBC tax as well!

We were paying approximately 50X a year more than the 40 to 50 or so million that subscribe to pay TV in India, and yet again prices are raised in the UK.

There is no justification, but all the time we keep paying prices will be pushed up, how many of us that subscribe say it's just a few quid more and just pay, and that's what all providers rely on.

Back to India and after vivid Disney dropped a 1/3 of their subscribers after Covid 60million to 40million, as people decided to do other things rather than watch TV, this is the kick that the UK needs to give our providers.

[Mark39]

@Alanwigster it's meaningless to compare prices in India, where the average monthly income might amount to around £200, with prices here.

[PandJ2020]

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@Mark39 wrote:

@Alanwigster it's meaningless to compare prices in India, where the average monthly income might amount to around £200, with prices here.

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I'm moving to India just to get cheap TV... 😎

[Alanwigster]

So just to confirm the technology supplying it is different? As there are only 50 mi!lion subscribers in India  they will likely be at the upper end of earnings, but for this lets go middle class (60% of population) earning  £1,500 so subscribe TV = 1/60th of income and for upper class ( top 20% ) at just under £4000 pay TV represents 1/157th of income. In the UK the average wage is approx £35000 so subscription TV accounts for approx 1/30 of income and after tax £1 in £24 the average person earns.

It's really easy to say move to India, but the point is no matter what way you look at it subscription prices are out of control here.