COST OF LIVING - SKY TV

[NoJoSh]

I'm out of Contract but want to keep SKY TV.

I have SKY Signature, SKY Q, SKY Sports, HD, Netflix and Multiroom.  SKY Signature costs £28.75 and I'd be happy without this by using Freeview. I'm currently paying £91.75 and would like it to be around £60 !

If I can't get a reduction I'm thinking of Cancelling the Sports package (£30).

If I can't get a reduction I would consider scrapping SKY altogether.

Anyone got any ideas ?  As we know its very difficult to actually speak to anyone within this company.

Thanks!

NoSh

[PandJ2020]

Signature is the base subscription - you cannot have any other premium channels or features without it.

You can use the chat function to negotiate (or give notice to leave).

[NoJoSh]

Thanks for your quick reply !

yes, I realise that about Signature ... this is a great way of SKY making money for stuff that most people don't require and can get cheaper elsewhere - i.e. FREEVIEW. 
I pay, roughly the same for SIGNATURE as I do for the complete SKY SPORTS Package.
Anyway ... thanks again.

id like to more how I can negotiate using the Chat facility ? ... I find the Chat facility not very helpful for things like this ..... it's all generic stuff.

Regards,

NoSh

[PandJ2020]

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@NoJoSh wrote:

yes, I realise that about Signature ... this is a great way of SKY making money for stuff that most people don't require and can get cheaper elsewhere - i.e. FREEVIEW. 

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Signature is very much NOT freeview.  It includes the Sky channels such as Showcase, Max & Atlantic for starters.

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id like to more how I can negotiate using the Chat facility ? ... I find the Chat facility not very helpful for things like this ..... it's all generic stuff.

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I've perfectly well cancelled and renegotiated packages via the chat.  (This is live chat, not the chat bot)

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/cancel-sky-tv

If you want premium channels via Q then Signature is a prerequisite.  Sky offer singular premium channels via the NOW service which do not have such prerequisites.

[NoJoSh]

Thanks for your input ... I appreciate it. 
I suppose my issue is that I generally don't watch any of the "Signature" programmes. So, I'd be happy without ANY of the Signature programmes. ... So basically I'm paying for something I don't want.

I'll have a look at NOW ... maybe there's  a solution somewhere with them !

thanks again

NoSh

[TimmyBGood]

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@NoJoSh wrote:

I suppose my issue is that I generally don't watch any of the "Signature" programmes. So, I'd be happy without ANY of the Signature programmes. ... So basically I'm paying for something I don't want.

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By definition Sky  is subscription television, and so a baseline subscription channel bundle is a basic requirement with 'premium' add-ons such as Sports and Cinema being just that.

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@NoJoSh wrote:

I'll have a look at NOW ... maybe there's  a solution somewhere with them !

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NowTV offers Sky Sports as a standalone option, but it's worth considering whether consumption of that kind of content without a local recording option for time-shifting is an issue.

[NoJoSh]

Thanks for the reply !