Not a human being ANYWHERE

[152bobby]

What has happened to Sky Live Chat ? The Chat Bot is ABSOLUTELY  useless. 

All I want to do is to upgrade my account.  I have been out of contract for a while now and I'm on the Essentials package whilst I decide whether to stay or leave.

MySky just directs me to changing from Sky Q to Sky Glass and if I don't click the " Ready to switch to Sky Glass" it just bombs me out and doesn't want to know me.

It should be very simple for me to pick what I want, add to basket and sign up to their horrendous 24 month contract. I am signed in, so it should offer me the best deals for me being with them for over 25 years without calling them.

So the only option is to call them and get the hard sell including trying to give me mobile phones, broadband etc.

I am now leaning towards leaving Sky for good.  Its clear they simply want to get rid of Sky Q accounts altogether.  I'm just not ready for Sky Glass etc.

As usual a rubbish service from Sky for very long term customers.

[GD1]

@152bobby  Have you looked on the Sky Help pages, in particular this link?  Upgrade, downgrade or change your Sky products | Sky Help | Sky.com | Sky Help | Sky.com

[152bobby]

Yes, I have looked at those and anywhere else I can find.

Nothing that I have found let's me do anything (except possibly switch to Sky Glass).  I'm guessing it's because I am out of contract !!

You'd be thinking they would be chomping at the bit to get me to sign up, but they just don't care.  And that was confirmed the last time I spoke to them on the phone and all I was offered was the same prices and deals that a brand new customer would get.  So my 25+ years means squat.

Thanks for your reply.

[Daniel0210]

@152bobby 

I can't see why a call to sort this is a problem. The best deals are normally obtained by calling anyway. 

Significant discounts are harder to come by these days so if you’re offered something acceptable be prepared to agree to it there and then because if you decide to think about it the offer is unlikely to be available when you call back. 

See this link…
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/change-your-package-2-t2#downgrade

If you decide it’s no longer value for money and you’re thinking of changing providers remember that in 18/24 months time you'll be in the same position with that company at which point you'll be able to return to Sky and benefit from the new customer discounts available at that particular time.

[GD1]

@152bobby  Sky are under no obligation to offer you similar deals to what you had previously, if they've already offered a new customer deal and you didn't take them up on the offer its unlikely they will offer it again.

If you're expecting deals way lower than a customer new deal that isn't going to happen and is highly unrealistic.  I feel you've missd out on the best deal now.