Another Sky TV Moan

[Luckypants]

I got a letter this morning from Sky telling me I could have a new SKY+ HD box to replace my old HD box, because I'm a good customer blah blah and they want to be nice to me. This sounded too good to be true, so off I went to Sky.com/myhdbox and read the terms and conditions...

Originally Posted by sky nobbers

Sky TV customers with Sky Broadband in Sky network area only.

So surely their records show I do not have Sky Broadband? So surely their records also show that the Sky broadband network does not cover my post code? (and is never likely to!) SO WTF DO THEY SEND OUT THESE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE OFFERS???

Everyone's moaning today. I have Sky, I hate Sky, I don't know why I have Sky, I hate Rupert Murdoch,I hate his newspapers and I hate him because he's a ****. They send these offers out under his direct instruction because he wants to drive us mad, and take over the world. He's Australian, I don't trust any of em.

Too much caffeine today. Sorry.

[G]

I hate sky... but even more so I hate BT... I pay BT £13 a month to 'rent their line'... I've been in this house 5 years, so that's £720 I've paid them because they have a monopoly on installing a thin piece of cable that cost 20p.

[Littlepeahead]

I quite like having Sky - I've taken the afternoon off and Sky are showing the cricket until the rain comes back. But I don't have Sky+ or SkyHD, or Sky3D or SkyVD or whatever else they are trying to sell these days.

But I actually have to put up with Sky in person as my job involves looking after all of their team of broadcasters when they come to Lord's - so if you thought Bumble was mental on the telly, try spending 5 days with him in a small spaceship at Lord's!

[tigersaw]

I hate sky. I was a 'sky pioneer' back in the 80's with one of the first dishes, and was told it would be free for life. I thought it was crap and gave it up when I moved house a few years later.
I know people who pay £70+ for all the ****e channels they pedal, and even they complain there is nothing to watch.

This year I finally caved in... and detuned my tv. This follows quitting Sky a few years ago when I called their bluff after they tried convinving me I had to pay for repairs. I now save approx. £150 a year on a tv licence, the £480 on sky, and if I really want to watch something, I just watch it on iPlayer following it's live broadcast. Win. Viva la revolucion.

[L3nny]

For the £30 odd quid a month I pay for Sky and Broadband I think it's quite good value. I don't watch much TV but most of the stuff I do watch isn't available on the free channels.

Their customer service is consistently excellent. I had a problem with my broadband and called them on the 0845 number, I said it's costing me a lot calling from a mobile so they called me back straight away. They then had a new router at my house within a couple of days, even though the problem was more than likely down to BT.

Spend a few months on Virgin and you'll soon realise it could be a lot worse.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by L3nny

Their customer service is consistently excellent. I had a problem with my broadband and called them on the 0845 number, I said it's costing me a lot calling from a mobile so they called me back straight away. They then had a new router at my house within a couple of days, even though the problem was more than likely down to BT.

Spend a few months on Virgin and you'll soon realise it could be a lot worse.

Virgin ftw.. dial 150 or 151 (can't remember) free customer services, usually connected straight away, had problems with the V-box one day, called customer services at lunchtime, they did some tests over the phone, enginner arrived 4:30pm sameday and replaced it without so much as asking any questions... Problems with router one time, new one arrived 2 days later for free...

Pricing for house phone/broadband/telly is good, and their on demand service is great for me - if only you didn't have to be on the top telly package (£40-£50 a month before Broadband & phone) to qualify for the V+ HD box (HD and capable of recording telly)...

hey ho - my old man donated a HDD recorder he doesn't need anymore

I pay £54 a month for mine, if it wasnt for the fact you need a bt phone line I'd have my broadband off them as well.

As Lenny says, as I company they aren't bad at all IMO, much better than some I could mention.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

I quite like having Sky - I've taken the afternoon off and Sky are showing the cricket until the rain comes back. But I don't have Sky+ or SkyHD, or Sky3D or SkyVD or whatever else they are trying to sell these days.

+1 I would be lost without Sky+, although I am in the I hate Sky club, I wish there was more competition

Originally Posted by tigersaw

I hate sky. I was a 'sky pioneer' back in the 80's with one of the first dishes, and was told it would be free for life.

Totally agree, most of what I watch is on Eurosport, which was Free to Air (FTA) and it still is if you live in Germany, and I could change the language to the English feed on my old analogue box.

But all the Eurosport feeds in English are no longer FTA on digital, which is a right PITA. Its still FTA in Germany though