Sky Multiroom

[:job2]

Basicly I want sky multiroom in my bedroom but sky want £50 just for a normal sky box, £60 for installation and £10 a month for multiroom.

What I want is them to supply a free box and fit it for free, I have phoned them but they are being quite stubborn and say they cant offer me any discount.

Does anyone know how to make them give me a discount? I know some people threaten to leave sky unless they do and it has worked for them but I would rather not risk loosing the sky (mum would kill me lol)

I think they are being a bit tight tbh, my Mum has been a sky customer as long as I can remember and they cant even give a discount?

[dirrty]

they dont need to give u anything. dont be so tight n just bloody pay for it!

they're offering you a service, not the other way round. at the end of the day, its a business and the main aim of that is to maximise profits. if they gave everyone who asked, discount, how would they make a lot of money?

[Alkaz]

They wond give you it. My dads friend had absolutely every channel on sky, adult channels, music channels, movie channels and the rest and was forking out a fortune each month. Then he wanted a sky+HD box and they said £150 and didnt take into consideration his loyalty and the money he given to them so said poke it. Go to Virgin or something.

[Recursion]

Virgin are just as bad. We recently canceled our Sky subscription because we didn't want to pay a huge media company the money just to have them control what we get.q

[Alkaz]

Well if you want certain channels you have to put up with it and I know Virgin can be just as bad.

[:job2]

they dont need to give u anything. dont be so tight n just bloody pay for it!

they're offering you a service, not the other way round. at the end of the day, its a business and the main aim of that is to maximise profits. if they gave everyone who asked, discount, how would they make a lot of money?

No need to be such a stressy little b*tch about it! Im simply asking because I have heard about people threatening to leave unless they get a discount so sky said ok heres what we can do.

If you have a choice to pay less or pay more your obviously going to choose less. Idiot.

[GommeInc]

No need to be such a stressy little b*tch about it! Im simply asking because I have heard about people threatening to leave unless they get a discount so sky said ok heres what we can do.

If you have a choice to pay less or pay more your obviously going to choose less. Idiot.
As true as that maybe for some, some of us aren't rude and ratty to get our own way. Granted when my family got multi-room we got a discount, but at the moment they maybe hessitating, and what you quote for a box, fitting and monthly subscriptions really doesn't sound alot to me :/

[newWORLDorder]

Virgin are better tbh. You can threaten to leave sky and they will 'try their hardest', most of the time they meet you half way on the deal. Worked in the past loads of times when my dad has done it for various things (Moving house, installations).

[dirrty]

No need to be such a stressy little b*tch about it! Im simply asking because I have heard about people threatening to leave unless they get a discount so sky said ok heres what we can do.

If you have a choice to pay less or pay more your obviously going to choose less. Idiot.
woteva cuz im not the one whos too tight to pay £100. if u av heard ppl do it, then use your brain (yes, your brain) and try it out.

you know of the possibly consequences, so u dnt rly need to hear anything else. with that, you can take your own insult n call up sky with ur cheapo attitude.

[Rapidshare]

Buy the box on ebay

[24]

I can understand why you dont want to pay. Its a lot of money, and its also a joke considering there are usualy better offers available for new customers than loyal ones!

Yes its a business as some have said, but it wouldnt be a very good one if it didnt have any customers would it? All companys have to offer incentives..

:job2 - I would try and get as far as getting put through to retentions when you ring up, this could mean nearly going through with cancelling (but at the end of the day you still dont have to!). Retentions are there as the name suggests to try and retain the customers. If your going to get offered anything you'll get it here. Perhaps say youve had an offer from Virgin and they were willing to give you 2 boxes for..... Or say you know of people who've had a discount and want to know why your not eligble.

Hope this helps. :D

[:job2]

woteva cuz im not the one whos too tight to pay £100. if u av heard ppl do it, then use your brain (yes, your brain) and try it out.

you know of the possibly consequences, so u dnt rly need to hear anything else. with that, you can take your own insult n call up sky with ur cheapo attitude.

Its not that I dont want to pay the £100, but I have heard about people being given heavy discounts / given for free if they threaten to leave. I wanted to find out if anyone on here had been given discounts and if they have share how much they got discounted so that i could think about what im going to do.

I hardly have a 'cheepo' attitude I just have the brain (yes brain) power to be able to figure out that it makes more sense to get something cheaper. If you went into a shop after being told you could get £40 off if you ask, would you pay the full price?

Im not trying to be rude towards you but your post was pointless, it didnt answer what I was asking in the first place. If you dont have any experiences with how to get a discount from sky then dont post?

[Recursion]

To be fair, you wouldn't walk into a car dealership and offer the asking price, you'd haggle, so he has a point about loyal discounts etc

[Nick.]

They wond give you it. My dads friend had absolutely every channel on sky, adult channels, music channels, movie channels and the rest and was forking out a fortune each month. Then he wanted a sky+HD box and they said £150 and didnt take into consideration his loyalty and the money he given to them so said poke it. Go to Virgin or something.
That's funny because adult channels all have a different subscription service which you have to pay for via the channel/over the phone with the channel themselves, Sky don't actual offer a deal where you get all the adult channels.

[Recursion]

Owned.

[Pyroka]

My mum called up Sky, saying that the credit crunch and everything was gonna make us cancel our sky net and tv subscription. They called back saying they'd give us sky+ with a free installation, 5 quid a month subscription ontop of our current subscription, as long as we transfer our phone line to sky (under the same BT contract though??? :S)

Either way, we saved 100 quid, all because I wanted to go to Uni and my mum wanted Sky+, and she's good at lying. ;) Try Martins Money Tips, you'll find alot of bargains there, its where my mum got her Sky+ Subscription from.

[:job2]

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=115125

Found that for anyone who wants to know the same as me.

As to that guy who called me a cheepo for wanting a good deal, look at how many people have posted in that thread, are they all 'cheepos' as well? Or maybe its just the fact that you let companies treat you like a mug

[:job2]

Sorry for double post but it is relevent.

I phoned sky today and asked to be put through to retentions straight away, I didn't even bother asking for a discount again.

The man in retentions asked me what I wanted, I said I want a free box and free installation because we have been with sky for years. He put me on hold for a minute to see what he could do, when he came back he said he could give me a Sky+ box (normally £199) for £49 and free installation (normally £60). Obviously I said yes as this is a huge saving :P

It just shows what lengths they will go to keep customers, especially ones that have a been with them for a long time.

Someone is coming around Wednesday 10th December to install it :)

[Nick.]

Sorry for double post but it is relevent.

I phoned sky today and asked to be put through to retentions straight away, I didn't even bother asking for a discount again.

The man in retentions asked me what I wanted, I said I want a free box and free installation because we have been with sky for years. He put me on hold for a minute to see what he could do, when he came back he said he could give me a Sky+ box (normally £199) for £49 and free installation (normally £60). Obviously I said yes as this is a huge saving :P

It just shows what lengths they will go to keep customers, especially ones that have a been with them for a long time.

Someone is coming around Wednesday 10th December to install it :)
Well done for persevering, congratulation and hope you're looking forward to your new box ;)