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Well sort of.me wrote:Breaking News
I received the July Sky Magazine today. It says the price will increase to £43.50 from September 1st.
This is an increase of £1, less than the £1.50 of last year.
For reference I have 6 mixes, Sky Sports 1 & 2, and Sky Movies 1 & 2.
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£43 just to watch TV full of repeats. Think I'll leave that one thx
Thats your choice, personally I consider Sky value for money, I also don't find all the channels full of repeats.
My letter this morning said my sub was going to rise to £52+.
Gave them a call and they said those of us who had that promo were now getting taken off and the promo was ending. She said a different letter is on its way which gives me the choice to go back to my Sports for £45 or keep the movies at £52.
Just to make it clear I have Sky HD which is why its £52 rather than £42 for World and £45 rather than £35 for Sports
Is there anyone else in the same boat with this old promo?
If I don't take the new increase I lose 2 of the HD channels...and lets face it...there's not that many to lose just now!
So is the extra £7 worth it?
I have 4 mix with Sports. What would be the new price increase for me? I currently pay £35 a month.
I would guess at £36.
Was paying £45pm for 4 mixes + both movies + 2nd box, but having looked through my Sky+ planner and noticing that 80% of what I have set to record is on FTA/FTV channels anyway and most of what I watch on Sky channels I watch just for the sake of it, even though I've seen it many many times before - there's only so many times I can watch the same eps of of OFAH, Drop the Dead Donkey, Star Ttek, Buffy, They Think Its All Over etc.
Shame really as I've been with Sky since 1990, but in that time prioces have raised sharply and quality has gone down with the stuff I used to like not being shown anymore (UKGold & Bravo were brilliant pre-Sky digital when they showed old TV series, but now UKGold is basically BBC+1year and Bravo mainly reality stuff I never watch them) plus the far too numerous ad breaks really get me down - especially where they're put in the wrong places to squeeze extra ones in (UKGold, Sci-Fi and Paramount are really bad for this) - will miss Hallmark, FXUK, Discovery Civilization, History Channel and Sky Sports News and the Sky+ features though.
The options are not pay for it and get freeview, reduce your 'pack'. Rent DVD's!!
TIme to check out freeview me thinks....
Yes but you can get sky sports news for free on freeview!
So I rang Sky and spoke to a woman who told me that the letters had been sent out in error and a different letter was being sent out shortly. She confirmed that my package wouldn't change and that I would continue to pay the same as I do currently which is an excellent £34.60 for all channels including sports and movies.
From reading this thread tho, I'm assuming the new letter I get next week will be telling me that my discount is ending and I'll be getting screwed the same as everyone else!
Same time of year, Same increase.
Happened last year, year before that and the year before that
and year bef................................... :yawn: ...........:sleep:zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZ!