networkn:

 

dafman:

 

networkn:

 

razor2000nz:

 

MileHighKiwi:

 

When we got this awesome deal the woman said that if we cancel after 12 months we can sign up with the same deal again after a 3 month stand down. Does anyone know if that is related to the property or the subscriber? i.e. if I cancel in my name and the next day my fiancé signs up in her name would that work?

 

 

 

 

I did this, had no issues, cancelled under my name, had installed the next day under fiance name (now wife). Told them i was leaving the property.

 

 

Right, well most people wouldn't feel comfortable lying.

 

 

If you're heading out the door to go to work - you're leaving the property. No lie.

 

Let's face it - Sky are quite happy to charge longstanding loyal customers a much higher price than new customers for the same product. No wonder the company came in bottom of the recent trusted brands survey.

 

 

 

 

That's lame. So you don't mind lying so long as you feel stiffed? Two wrongs and all that?

 

Personally, my integrity is worth more than a Sky subscription a year.

 

Almost all companies that use term contracts, charge their existing customers at the rate they signed up at, until they get onto a "new plan". Check your ISP, Telecoms Company etc. 

 

ISP pricing versus SKY is quite different.

1. With your ISP you sign up for a given contract period at a fixed price, in the full knowledge that at the end of the contract you can easily roll into the current offering if you want. Not only is there is no such ability to roll into new pricing with SKY, they threaten to withhold their service to you for a period of time if you try to do this!

2. The differential in pricing for new ISP offerings vs older contract pricing is usually not significant (maybe around 10%) - yet the SKY pricing differential can be by a factor of two or three times of the overall cost!

There is a difference between enticing new customers while at the same time looking after your existing customer base (how I view ISPs) versus an all-out assault of low ball pricing for new customers while ignoring the long standing customers you have locked into pricing at a much, much higher price (how I view SKY).