​Voted Hot to offset stupidity...

​Good! You've said it 4 times & still can't get it right!!!

Ring them up, tell them you want to cancel. They ask why, you say its too expensive. Don't agree to anything unless its at least 50% saving.

I experienced the opposite, live chat advised me to call the phone retentions team.

Thank you for your help just giving an update I received the TV about 10 minutes ago via parcelforce very pleased ready for sky install tomorrow

Thank you to the hukder's for a quick response to my query as I would of just left it as it is, and waited and waited for the tv (which was never gonna come in the first place)

Negotiated like a true hukd'er. :wink:

thanks sky have balls up my order on phone now thing is i have rang sky about 4 times about the order and everyone i spoke to said you get tv after install i just said i will cancel so they giving me a recording hd box and im getting tv

Yes, I think it was about 5 days after I'd ordered the multiroom. I had to delay when I had the installation as I was away but the tv came before the first possible installation date. If you haven't had the tv by now I would get in contact with sky.

We got the tv about 10 days before the install, less than a week after placing the order if i remember rightly

I have the sky man coming 2nd Jun to install one queston did you get the free tv before installation

Very pleased, I had the sky man come around today to fit the sky box, he replaced my old dish with a new one which has an 8 way LNB (my old one had 4) and they were out of normal hd boxes so he fitted a new 2TB box with the extra cable for recording two channels. Thanks op, this was a good deal for me as I was after a 32" tv for the spare room anyway and my wife wanted multi room for the kids. Happy days. :laughing:

agree with rosswinter tbh, not being decietfull just playing the game

Oh, I've moved on ..... :smile: It hasn't been a problem till now, but the latest price hike is just too much, ridiculous price to pay for a load of **** they show! Wouldn't mind if I could get them to change the account details to me & offer a price drop / freebie, I would stay. I'm not sure how long before I could sign up in my own name.

But I'm definitely taking it up with OfCOM; it's ridiculous I can change utility bills, Council Tax, Tax Credits, etc, with no "confirmation from account holder", but a TV company threaten me with debt collectors :confused:

Thanks for the suggestion

Seriously, I'd be doing it without a second thought (and have done similar in the past).

Sky know you are telling the truth but they know it will take a while to make her call or perhaps it will be too much like hard work and you'll just keep paying them. They are basically scamming you by making it difficult to leave.

You aren't being dishonest in what you tell them, just in the way you are delivering the information.

I would honestly suggest you did it without batting an eyelid and just counted it as one less tie to the past and one more step towards moving on :smiley:

I'm actually considering this, although normally I'm incredibly honest (often to my detriment!!)

Ahh... I understand now.

Yes, in this situation Sky will pull the "youre not the account holder so we cant speak to you" to cancel the contract and retain business.

Providing you know all the details just get a female relative / friend to call and cancel pretending to be her.

Its not fraud, its just a little white lie :smiley:

Thanks, I hadn't considered that, but there is no minimum term left, been "out of contract" for many years!!! That's the maddening part of their policy, I can't get any upgrade of equipment or change package, but still have to keep paying :confused:

Thanks for your reply, I'm still trying to resolve but not yet spoken to CAB. I've only found other stories similar to mine online & none with a positive outcome! I'll contact OfCom soon & see what they've got to say about it!

^ True... The only thing that might be worth tacking on to this advice is a little caution....

They can pursue your ex but if they cant find her or if she refuses they can issue proceedings for her assets and make a claim against them.

I agree with the principle but make sure you have through through all the repercussions before you decide its worth it, if any of these happen to be joint assets (house, car, budgie). Might be cheaper in the long run just to pay its minimum term off and watch it :smiley:

Hi They can send debt collectors as long as the contract is not in your name and in your girlfirends you have nothing to worry about. They cannot come after you for the money as you do not have a contract with them. You could always speak to Citizens advise to clarify. and i am sure you could try Google to confirm
Hope you get it resolved.

Got it for 11.25 this morning too

​thanks, but tried that - I pay the dd & when I said I would stop it, the response was debt collectors would call if no payment!!! Even though it's not my debt!!! I fail to understand why sky are so awkward, I've had no problem with any of the utility companies, council tax, etc! I'm still on the warpath with them, but not found any success stories so far.

I just got this today for 11.25 a month so looks like the deal is still active

Who makes the payment every month, if it's you then stop the DD and write to them advising the person no longer lives at the property and there is no forwarding address. They cannot come after you for the money as it is not in your name. You do not have to go into the finer details just the person no longer lives at the address.

Kodi still works fine if you have providers that are charging small subscription fees. I get all sky sports, all bt sports, all premier league football, all pay per view events, for £18 a year... And as they cap subscribers there's never an issue on the servers.

Not sure why but the price I bought this for is £11.25/month is this the normal price or is it £12/month?

Yes you can have 3 but the 3rd will need another multiroom sub.

if i have multiscreen can i have 3 tvs connected? or would I need another subscription?

It must be very difficult, as a mod, to get this selected as a HUKD Pick....

Ok thanks for letting me know

I understand Kodi - also the frustrations of the guys having their work ripped off. I think UKTurks is the latest to pull the plug on things. Kodi was just hyped up to be something it wasn't. Fine for the ocassional dabble, but if you want to watch something with mates, forget it...it WILL let you down most times.

Even better is that we currently pay £5 a month for skygo+ so will now get that free. So, TV and multiscreen for a year for £75 lol

I was told by sky its LG 32LF510B

​Im the same but someone on here says the ladt 2months will go bk to full price unless you cancel the multiscreen early @ £11 per month x2. best to check with sky first tho.

No Kodi has had its day, too many users overloading servers, too many using the same add ons making them a target to be blocked by ISP's due to legal action, too many add on writers getting their work ripped off and quitting the scene.

It has nothing to do with being cool, the scene isn't what it was and those that used it now look elsewhere for a more reliable service.

​can you explain pls?

And "STUFF" existing customers!!.

​yes but your getting a tv with this deal.

Has anyone got experience of cancelling a contract when they split from the partner whose name was on contract? I'm having a real run around with them, but I've no way of contacting my ex! Thanks for any advice

It's not card sharing fella, I can get that for a tenner a year for time to time. The secret is research and never pay more than you are willing to lose - my guy charges £25pm for his IPTV services too,

Unless you live in an area with no option for fibre broadband and are paying £16 pm for full sky TV package, unlimited internet and line rental (which alone is usually >£17).

Call me a fool any day of the week

14 day cooling off period

What tv is it

i got sky+ skygo, family bundle, unlimited broadband, & bt fone line 12months contract for £16.99 pm.
last month. I am new to sky .

BTW I don't intend claiming otherwise.......lower your shield troop!

I merely ask....as like yourself I too like to save money, hence why I am here. I am no Kodi champion, though I know my way around a PC and can pick up technology fast. The art of watching paid subscription tv indirect for less, is a new thing to me. So only wish to grab information direct in a quick way from someone who appears to have migrated away from using kodi.

Like I say. I am currently a paid subscriber, however I do use Kodi on Amazon box, Phone and Surface Pro 3. Never liked the sound of Card Sharing techniques. As turned off by pop up guys asking large sums and then disappearing weeks later.

What you describe as a service intrigues me, as the reason why I subscribe currently is not only the heavy discount, but because I put a value on 'Work First Time' and 'Quality of Picture' and 'User Experiance' something that a £1 a day I pay at the moment I'm happy to pay for.

If you can elaborate further or point me in the right direction....that would be great as I'm intrigued to learn of new techniques.

Thanks in advance :o)

Just received tv today and it got 1 HDMI slot .. Its led tv and quality seems to be good. Thanks op

To answer my own question, no it doesn't. Spoken to the chat people, my contract will go from £25 to £67 in November regardless of what I order. With no guarantee they'll give me a similar discount again, and I would cancel in that instance, I'd be stuck for 6 months paying for multiroom with no service to watch on it.

Need to sort my sky out as paying a fortune out and never get any offers so will see what they offer when I try and cancel

I have taken the sky deal I used Live Chat first then I called to confirm everything stating that I was not sure it had all gone through and I had done it correct. My bill will be £32.00 with this added on.

Do you not have to buy another TV license? Additional £145 approx on top of the yearly subscription... cold for me.

I've used Kodi for ages too and see the problems you mentioned.

I'd be prepared to pay for the same service you receive.. can you let me know where I need to look?

​also, did you get this through chat or on phone?

sorry, but won't let me edit comment on phone :neutral_face:

ordered the multi room got sky +HD WiFi 2tb box for £49, free installation free sky go and 50% off multi room subscription for 12 months claimed TV on Sunday arrived on Tuesday just waiting g for engineer to come on Saturday and fit multi room, I also have an old sky+ box will see if engineer will
install that in a 3rd room

I signed up in November and got a 70% discount for the first year. On this page it's letting me go through the order process, has increased it by £11 and says that's what my new monthly will be. If I agree will it then lock that discounted price in for another 12 months from now? Saves me having to renegotiate again in November.

I had the family pack with the free tablet last year and cancelled it 3 months in and was only charged £7.92 to get out of the contract.

Just upgraded mine. My bill will only be £32 with this added on.

Why do you want to cancel?

Plex servers for movies and box sets and IPTV for live TV. It isn't free but then again your not chasing dead links, suffering buffering or watching football that looks terrible on anything larger than a tablet and it doesn't show you off several times during the game... BTW, please don't try and claim otherwise as I've been using XBMC/Kodi for over a decade on just about every format it can run on.

I pay £185 a year and have access to over 5200 movies, over 1200 box sets and over 800 channels from around the world, no buffering, no rubbish low bitrate live streaming (most sport is available in either 720p or 1080p), no buffering, no dead links and on the rare occasion a channel might go down there's usually 5 or 6 other channels showing the game.

At the moment I have got the family package free for 12mths. Im 2mths into my 12 mths, does anybody know if this will affect my current contract or not? If not ill ring them and find out.

Cheers

Does anyone know if you get this to get the "free installation"? And then cancel it after installation? My inentions are to have for bedroom but use freesat on my built in tv.

it was £12 a month....

​Kodi's sister....

The scene has moved on....to what?

I have full sky (only because I got for 30.30 for full package)
However would like alternative for bedroom. What is the alternative to Kodi?

i have 50% off , tried to get this deal they said 100% its new customers only , gave me £50 credit , uin the end , so was worth calling

The wife has just txt me to say we have had the delivery of the L 32" TV cannot complain about that service.

How much was the termination charge for the multiroom?

phoned sky up to get a cheaper deal before getting this. 15% they offered, so I actually left. now we play the waiting game...

​What hes saying is XBMC/KODI was cool because hardly anyone knew about it

They would go on about 'why pay for Sky when you can have KODI' and so on....basically making non-Kodi users feel inferior/stupid etc

And then when the rest of the world caught up with KODI...the same people told us 'KODI is so yesterday .....'

​Moved on to where?

Good luck when the add one you've been watching goes t*t's up.

Kodi has had its day, the scene has moved on!

And if you search for HDMI Splitter you'll find what you need.

:-)

If you search tomato and tomatoe, you will almost certainly get tomatoes. If you search kettle and slippers, you will get different things.

nice deal, thanks OP

A single HDMI port to multiple. It's all terminology that will find you the right thing when you enter it into Amazon, eBay etc.

Tomatoe / Tomato.

You'd need a combiner surely? What are you splitting?

Does anyone know if your on a reduced retention contract with sky you can get this offer still? My brother in law got a deal with them when he threatened to cancel in January - I've just told him about this offer but now realise he might get stuck on a new contract at full price. Or will his existing deal run its course and the full contract cost kick in when that retention deal runs out?

I've recently got an android box for £23 and it's got literally every to channel and movie and tv show ever created at your fingertips for free! Seriously buy one and have a play with it!!

Get yourself an android box with kodi on it and you won't need the bt sports, or wuaki or now tv!

So I already have sky about 4 months through my renewal which is half price for 12 months, if I add this what happens to my current subscription in 8 not ha time?

had to cancel existing account in wife's name and joined in my own name for complete package incl multiroom for £35! and prorected from price hike in june as it's acfamily and friends deal - absolute steal really. by the way im neither family or friend to the sky advisor.

I've recently moved back on to freesat with BT broadband, calls and BT Sports for around £25 p/m with £120 cash back (so £15.00 pm). Picked up a Now TV box with 6 mths entertainment package for £19.95 - who needs Sky!


Oh, and Wuaki TV serves all our movie needs....

I already had, so again where are you buying 32" brand new TV's for £90?

You can buy many 32in TV's for less than £90, have a look at pricespy.

How about being paid £50 for Sky? £150 recommend a friend for both of you = £300 (if friend gives you).
Sky family pack = £20/month = £240 for 1 year + £10 install = £250. Free box and dish = £50 profit.
Cancel after 1 year.

Would be good if there was anything worth watching on there! Gonna cancel sky and go freeview I think!

Sky Go Extra (up to 4 devices) is free with multiroom. Otherwise its £5 a month. Has been since summer of 2014
So this deal is a little missleading...
http://www.sky.com/quickbuy/upgrades/multiscreen

Still a decent enough deal if you want to put sky in another room & you dont have a TV ;o)

I simply asked for clarification on the deal. Apologies if that offended you.


Thanks for answering my question :wink:

Can someone correct me if I'm wrong - So we have to pay £11.25 p/m for the Multiroom to get the free TV, free Sky Go Extra and free Sky+ HD box?

If that's the case then I'll give it a pass since I don't really need multiroom and will essentially be paying £135 for the TV.

Thanks. Apparently my price increase is only 40% of what they said as I have a 60% discount on my entire package. It's about £1.50 a month for the next 6 months then il leave. For that amount, I just can't be bothered to complain. I love a good haggle but renegotiating my contract last November made me want to jump off a bridge. Hours and hours of my life wasted!

Can someone briefly update me on the T&C's about cancelling because of the price increase in June. My contracts ends November but I'm not prepared to pay the extra £5 they want from me every month. Need to get it sorted really.

Only a fool would go with sky lol...

dont forget to get a bit of top cashback as well normally an extra £100 in your pocket just for clicking threw

Or....Ditch Sky, use the dish and get a £39 Humax Freesat box with no more subscriptions
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/refurbished.html?tv_platform=245

can you get tcb or quidco with this?

It did, going through the options it was there all along then when i checked out i made sure it was still there because one or two have said the option dissapeared.

As i said i have had the email confirming they are going to ship the TV

I've found the exact opposite.. Online chat wouldn't give me anything.. Rang up and had 50% off as my first offer.

I cancelled my Sky last Friday and by Sunday they emailed me asking to go back with a 50% of a 12 month contract. I accepted of course. Monday when the account went live a logged back in and upgraded to the multiroom and free TV happy days. All went through OK and had an email yesterday advising they will ship the TV shortly.

new customers only? I just tried to sign up and it said you have already been a customer at this address

I'd just get Sky NOW TV instead, can have upto 4 TVs/devices on one account and view 2 different ones at the same time. £9.99 a month for Sky Movies, £6.99 a month for Sky entertainment bundle, no contract so you can chop and change (ie. one month have movies and entertainment, next month have just moves, next month after that have just entertainment etc).

I have tv only package free sky tv for 12 months otherwise I'd bite on this deal.

Sky go Extra is free with Multiroom as standard so it isn't really an additional saving.

Had the LG TV from Skys deal last year, was recently built set and quality is extremely good for a 'freebie'. It being just a 720p is not really an issue with it being only 32" and the set does appear small too as the bezels are pretty thin - had to get a tape measure out because it looked too small!

So your paying £144 for a 90 quid telly! ha, cold as ice.

if u need tv can't go wrong

For those wondering how long delivery takes on the TV, I ordered this upgrade package on Friday last week, with my installation scheduled for this Friday coming. My free TV was delivered yesterday via courier.

I have an inactive account with sky from years ago. The cheapest deal I can find is via quidco for TV only, standard bundle at £14 per month, plus the multiroom at £12 per month. So £26 pm over 12 months = £312 (plus installation) with a £150 TV is that correct?

Also Do you have to sign up first and then add the multroom / TV offer at a later date?

£31.25 pm and a free £150 tv
For me I'd rather pay £6.99 pm with Nowtv

Just a helpful reminder, Sky Go is the worst service known to man.

I personally think this is a good deal, £144 for a brand new tv albeit 720p and a years worth of multi screen!!

Shame it's not Sky+HD recording box

vastly overpriced...600 channels of repeats...cold for me

If it is the same LG TV they gave out last year, then it is 2 HDMI (one on the back and one on the side). The specs said only one at the time then as well. As it designed for hotels it was hard trying to find the correct specs! There is a good programmable alarm I find very useful.

What an awesome deal! Does anybody know what model LG TV this is?

How long it took to arrive after claim?

TV arrived today. Will stick it up on office wall, seems better than the specs suggest. Picture quality perfectly fine. Sound adequate. Worth it for me as I was paying for skygo and now have that for free, plus always wanted multiroom in the bedroom. Cheers.

Yes, one, just had mine installed - As above get something like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Duronic-HDS3-Switch-output-Switcher/dp/B0020426AG

Having moved to freesat for a few weeks due to house move I've noticed the sky HD quality is quite poor in comparison. Anyone else have this experience?

I add it to my basket and it removes the TV ans charges me full price for installation and Sky HD box too.

​

try again. delete all cookies and see if it worksm it was doing same for me on laptop but worked on mobile.

I had cancelled my Sky as the 12 month's half price had ended and in less than 3 days they had offered me another 12 months @ 50% so had taken that offer and just ordered the multi room.

Thanks for posting.

Heat added

How many HDMI slots on this LG tv ? anyone ?

Just signed backup with Sky bit it will not let me add this deal as my account isn't live yet.
OH well have to wait a day or so.

Had the TVs a month ago, tried getting this deal as it would be a upgrade, upon checkout it removes the tv.

Might be a silly question but we still need one tv license in home with sky (single or multi-room).

is this a smart tv ?

Everyone who is going to swap out the free standard box with a sky+ box (with a hard drive, pause rewind etc) just be aware that the standard installation with the free box is a single LNB, so you will be able to pause/rewind whilst you watch tv & record what you're watching, but to be able to record a 3rd programe etc you will need an additional connection run to the dish. Perhaps ask the sky engineer to fit the additional one as you may upgrade in the future, worth a try.

https://www.avforums.com/threads/upgrading-sky-hd-multiroom-box-to-sky-hd-box.1814895/

anyone know what tv model you recieve from them?

I have a 50% offer until march next year and asked someone on chat if I am eligible (didn't mention hukd lol) they said yes I am eligible for free TV with multiscreen and that it is free install and free multiscreen box and that it won't affect the 50% either. Just that it locks you into another 12 month contract. So after march next year the last 2 months will effectively be full price until may as 50% will have run out. But what they did say, is that apparently the offer ends today. Not sure if that's just on my account or if it ends for everyone today. Hope it helps!

​*expensive. Sorry, my phones autocorrect has its own views of what I should be wriitng

​You can also cancel the packages online, quoting that they're too experience and they'll automatically offer you a half price deal.
Also there are often deals pinging up on here to get cheap new boxes with monthly passes included. I activate the vouchers and sell the spare boxes for about £7 too

Be aware that any new contract you sign with Sky overrides any existing deal. If you agree to extend your contract by 12 months in exchange for 50% off your monthly bill you will lose that discount if you take another offer like this.

it has one hdmi port the tv is very loud there 3 games you can play not good tho other than that its a freebie

I signed up for a similar promo a couple months ago (free TV with multiscreen). Ended up having to cancel multiscreen as the Sky engineer couldn't do it in my flat. As the TV had already been delivered I called Sky to ask how to return it - Sky person checked my account (and checked with a colleague), apparently the credit for the TV is just applied to the account and not tied to any particular service. Meaning, the fella said it just shows we've given you a free telly with no strings attached, it's yours to keep.

I've just replaced my multi screen box with a sky+hd box (with wifi) from ebay costing £16.
(The standard hd multi screen box does not record and is not wifi either - so no catch up or box sets)

Works great but I did have to pair it up - but was very simple just used the website and activated almost instantly.

Only problem is I find the sky+ box quite noisy when the hard drive fan starts up randomly in the middle of the night.

I've read the terms on the website but if I get this does my contract restart for 12 months again or is multiscreen separate?

I've got 8 months of my contract left and I have a 50% discount. If they renew the contract I don't mind but only if it stays at 50% still. Anyone know?


Cool sounds good, I'm tempted to get this and sell the TV to cover the cost.

You need to get the right people. I got 60% off on the phone, by getting through to the right people, after being put off by monkeys offer peanuts.

​I removed a friends basic Multiroom box & replaced with an old Sky + HD box...worked straight away. Records etc. No need to pair up or call Sky

Trying charge us £49 installation fee?

you will probably need to pair the card to it but you can do this yourself in the sky box settings https://www.sky.com/help/articles/set-up-your-sky-box

Ordered, I was charged £11.25pm? Happy daus

Trying charge us £49 installation fee?

did they swap out the TV model? last time this offer was up many were disappointed to find out it was a 720p panel !

I've just ordered! Thanks! Will my tv arrive with the engineer who will be installing?

I experienced the opposite, live chat advised me to call the phone retentions team.

My ad said you can record on multi room?

No sky+? Ouch

As opposed to the Sky HD box (no recording) which they supply in this deal.

Trying charge us £49 installation fee?

Trying charge us £49 installation fee?

Wait so you get a TV, HD box, and 12 month subscription to Multiroom and Sky Go Extra for £144 ????

​I should of put if contract is over, I.E the day after your out of contract if in one you go to mysky and click the left sky in the last 12 months option an go to chat. But still you should of been offered something still, I've been on half price of less for over 9 years now using the known bartering routine we all use. Do it that way next time Ur 12 months is over an if you keep doing it sky will always give you offers it seems.

I had exactly the opposite experience. Moved house, wanted to cancel Sky (which was in my girlfriend's name) and sign up fresh in my own name. I twice tried starting the cancelation process via chat and wasn't offered anything. My girlfriend then insisted on doing it over the phone and ended up getting offered some good discounts to stay plus the costs of moving (and the installation of broadband) waived. Only downside was it took about an hour and a half via two different phone calls, so chat is certainly preferable in that way.

if u r in the middle of your contract, sign another 12 month'd significantly reduce your chance of negotiation at the end of your current contract... so all in all, you might lose big for sign this new 12 month, but go ahead if you just start a new contract

Had mine installed today, not with this deal, but got sky fibre, entertainment package to, and an as and when phone 37.40 includes line rental.

You can cancel a contract anytime, you'll just have to pay charges if it's still in a minimum term.

You can't cancel until after your 12 month term is up

I just signed up 2 months ago how can I cancel

Would need to pay extra for a sky+ box to get box sets I think - happy to be corrected if I misunderstand though

I'm not on a subscription with sky but have a standard box. Am I able to get this? Or do I have to get the smallest package and then add another £12pm on top?

Thank's

What tv package does this get?

I rejoined last month with every package for £25 and sky emailed me the other week saying my price wont increase in June,not sure if thats because of being returning customer or what

Never barter by phone as they have no power,always do it online via chat as they always offer better.

Ring them up, tell them you want to cancel. They ask why, you say its too expensive. Don't agree to anything unless its at least 50% saving.

I rung them and just argued my case, guess depends on who you speak to, well worth a try!

Just a reminder though, TV offer is online only if you do go for it!

My multiroom is being installed on Tuesday :smiley:

was this through the website or phonecall?

How did you get the price down Sky prices are going up in June and I've signed up in February.

I'm wondering how long this will last? If it's a 12 month contract then it's worth it for the cheap TV and the box.

First thing's first though, I need to see about getting the price of my contract down!