Freesat

[Yorkie]

Another alternative is to contact one of the lads at
Orme Television
42A Madoc St
Llandudno,
Gwynedd LL30 2TW
01492 875 352

Excellent service at very reasonable prices from a couple of lads (actually men) who really know their stuff and will give an honest solution.

I have used them a number of times and found them very helpful.

All this cancelling stuff is only putting off the inevitable.  Get a permanent solution and save the hassle.

[Bri Roberts]

I have been told that if you try cancelling Sky with a view to getting a reduced rate or free months always try and do it as close to the beginning of the week and and the beginning of the month as possible. All the cancellations team have a personal quota of the freebies they can hand out and once they are gone they can't do any more until the start of the next period.

Unless Fester advises otherwise I shall delay that telephone call until Tuesday, 1 February.  

Yorkie, I have had Keith and his brother round a few years ago and I can endorse your recommendation but I still like the idea of a trying for a price reduction first but call the lads in later if this fails.

 

[Fester]

You do it your way Bri.
Not sure what point in the month I have called in the past,  but its always a similar result.

I always tell the truth also....  ''I would like to cancel please, because I really don't think its good value for money anymore...''

[Bri Roberts]

Well I took on board the advice provided and I telephoned SKY this morning.

At one stage I thought I had overdone it and I had got my own way by cancelling SKY but the young lady from north of the border eventually offered to reduce my £87.50 per month down to £43.76 per month for 12 months.

I have had to sacrifice ESPN and MUTV as well as my HD on all but the six terrestrial channels.

I manage to keep Sky World and Sky Multi-Room although I could have saved a further £3.14 had I agreed to drop Sky Movies.

Total saving is £44.74 per month.

So thanks to everyone for their help and support.

[DaveR]

 

[Bri Roberts]

DaveR, that’s not all.

I have also spoken to BT this afternoon and agreed a new deal for the next 12 months for Line Rental, Phone Calls and Broadband with an increase in usage from 10GB to 40GB per month for the same price.

Now that I have more time on my hands, I am managing to do what I should have done years ago.

What next ?

[Fester]

Well done indeed Brian...!

I have never managed to get more than 3 months, or or the odd 6 months at half-price.
Thats a fabulous result,  you are the Master.

[Bri Roberts]

 

[Bellringer]

Well done Bri.
What are you going to invest the saving into? You won't have to go far for some advice presumably!

We have discovered that we can get Freeview through the Sky dish so we are using that more to see how it meets our needs before making any decision about cancelling Sky.

I am glad I posed the question in the first place and just knew that a lot of worthwhile advice would be forthcoming. Thanks guys.

[Pendragon]

Well I know what I'm doing tomorrow...............rigging up my freeview to the sky dish. I was told I would have to get another aerial which I did. I haven't fixed it to the roof yet so this could save me a lot of hassle........nice one xx

[Bri Roberts]

Well done Bri.
What are you going to invest the saving into? You won't have to go far for some advice presumably!

Stan, I am now working from home so it will have to go under the bed.   

Even the extra MB on my broadband will be useful as my Home PC is now turned on for fourteen hours a day, seven days a week.

My challenge at the end of these 12 months deals is to see if I can have just one provider for my TV, Line Rental, Telephone Calls, Broadband and Mobile instead of having Sky, BT and Orange.

Like yourself, with the help of this forum, slowly but surely I am getting there. 

[Ian]

Pen: Freeview only works with rooftop-aerials.  It's Freesat that uses a dish./

[Bellringer]

And there's me thinking that our old aerial had been dis-connected. If what Ian says, and I am sure he's right, then that's a bit of a bonus.

[Pendragon]

Oh well ladders out, back on the roof then.....................gutted 

[Fester]

I used the recommendation of Orme TV for an urgent job,,, and they were very kind to me...  They couldn't do my job for a couple of days, but instead put me on to Kevin Gibbon.   (A close neighbour, that I didn't previously know!)

He was great, got the job done quickly with no hassle .... will use him (or the lads at Orme TV) anytime.

Thanks for the recommendation Yorkie!