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geordiechris 23-11-2012 15:02
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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35501009)
More than that, I thought, but the current offering is IMO pretty reasonable - it's certainly not often I can't watch what I want in hd, and perhaps only football on ITV 4 is glaringly missing as far as I'm concerned, and that appears to have been tied up exclusively by Sky so what can you do?
I voted with my feet and have just moved to Sky :D

denphone 23-11-2012 15:28
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Originally Posted by geordiechris (Post 35501013)
I voted with my feet and have just moved to Sky :D
Good luck Chris but l shall not be moving despite the price rises as better the devil you know then the devil you don't and my partner is not very keen either.

andy_m 23-11-2012 15:35
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Must admit I'm edging closer for the TV side of things. Haven't had my letter yet so will wait for that and then give retentions the opportunity to make a deal. Two price rises in a year aren't really on. Everyone has to go to the service provider that most closely meets their own personal needs. They have the right to complain if those needs aren't being met and then vote with their feet if those complaints aren't listened to. Being told that the price increases can't be broken down, and then being presented with breakdowns that have been provided to other customers, and then told off on this forum by a Virgin employee because the right to complain and then move is apparently an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, despite that actually being the customer's right, obviously hasn't massively improved my mood - I've sadly, and very quickly, got to the stage where Virgin are going to have to work hard to keep me.

Dave42 23-11-2012 15:41
Re: TV price rises
 
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Originally Posted by Firmsky (Post 35500998)
My price is going up around £4.80ish! Can't recall the exact figure.

Had a look round at a similar package from Sky and I would end up paying roughly the same but making a saving by getting some cash back from quidco or similar. I'd have to pay for a 2nd recordable box £199!) in order to get catch up on both boxes and I'd be limited to recording two channels, I'd struggle with this as most of my recordings are peak time and even with TiVo I have clashes!

I'll carry on with VM due to the superior catch up and 3 tuners but I do hope they add Sky Sports 3 and 4 in HD sooner rather than later and add some content to their iPad app.
sky wont allow that

MrB 23-11-2012 15:44
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£5.45 per month (+12%) rise ... :(.

MrB

denphone 23-11-2012 15:48
Re: TV price rises
 
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Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35501030)
sky wont allow that
Indeed Dave and l can't see that changing anytime soon.

muppetman11 23-11-2012 16:00
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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35500961)
That's why I specifically said non Premium channels. If you aren't a subscriber to Sky sports or movies, on VM all the other HD channels are free; on Sky, they will still cost you an extra £10.25 p/m
That really depends on how you look at it , comparing purely TV a PVR user wanting the top basics pack would have to pay £31.50 for XL and TIVO compared to £36.75 on Sky for Entertainment plus meaning the difference is £5.25 , if the reports are correct and XL TV rises £1.50 in February 13 the difference will come down to £3.75 until Sky review their prices in September 13.

Arthurgray50@blu 23-11-2012 16:02
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IF someone on this forum can prove me how VM can justify the increase in there prices three times in the SAME year, then l will shut up.

Also if TiVo is so good how can l have so much trouble with the damn thing, it turns channels over without warning and the sound keeps going up and down, and the engineers have said that there is no fault with it. Fob story if you ask me.

carlwaring 23-11-2012 16:13
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35501041)
IF someone on this forum can prove me how VM can justify the increase in there prices three times in the SAME year, then l will shut up.
Cost of stuff goes up. Fact of life.

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Also if TiVo is so good how can l have so much trouble with the damn thing..
Because technology isn't perfect.

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it turns channels over without warning
No it doesn't.

Dave42 23-11-2012 16:16
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35501041)
IF someone on this forum can prove me how VM can justify the increase in there prices three times in the SAME year, then l will shut up.

Also if TiVo is so good how can l have so much trouble with the damn thing, it turns channels over without warning and the sound keeps going up and down, and the engineers have said that there is no fault with it. Fob story if you ask me.
1 forced by sky or did you forget that but I do agree should only ever be 1 a year by VM

denphone 23-11-2012 16:23
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35501040)
That really depends on how you look at it , comparing purely TV a PVR user wanting the top basics pack would have to pay £31.50 for XL and TIVO compared to £36.75 on Sky for Entertainment plus meaning the difference is £5.25 , if the reports are correct and XL TV rises £1.50 in February 13 the difference will come down to £3.75 until Sky review their prices in September 13.
And you can bet your bottom dollar that their prices will go up then and possibly by even more then VM.

muppetman11 23-11-2012 16:26
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35501053)
And you can bet your bottom dollar that their prices will go up then and possibly by even more then VM.
I can live with an increase once a year , but three is stretching it.

denphone 23-11-2012 16:27
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35501054)
I can live with an increase once a year , but three is stretching it.
Yes its not what we wanted but remember good old Sky imposed one of them on us and you can be rest assured that another one from them is coming later this year.

MaverickJesus 23-11-2012 16:35
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Weirdly I just phoned up to give my 30 days notice to no penalty contract freedom and the lad made no attempt what so ever to keep my custom. Apart from a cursory 'are you ok with not being able to get superfast broadband from Sky' (couldn't seem to comprehend I was already using said superfast broadband whilst I was chatting on the phone, but I let it be), he happily just arranged for my stuff to be collected and called it a day.

I guess they must be getting a fair few of these at the minute?

Dave42 23-11-2012 16:35
Re: TV price rises
 
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35501058)
Yes its not what we wanted but remember good old Sky imposed one of them on us and you can be rest assured that another one from them is coming later this year.
yep Den be September there prices go up again :mad:


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