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MalteseFalcon · 14-12-2014, 21:59

Yeah, I was stopped by a SKY rep whilst shopping the other week in town. Tried persuading me to move to SKY from Virgin, going on about Atlantic and how great the channel was.

When I told him that I was happy with Virgin and that I wasn't interested in Atlantic as imo there was nothing worth watching on the channel. He tried selling the fibre optic BB to me as a bonus. I then defeated him by pointing out that just the day before I had been on the SKY website and costed up a move to them. To get the same phone and TV package with a far inferior BB speed would cost me £30 a month more than Virgin.

When he then tried to say that on their fibre optic BB I could get speeds of 40MB, I said why would I move from a company offering 152 MB BB to a company offering more than 100 MB slower. That settled it once and for all. Didn't like the fact that I knew what I was paying, what I was paying it for and how much SKY services would be in comparison. Do these mobile reps think that most, if not every, consumer is ignorant to their bills?

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MalteseFalcon cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Deepest pits of Hell Age: 41 Posts: 4,964	Re: Christmas tv help Yeah, I was stopped by a SKY rep whilst shopping the other week in town. Tried persuading me to move to SKY from Virgin, going on about Atlantic and how great the channel was. When I told him that I was happy with Virgin and that I wasn't interested in Atlantic as imo there was nothing worth watching on the channel. He tried selling the fibre optic BB to me as a bonus. I then defeated him by pointing out that just the day before I had been on the SKY website and costed up a move to them. To get the same phone and TV package with a far inferior BB speed would cost me £30 a month more than Virgin. When he then tried to say that on their fibre optic BB I could get speeds of 40MB, I said why would I move from a company offering 152 MB BB to a company offering more than 100 MB slower. That settled it once and for all. Didn't like the fact that I knew what I was paying, what I was paying it for and how much SKY services would be in comparison. Do these mobile reps think that most, if not every, consumer is ignorant to their bills?