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Originally Posted by denphone
Its not Virgins fault that Sky are throwing round deals that IMO is utter financial madness as for a awful lots of companies that ain't a proper sustainable business model and Virgin would be stupid to compete with it.
The Virgin CEO has stated in his last few interviews that the TV side of things would be improving significantly and l don't see any reason not to believe him.
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It's sound business sense to accept a lower profit rather than none at all, or even to introduce loss leaders to persuade customers to cross over.
They may not even be loss leaders when you take into account the increased economies of scale and profit from phone and broadband.
90% of a successful sale is getting the customer into the shop in the future place. Inertia also plays a part once people have your product and I'm certain that Sky realise this.
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Originally Posted by Paul M
Five years  Where have you seen that ?
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Forum member Chad left VM for Sky some time ago. He has never paid full price since and has now received an email saying that he can have 60% off for the next five years with no contract. He doesn't even have to call them, it will be done automatically unless he tells them otherwise.
If you're out of contract with Sky I'd look into this Paul.
Might be worth asking Chad too:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/member.php?u=67522
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You are really off on a tangent here, Richard (and by the way, you are repeating yourself).
You are not locked in until the end of your contract. You are locked in to the next price rise.
It's down to you if you change to Sky with only a few short weeks to go until the launch of the new box. Sounds a bit reckless to me, to be honest.
If you want to fall into the hot sticky armpits of Sky for the sake of a few weeks simply because of their discounts, you should be happy.
The way you are going on about this sounds to me that you are looking for reassurance about a potentially bad decision.
I'm sorry, but you won't be getting any solice from me on your decision. It's Barmyland, IMHO.
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If there is yet another price rise before March it's true that I could leave earlier, but that's not really the point is it.
I think you're being very naive if you 100% believe that the new box will be released in a few weeks. It might be, but with VM I wouldn't bet any money on it.
I dislike Sky myself, but why do you seem to favour all things VM over Sky??
Thus far I'm not regretting my decision, nor looking for reassurance or validation. The only contact I've had since cancelling yesterday is a text to say that they will be sending me some packaging to send back their equipment!!!
It really is a case of, "if you're leaving, get gone then". This is despite me making it clear that if they want their equipment back they will have to pick it up at my convenience.
The router I can understand, but what use will a pile of old unusable TiVo's be??
I wonder if new customers will get a new box by default or if they will try to palm them off with an old one??
I am open to rescinding my notice if VM start being sensible.
I've seen a few posts where they've let customers go, only to call them back a couple of weeks later (or even on the last day of their notice period) with amazing offers and a request for them to reconsider.
The trouble is, by the time they pull their finger out, many people have gone to another provider and signed a new contract. Wouldn't it make more sense to do this when people call up to cancel instead of playing games?
They really are so inept, i'm glad I don't have an investment in this company.
Edit: Actually, perhaps I should stay with VM after all for my phone if going to Sky would set my house on fire!!!
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...8#post35866878