24-08-2009, 11:59
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Price change 1st oct
Just recieved a letter from virgin stating they will put up the prices for the sky premium channels on the 1st oct by £1.50 . The price change comes in to effect on the 1st of sept but virgin are going to be covering the first month of the price change .
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24-08-2009, 12:55
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Re: Price change 1st oct
Sky in a bid to placate Ofcom put the price up for everyone. 
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24-08-2009, 14:32
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Re: Price change 1st oct
[QUOTE=EBD3000;34859966]Sky in a bid to placate Ofcom put the price up for everyone. [/QUOTE
VM say in their letter that Sky are increasing the price of its Premium channels and that the costs are being passed on to VM customers as well as their own.I have Sky Sports 1& 2 and am going to be charged £1.50/month more.
Tale a look at http://packages.sky.com/buy/premium-...riceChangeInfo for the Sky price changes from !/9/09.
You will see that the only people who will pay more for Sky Sports are those who take at least 4 Entertainment Packs as well as the Sports.In fact, many Sky customers only taking Sports 1 OR 2 will be paying less. and most taking 1 AND 2 will pay no increase whatsoever.
It looks like VM are trying to con us!
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24-08-2009, 14:39
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Re: Price change 1st oct
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Originally Posted by prn6243
VM say in their letter that Sky are increasing the price of its Premium channels and that the costs are being passed on to VM customers as well as their own.I have Sky Sports 1& 2 and am going to be charged £1.50/month more.
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Yes - Sky require Virgin to charge a certain amount for the channels and that is what Virgin then charge the customers. If Sky put that up Virgin have to as well
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You will see that the only people who will pay more for Sky Sports are those who take at least 4 Entertainment Packs as well as the Sports.In fact, many Sky customers only taking Sports 1 OR 2 will be paying less. and most taking 1 AND 2 will pay no increase whatsoever.
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If you also notice that Sky have now put all the core mix prices up by £1 - so are subsidising the Premium channels by charging customers more on other services
Also on Virgin M and M+ customers aren't having a price change either - so equivalent to the 1/2 mix thing on Sky
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It looks like VM are trying to con us!
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And your proof for that (apart from Sky charging their own customers a different price) would be.......?
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25-08-2009, 13:02
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Re: Price change 1st oct
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Yes - Sky require Virgin to charge a certain amount for the channels and that is what Virgin then charge the customers. If Sky put that up Virgin have to as well
If you also notice that Sky have now put all the core mix prices up by £1 - so are subsidising the Premium channels by charging customers more on other services
Also on Virgin M and M+ customers aren't having a price change either - so equivalent to the 1/2 mix thing on Sky
And your proof for that (apart from Sky charging their own customers a different price) would be.......?
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You miss the point!
In their letter VM say that Sky are increasing prices to their own customers as well as VM customers.However, the majority of SKY customers subscribing to SKY Sports will not pay any increase.The price shown on the SKY website for Sky Sports includes the cost of the core mix.So, to put it plainly, a Sky subscriber with 1 Entertainment pack and Sky Sports 1& 2 was paying £35.50/month and will still be paying £35.50 from September 1st. A VM customer subscribing to Sky Sports will be paying £1.50/month more after October 1st.
So that is my proof for suggesting VM customers were being conned!
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25-08-2009, 13:08
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Re: Price change 1st oct
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Originally Posted by prn6243
You miss the point!
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No you do
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.The price shown on the SKY website for Sky Sports includes the cost of the core mix.So, to put it plainly, a Sky subscriber with 1 Entertainment pack and Sky Sports 1& 2 was paying £35.50/month and will still be paying £35.50 from September 1st.
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Yes they will and 1-3 mixes on Sky are equivalent of the M and M+ packages on Virgin
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A VM customer subscribing to Sky Sports will be paying £1.50/month more after October 1st.
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The Sky Premium increases on Virgin only affects L and XL customers - which would be equivalent of 4-6 mixes on Sky who are also having a price increase
Ill say it again
M and M+ customers will not be paying any more for the Sky Premiums than they do now
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26-08-2009, 19:49
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Re: Price change 1st oct
Am I correct to assume that as a subscriber of the VIP pack, I will therefore pay £1.50 extra per month for that service??
I just received the letter this morning!
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26-08-2009, 21:16
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Re: Price change 1st oct
Yes, you are correct
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