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Boxerbeetle wrote:
Will always have a soft spot for Dempsey. Takes me right back to being a teenager staying up til the early hours for the big Naz or Lennox fights - Dempsey would always host the show looking top notch in a black tux, and gave a sense of gravitas & importance to proceedings which Sky just doesn't have any more. Ed Robinson is about the only presenter on Sky who I can take seriously.

Spot on. I'm a bit older than you but I remember rolling in from clubs to catch the big Vegas fights involving Lennox and Tyson and Holyfield. Great days.

CaptainSpacerod wrote:

Boxerbeetle wrote:
Will always have a soft spot for Dempsey. Takes me right back to being a teenager staying up til the early hours for the big Naz or Lennox fights - Dempsey would always host the show looking top notch in a black tux, and gave a sense of gravitas & importance to proceedings which Sky just doesn't have any more. Ed Robinson is about the only presenter on Sky who I can take seriously.

Spot on. I'm a bit older than you but I remember rolling in from clubs to catch the big Vegas fights involving Lennox and Tyson and Holyfield. Great days.

Agree.now we get Johnny Tightshirt Nelson and a bunch of scouses tickling eddies balls

Nae sky means nae darts. Am no having that. "Look at Mandy, Bobby bought her all that gold"

Boxerbeetle wrote:Will always have a soft spot for Dempsey. Takes me right back to being a teenager staying up til the early hours for the big Naz or Lennox fights - Dempsey would always host the show looking top notch in a black tux, and gave a sense of gravitas & importance to proceedings which Sky just doesn't have any more.

Dempsey and Iain Darke had class. No wonder they're gone. It's 'lad' culture now. I guess they know their audience.

Dempsey was a pro.

Forgot how Partridge some of his wardrobe was.

this is an age old debate.

don't pay em.

i don't get the ppv's.

especially these days with the broadband video streaming.

10 yrs ago u had to pay.

otherwise u were waiting for the midweek repeat.

i still boycotted some of em even then.

like lewis-tyson (knew it was a mismatch so opted out).

I've finally given notice to cancel my Sky Sports package. Stickin' it to the Man.

Boxerbeetle wrote:I've finally given notice to cancel my Sky Sports package. Stickin' it to the Man.

You won't regret it. Get allegedly, well worth the money, and then if there's a PPV you want on Sky, you can get it anyway.

Sky is terrible value for money. They must be losing a lot of customers now that B.T have eaten into their football coverage in a big way.

Boxerbeetle wrote:I've finally given notice to cancel my Sky Sports package. Stickin' it to the Man.

You'll probably get offered a much improved deal in the next month. I remember Sklar a few months back saying his Sky package basically cost him a grand a year. I dunno what package he has but I'd be cancelling too if I was paying 80-90-£100 a month. I pay £55-£60 a month for my Sky package and that's broadband, phone line, original to package with sports, movies. I could upgrade to hd for another £6.

It's just a case of threatening to leave them during your last month. The agent will do you a deal. I probably don't even have the best deal either, I bet if I said to the first agent no I'll cancel I'd get an email a week later offering even more money off.

Ultimately tho if people genuinely are only watching sky tv for boxing (a claim I always consider a load of bollocks) then it's just a case of considering your options.

blanca wrote: Agree.now we get Johnny Tightshirt Nelson and a bunch of scouses tickling eddies balls

Ha ha too true

And Ed Robinson, as ever, looks like a 3 squirt dog in a 30 mile wind.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Boxerbeetle wrote:I've finally given notice to cancel my Sky Sports package. Stickin' it to the Man.

You won't regret it. Get allegedly, well worth the money, and then if there's a PPV you want on Sky, you can get it anyway.

Sky is terrible value for money. They must be losing a lot of customers now that B.T have eaten into their football coverage in a big way.

I've had B0xnati0n pretty much since the beginning, would rather give up a kidney than the channel

jameswilson wrote:

Boxerbeetle wrote:I've finally given notice to cancel my Sky Sports package. Stickin' it to the Man.

You'll probably get offered a much improved deal in the next month. I remember Sklar a few months back saying his Sky package basically cost him a grand a year. I dunno what package he has but I'd be cancelling too if I was paying 80-90-£100 a month. I pay £55-£60 a month for my Sky package and that's broadband, phone line, original to package with sports, movies. I could upgrade to hd for another £6.

It's just a case of threatening to leave them during your last month. The agent will do you a deal. I probably don't even have the best deal either, I bet if I said to the first agent no I'll cancel I'd get an email a week later offering even more money off.

Ultimately tho if people genuinely are only watching sky tv for boxing (a claim I always consider a load of bollocks) then it's just a case of considering your options.

I cancelled around the time of Bellew/Clev 2 and played the waiting game; I ended up with the full package for £35 a month for a year, including HD. This thread has reminded me that 12 months has just run out, so time to call and cancel again, I think...

MarkMcBurney wrote:

jameswilson wrote:

Boxerbeetle wrote:I've finally given notice to cancel my Sky Sports package. Stickin' it to the Man.

You'll probably get offered a much improved deal in the next month. I remember Sklar a few months back saying his Sky package basically cost him a grand a year. I dunno what package he has but I'd be cancelling too if I was paying 80-90-£100 a month. I pay £55-£60 a month for my Sky package and that's broadband, phone line, original to package with sports, movies. I could upgrade to hd for another £6.

It's just a case of threatening to leave them during your last month. The agent will do you a deal. I probably don't even have the best deal either, I bet if I said to the first agent no I'll cancel I'd get an email a week later offering even more money off.

Ultimately tho if people genuinely are only watching sky tv for boxing (a claim I always consider a load of bollocks) then it's just a case of considering your options.

I cancelled around the time of Bellew/Clev 2 and played the waiting game; I ended up with the full package for £35 a month for a year, including HD. This thread has reminded me that 12 months has just run out, so time to call and cancel again, I think...

Is that including broadband and phone? Did they call you or email you with the offer? What percentage was that you got off?

jameswilson wrote:

MarkMcBurney wrote:

jameswilson wrote:
You'll probably get offered a much improved deal in the next month. I remember Sklar a few months back saying his Sky package basically cost him a grand a year. I dunno what package he has but I'd be cancelling too if I was paying 80-90-£100 a month. I pay £55-£60 a month for my Sky package and that's broadband, phone line, original to package with sports, movies. I could upgrade to hd for another £6.

It's just a case of threatening to leave them during your last month. The agent will do you a deal. I probably don't even have the best deal either, I bet if I said to the first agent no I'll cancel I'd get an email a week later offering even more money off.

Ultimately tho if people genuinely are only watching sky tv for boxing (a claim I always consider a load of bollocks) then it's just a case of considering your options.

I cancelled around the time of Bellew/Clev 2 and played the waiting game; I ended up with the full package for £35 a month for a year, including HD. This thread has reminded me that 12 months has just run out, so time to call and cancel again, I think...

Is that including broadband and phone? Did they call you or email you with the offer? What percentage was that you got off?

you have to proactively call them when you're contract is due for renewal shortly, and tell them you're leaving them unless they give you a better offer, and negotiate with them.

I do this every year with my mobile supplier, last year I got an early upgrade to Galaxy S6 with 128 GB of storage (as opposed to the measly 16gb they offered me) - plus an extra 8GB of data on my contract for the same price I paid before for 4GB allowance.

It's the one time you have any leverage with these companies, they're desperate to retain the business as they know that if you join another supplier, that's a minimum of 12 months they have lost your revenue.