Posts Tagged ‘SKY Television’

Sky TV geographical alternative

Monday, June 29th, 2009

In the past, we’ve asked if anyone had a geographical alternative for contact Sky TV, yet another company that tries to make money from their own customers contacting them.

A recent post, here , generated a few responses from people on the difficulty in finding a geographic number for the company that they won’t change or remove as soon as it’s shared around on websites like this.

I did get a number that I published on the website, but have since had to take it down, based on this e-mail that I received from a SayNoTo1890.com:

I used the 01 number for Sky TV from your website & I was told that this was the incorrect number for Sky A/c.  This is an individual’s direct number in Sky who does not deal with queries & appears to be getting quite a few phone calls!

Unfortunately I do not have an alternative to the 0818 number.

And unfortunately, neither do I for the moment now either. If anyone else knows of any other number that can be used, please let me know.

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Geographical Alternative for Sky TV

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

There have been numerous requests here for an alternative number for Sky TV – their number is 0818 719 852. A SayNoTo1890.com reader suggested the following:

I got this number – 00 44 1506831609  – from  SAYNOTO0870.COM  and phoned it.

Answered promptly by computer and asked to enter my phone number plus area code so call could be dealt with correct department.

No need to include 00 prefix.  I entered  353 41 XXXXXXX. Transferred immediately to an operator and all business was dealt with. This is current information as I made calls on Saturday 13th June.

As the reader pointed out, this is still a UK number, but for users of SKYPE and other VOIP service as well as anyone who has free Irish and UK landline numbers as part of their phone contract (such as with UTV for example), people will be able to contact this number for a lot less than the 0818 phone costs.

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Anyone have a number for Sky?

Monday, April 13th, 2009

There’s been a few e-mails sent to the site over the past couple of weeks looking for a geographical alternative for Sky Television. This seems to be one of the best kept secrets in the country at the moment – the only number they provide is the expensive 0818 number.

I’m wondering the direct number for SKY TV is I’m having terrible trouble with their service and have been kept on hold for ages during calls, and am nearly always on for 35-40 minutes on an 0818 number. Does anyone have the alternative number I can call?

And another:

I am from Ireland and live in the United States at the moment. My mother has recently had a hip replacement operation and is confined to home more often. I would like to order sky multiroom for her as a present but I cant get in contact with the Irish sales team because the number presented on the website is for Irish calls only (0818).

Can you please supply me with a number I can dial from overseas please? I have tried contacting Sky via email but to no avail.

We’ve been asked for this geographical phone number a couple of times in the past, but it seems as if there either isn’t such a number, or it’s very well protected by SKY.

Do you have a geographical alternative number for SKY? Or do you even work for SKY and know how your customers might be able to avoid using this 0818 number? Please e-mail us through our Contact Page if you do (privacy guaranteed).

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