that's not fair Mr Murdoch
I have just cancelled my Sky World subscription, favouring Love Film as an alternative source for my films. I have kept the Sky HD pack and a couple of the variety packs.
I had saved half a dozen films during my subscription period - paid for through the £61 per month fee - and would you believe I now can't watch them. Even though they are saved on my HDD and even though I have started watching a couple of them, I now cannot access them. How annoying is that.
Yep, that's the price for Satellite; no wonder Cable declared war.
That really does highlight what sky is all about doesn't it ... best thing i ever did was getting rid of SKY.
totally agree. I would have cable if they supplied it in my area. The problem is Sky have very good HD content compared to freeview. what do I do!!!
I used to have both when I lived away during the week, cable was MUCH more expensive for the same level of packages, don't know what the situation is now.
jcshutts:totally agree. I would have cable if they supplied it in my area. The problem is Sky have very good HD content compared to freeview. what do I do!!!
£732 buys an awful lot of Blu-Rays in one year (films and TV shows alike) that you can watch whenever you like.
professorhat:£732 buys an awful lot of Blu-Rays in one year (films and TV shows alike) that you can watch whenever you like.
as long you keep paying the monthly subscription, it's a pretty good scam really
No, it's not a scam: it's a subscription, and it's up to the consumer to decide whether or not to take it.
Andrew Everard:No, it's not a scam: it's a subscription, and it's up to the consumer to decide whether or not to take it.
At last, sensible logic.
You are correct. It is surprising however the number of people who don't work out the long term cost of regular payments. I was reading recently that it is common place (particularly for the under thirties) for people to aschew their in house free coffee facilities to go to Starbucks twice a day (which costs about £1000 a year I believe). Makes the awful Mr Murdoch's offerings look like good value.Andrew Everard:No, it's not a scam: it's a subscription, and it's up to the consumer to decide whether or not to take it.
hammill:aschew
Bless you! They probably eschew them, too.
hammill:You are correct. It is surprising however the number of people who don't work out the long term cost of regular payments. I was reading recently that it is common place (particularly for the under thirties) for people to aschew their in house free coffee facilities to go to Starbucks twice a day (which costs about £1000 a year I believe). Makes the awful Mr Murdoch's offerings look like good value.
Andrew Everard:No, it's not a scam: it's a subscription, and it's up to the consumer to decide whether or not to take it.
When I'm out in town on my own (not very often) I like to stop in one of our local coffee shops (not one of the big boys, an independent) and have their flat white and I'm reasonably confident that I couldn't possibly replicate that at home, it's fantastic, it makes the rubbish at home seem like a totally different drink (because that's what it is), so I'm happy to pay the best part of 3 quid for it (it's a large one...). To be honest it's the only time I actually drink coffee, I don't like it usually but that coffee is marvellous.
Sometimes things aren't quite as simple as you might think they are.
So do I, a few times a year and yes they do make good coffee. I also eat at restaurants, but not every day. The point I was making was not about using coffee shops, but about the high expense of any very regular expenditure, that many people fail to notice.the_lhc:When I'm out in town on my own (not very often) I like to stop in one of our local coffee shops (not one of the big boys, an independent) and have their flat white and I'm reasonably confident that I couldn't possibly replicate that at home, it's fantastic, it makes the rubbish at home seem like a totally different drink (because that's what it is), so I'm happy to pay the best part of 3 quid for it (it's a large one...). To be honest it's the only time I actually drink coffee, I don't like it usually but that coffee is marvellous. Sometimes things aren't quite as simple as you might think they are.
hammill:You are correct. It is surprising however the number of people who don't work out the long term cost of regular payments. I was reading recently that it is common place (particularly for the under thirties) for people to aschew their in house free coffee facilities to go to Starbucks twice a day (which costs about £1000 a year I believe). Makes the awful Mr Murdoch's offerings look like good value.
Andrew Everard:No, it's not a scam: it's a subscription, and it's up to the consumer to decide whether or not to take it.
hammill:The point I was making was not about using coffee shops, but about the high expense of any very regular expenditure, that many people fail to notice.
Fail to notice or really don't care about? Or don't need to care, so what if some people spend a fiver on coffee a day, if they can afford it's up to them, even if they can't afford it it's up to them. It's their money. I've been dirt skint at times in the past but even then if there was a book that I wanted to read I'd find the money to buy it somehow, I'd deny myself everything else but never a book, if it was good enough. Maybe they buy the coffee because it makes them feel good, perhaps it's the only pleasure they get in the day, so it's worth the money.
the_lhc:When I'm out in town on my own (not very often) I like to stop in one of our local coffee shops (not one of the big boys, an independent) and have their flat white and I'm reasonably confident that I couldn't possibly replicate that at home, it's fantastic, it makes the rubbish at home seem like a totally different drink (because that's what it is), so I'm happy to pay the best part of 3 quid for it (it's a large one...). To be honest it's the only time I actually drink coffee, I don't like it usually but that coffee is marvellous.
Sometimes things aren't quite as simple as you might think they are.
I am in my local Costa (in our branch of Waterstones) with a flat white at least three times a week. If it weren't located in a bookshop I don't think i'd bother. It is a great way to chill out over a book and coffee. (Yes, I do buy many of the books I read there despite being able to get them cheaper on Amazon.)
I work from home, so time and money saved, by not having to commute, funds this indulgence. I currently have £43 on my Costa card and have determined to have 'free' coffees for a month in January.
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...as in £732 per year?!!
My gawd, I never realsed Sky cost THAT much.
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