Please can you get rid of the trite cricket broadcasting of Charles Dagnall. He offers nothing and witters on like an idiot.
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APPALLING SERVICE THAT FAILS CUSTOMERS AT EVERY LEVEL
I am 76 years old, so I do not have unlimited time left to waste trying to overcome appalling customer service.
I have been with Sky for more than 13 years. During this time, I have experienced highs and lows with the service provided, and feel it is getting worse, as I will go on to explain.
What companies do not seem to grasp is that they lose so much goodwill when customers are expected to deal with agents in far-off countries such as India, where not everyone has a thorough command of the English language that British people can readily understand. Similarly, customers do not like dealing with automated bots, which frequently cannot cope with their concerns. Both aspects employed by Sky infuriate so many customers and cause no end of frustration and anger.
A few months ago, I received several texts and calls offering me free SuperFast broadband. I accepted the offer, I was sent a router, and an appointment was made for CityFibre, Sky’s contractors in my area, to install the service. A day before the ‘engineers’ were due to call, the booking was cancelled with technical problems being used as the excuse! I had spent considerable time moving furniture for the work to be done, leaving me inconvenienced by the cancellation. I contacted Sky to see when the work could be rescheduled and was told no date could be given, and that it may not be possible to connect me. I was told they would keep me informed. Meanwhile, CityFibre texted me asking me why I had cancelled the work. I explained that it was not me who had cancelled. Since then (12 May), CityFibre informed me that Sky would call me to reschedule; I heard nothing further. During this time, the efficiency of SkyGo, which I used to watch most of my TV on my PCs, was stopping or buffering regularly, and my broadband speeds had got slower (using Fast.com to check). I was also paying over £50 for Sky Talk, which I no longer needed, but trying to cancel this part of my service proved difficult.
As my broadband and most of my TV package were out of contract on 14 July, I decided to switch provider. I signed up with Virgin Media, who offer a much more comprehensive package with High Speed Fibre for considerably less than Sky. This was installed a week ago, and although the switchover was not due until 14 July, at around midnight on 9/10 July, Sky disconnected me. As Virgin had already installed my broadband/TV package that day, this was not a major problem. At the same time, to avoid Sky continuing to take payments from my bank, I cancelled the direct debit. I emailed Sky to explain that if they send me an invoice for any genuine outstanding charges, I will pay by bank transfer. Sky had wasted no time in requesting the return of their equipment, but when the packaging arrived, there was no post-paid return label. Although Royal Mail should have been able to provide this, there is no means of requesting it on the Parcel Force website. I spent several hours trying to use the Sky chatbot to explain the problem. It failed in every way. I attempted to phone Sky using several of the listed numbers, but every time my call was answered, all I got was a recorded message telling me that my payment had not been collected and I must reinstate it. No options were available to permit me to speak to anyone. Instead, clever software clearly recognised my number and played a pre-recorded message. Every attempt to contact Sky failed, apart from emailing them as suggested with a full complaint about their services and an explanation of how I intended to clear any balance. Despite this, Sky's response to my correspondence was to instruct me to go online and use the Chat facility, which had already failed to handle my complaint, and would require me to repeat the entire history, without getting anywhere.
I am sick to death of being unable to speak to anyone in customer services at Sky, Instead, when I call, usually I am directed to an overseas call centre that does not have the authority to deal with the problem.
I am angered by Sky's unwillingness to respond professionally to my correspondence, and by their unwillingness to provide a dedicated help centre where customers can discuss their accounts with a human based in Britain. Having been a customer for so many years, this is not how I expect to be treated, but, sadly, it has become too typical of the lack of care of so many businesses. Maybe somebody in authority at Sky will respond to this in a manner that I will find satisfactory? However, I am not holding my breath!
The worst customer service
New Fibre Broadband installation going very wrong.
An appointment was made for an 8am-1pm install time slot. 9am: 3rd party sends text that engineer is not available but I might hear from them again by 5pm. And if they haven’t contacted me by then, the installation is cancelled and Sky will have to reschedule.
6pm, I am chatting with Sky, apologises that there is nothing they can do as it’s an “active installation”. No it’s not as the subcontractor has cancelled it. Sky agent announced that he has a 30 minute break now but will continue the conversation after that. He logs back in, starting the conversation with: End of my shift, another agent will pick this up.
30 minutes later, another agent now announces that the chat is closed for the day.
And I just received an email from OpenReach, that they have visited the premises but found the installation too complex. LIES! They never got here.
Facit: there is absolutely no point for employing people to deliver such horrific customer service. No wonder AI is taken over when the standard is set so low.
A day taken time off work, a day wasted. At my cost. Thanks Sky for failing to deliver.
Good until there's a problem, would not purchase again
Good until there's a problem. I purchased subscription, the subscription wasn't assigned to me, can't get to anyone to resolve it, doesn't show in my account despite being purchased and me paying for it. I'm so tired of this shit. This is such a common thing amongst large brands, I have to deal with this all the time and I'm so fed up.
BTW, I'm also pissed off for their website, incapacity to deal with things. I couldn't access movies due to "incorrect" pin. It kept getting locked, so I disabled it via app. It didn't take. My remote/tv wasn't reacting, so I changed the pin via app yesterday. It worked once, then stopped. Today I tried again, it didn't take so I tried old pin which worked. Then program kept disconnecting. I logged a complaint and asked to talk to someone , nobody got back to me. I'm getting really frustrated, and actually really angry. What the actual f***!
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Awful experience
Awful experience, sky installed the broadband cables for a new contract but did not send the router, they turned off my Virgin Broadband who I was leaving and then left me with no Internet. Spoke with adviser Alex who looked and said "oh yes it is still with the courier" he then said there is nothing he could do and I would have to wait for the router to arrive, he acknowledged that the router was delayed and should have been with me by now and again said there is nothing he could do. I asked if he could look into the courier and he said no, I then asked to be put in touch with a manager and he said he would not do that as they couldn't tell me anything different. I said if I could get reactivated with virgin until the router comes would i get reimbursed and he said no, sky do not do that. I'm now left without Internet and , now awaiting a router that may never come and Sky could not care less.

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I went in to get an iPhone 17pro max…
I went in to get an iPhone 17pro max and I got it within seconds! Michel from Meadowhall was really helpful and kind, from the service and helping us set up the phone, amazing service! (Give him a raise)
10/10 service
Customer service and upgrade team very…
Customer service and upgrade team very poor. Bt broadband offer deals for 24 months for £24.99 a month sky charge £37.00 they say look at it and reply £44.00 for a new contract thats what you get for loyal 7 year service as customer wont do any better , so anyone wanting better service and good price for broadband go to bt broadband not Sky

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Worst customer service in the world
Worst customer service in the world, sky not working tried calling you can only speak with a robot who does not understand you. I have had no sky all day I am going to raise a complaint with OFCOM.

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We were served by Sarah at the Trafford…
We were served by Sarah at the Trafford Centre, MASSIVE savings and went through everything with us making sure we got the best deal! Sarah and the other staff at the stand were great with our 6 year old making sure he was looked after and entertained! No complaints and looking forward to our new TV and deal! Thanks Sarah!
Several times no Luck
Several times now I have tried to log on to my e-mails run by Yahoo but through sky.com, entering your E-mail address and password then you need a six digit two step verification code BUT they never send it. If you don't receive the six digit number there is supposed to be a recovery code. I Don't have a recovery code. I rang sky going through the rigmarole of confirming who you are and trying to decide which area of Sky will be the best to help. You finally get to speak to someone who tells you That your e-mails are through Yahoo, Yes for a good number of years, I know this but they cant help you so put you through to another team where you sit on hold for ages put still don't get anywhere, the Customer service is not fit for purpose and is very frustrating . Please Sky for the love of Sanity do something positive with your customer service

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Absolutely appalling and non existent…
Absolutely appalling and non existent listening skills
Rang about a problem with my skyQ box and ended up getting into a nonsense conversation with a man who was very rude and disrespectful towards me
I’ve been a VIP customer for over 26 years and just wish there was someone else we could all use who could be trusted
They’re people skills are completely lacking and they just want to sell you a product you’ve not even asked about
So stressful a waste of time and energy

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Thankyou rich!
Rich was fantastic, any problems, questions and setting up my sky account for my new home, he was great with information and great guy to chat with. Thankyou Rich and Darren.
Terrible service for vulnerable groups
Elderly relative was a long term sky customer - able to provide lots of security details but certain information no longer available as significant memory problems.
Broadband stopped working and phoneline has gone very crackly - both required for medical devices
Multiple attempts to report and received absolutely no support including from the so called accessibility team despite providing proof that I could legally support with these matters
Terrible customer service

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IZ was amazing
IZ was amazing, very helpful & went above and beyond to help
This outfit has got to have the worst…
This outfit has got to have the worst customer service by far. The fact this company can only attain ONE Star speaks volumes. I challenge anyone to ring and once through to India that's when the fun starts. Put your phone on record .lnitially when you ring 0344 2410333/ 03442411280 you may get someone from Scotland answer who after going through "security" quickly offload you to India / south Africa anywhere but the UK.
Once through to their call centres you will get very loud shouting screaming babies crying in background .The best one was and it was confirmed a PARROT squawking in the call handlers home.This is not a wind up.And the best bit is they state calls may be recorded.Absolute joke of a company. 3 Years ago we had everything SKY TV broadband almost £100 per month cancelled the lot. we have now got rid of our phone packages x2 .WAKE UP SKY.

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James at Sky Manchester sold me a sky…
James at Sky Manchester sold me a sky sports package, he explained everything in detail. He is truly remarkable and has a good customer service.Definitely I rate the service is a perfect 10 out of 10
Joe gave good service and I’m happy
Just like to say the way there talk to…
Just like to say the way there talk to the customer are rude and awful just like virgin media treat the customers like crap all the time also take money out of your bank when there I and don't give it back.

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14 years a customer - what a joke!
14 years a customer. Switching to Sky stream at £130 a month. Wrong Bill 3 times
6 hours on the phone trying to get the bill right
Customer Services don't ring back
Products removed without agreement
Sent round in circles by customer services in India
Customer service operators refusing to put me through to managers and terminations.
What a joke!

Reply from Sky
The worst mobile company
I've had Sky Mobile for a while. The guy said if I took the SIM credit builder, after six monthly payments on time, I could upgrade, *guaranteed* me on the phone, which I questioned, but he assured me I'd be able to upgrade to a handset. More than six months in, the SIM is paid early or on time every month. I tried again but was declined, advised to try something smaller, so I tried headphones, no. Another advisor wanted to try again (to which I refused). So not only was I mis-sold a product, I was also damaging my credit score with these checks. I asked to lodge a complaint, and it doesn't seem to have been done. I told Sky not to call again, so I just had a call off someone. I immediately said, "No, sorry, not interested." "Oh, I'm not selling you anything, it isn't a sales call." Wait for it! "So what do you want?" "Oh, I just wanted to inform you about our great deal on the new iPhone." Really! Does sky litreally listen to their PAYING customers?
1.no complaint logged
2.hounded by sales calls
3.mis sold a product despite advisor guarantees
4.language barriers feel like im repeating myself over and over
5.how many times before sky listens and stops calling

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