help...getting rid of SKY tv- what will we do withour CBeebies etc?

[darlingbud]

Due to being skint and having to wach the pennies we have decided to get rid of Sky as it is a luxury we can cut back on. this means that for a while until we can afford the freeview box that we will be Cbeebies/Nick Jr and Tiny Pops less.
DD is only 2. have been looking on ebay for some cheap DVDs but no luck. Anyone any ideas?

She doesn't watch TV all the time but sometimes when I am making tea it entertains her while I am busy.

[lima]

mine liked videos of teletubbies etc at that age - I used tape them from the BBC as well as use readymade ones. Why not tape some progrrammes that she does like from the stuff that's on terrestial tv?

[starshaker]

if u keep the box then u still get the free chanels which include cbeebies

[astonished]

Lots of good progs on 5 in the morning, tape some of those. Lucky you my ds2 almost two won't sit and watch anything aghh

[LIZS]

Does your local library rent out videos and dvd's ?

[Surfermum]

CBeebies are on BBC 2 in the mornings. You could tape those, or what about buying videos in charity shops or at car boot sales?

[maddyd]

We cant afford sky so we got a free view box from tescos for fifty pounds. It has c beebies, cartoon network,e4, itv 2, bbc3 for those great kids documentries and a music channel etc etc etc.

One off payment and happy kids

[lemonice]

If you've been subsribing for more than 12 months then you cna unsubsrcibe and be left with some of the channels, might include cbeebies?

[darlingbud]

I haven't told them I want to unsubscribe - I have just cancelled my direct debit. Will they just disconnect me and I still get standrad chanells or will it stop altogether - I only paid the minimum monthly fee anyway.

[drdad]

We were in the same situation with ntl. We found that Freeview is more than adequate - in fact, we don't really miss cable at all.

It wasn't easy to get ntl to cancel our subscription, though. They ignored our letter and follow-up email and only disconnected us when we cancelled our direct debit. They still keep trying to bill us for the month after we told them we wanted to stop, have even got a debt collection agency to threaten us.

[darlingbud]

do you think I should tell them or just wait for them to take the payment and contact me when they realise they won't get the money? Obviously they don't know yet and so we still have Sky connected.

[darlingbud]

anyone-I don't want to get into trouble for doing the wrong thing.

[lemonice]

I would definitely notify and kjeep a certifiable record

[mummy2jake]

hi we have been using a sky box that we got off my sister when she moved house, it has the card that she had in it, and we get all the free to view channels, cbeebies, itv2, bbc three,etc main one we use is cbeebies.

[darlingbud]

have tried to ring them but they won't talk to me as dh is account holder - even though I have the password and the same blinkin name as him.
He will have to ring them tomorrow.

[starshaker]

i did this its fine they just send u an invoice for the payment and u keep the box (i still have mine) and u get all the free channels

[anonymouseponymous]

We sell Freeview boxes in ASDA for £40.