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AIBU to be shocked by Sky's cancellation fee when moving abroad?

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ChefsKisser · 27/05/2026 09:40

I’ve tried to cancel my sky contract today we pay £117 a month for sky tv and broadband. I have been told we have to pay half the amount of the contract (we have 17 months left). We are moving abroad and paying an £800 cancellation fee is sickening. This is just a rant as it’s in the small print that was sent to us but I didn’t realise it would be so so much.

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LittlePetitePsychopath · 27/05/2026 09:46

Bjorkdidit · 27/05/2026 09:45

Sounds like you're getting off lightly. You've agreed to pay them nearly £2k and they're 'only' making you pay £800.

Is the move abroad very sudden? I thought Sky contracts were 18 months at most so it sounds unlikely that you'd be signing up to Sky when you're thinking of moving abroad? But I don't know why anyone pays for Sky any more anyway, seeing as you can get virtually the same thing from Now TV on a rolling monthly deal for about a third of the price.

We used to do exactly this. Our current Sky package is about half the price that NowTV were charging us, and we get more channels, and the Sky VIP stuff, which is decent for us.

But we'll leave at the end of the promotional term when they jack the price up massively!

Bjorkdidit · 27/05/2026 09:45

Sounds like you're getting off lightly. You've agreed to pay them nearly £2k and they're 'only' making you pay £800.

Is the move abroad very sudden? I thought Sky contracts were 18 months at most so it sounds unlikely that you'd be signing up to Sky when you're thinking of moving abroad? But I don't know why anyone pays for Sky any more anyway, seeing as you can get virtually the same thing from Now TV on a rolling monthly deal for about a third of the price.

SidmyCat · 27/05/2026 09:44

Is it a permanent move abroad? When we moved, we managed to suspend the contract until we were in our new house. Although it was only about two months.

Tryingtobenormal124 · 27/05/2026 09:43

Its a charge as you knowingly entered into a contract with them and are now breaking it! Official line anyway.

Iocanepowder · 27/05/2026 09:41

That’s awful. Have you double checked the terms and conditions you received when you took out the contract originally to make sure the same cancellation terms are in there?