Sky and the Environment

[Ian J]

I switched to Sky Talk in December as a means to getting Sky HD for £100 and received my first telephone bill last Thursday along with a letter from Sky stating “more and more people are trying to do their bit to protect the environment and here at Sky we’re no different. One of the ways that we’d like to help with this is to stop sending you paper copies of Sky statements in the post. In the past you may have elected to receive a paper statement, however we now believe the time is right for change.”

All highly commendable.

Today I received my monthly bundle of junk from Sky which every month for the past seven or eight years has gone straight into the bin unopened but this time I thought that I would open up the package to see exactly what it was that the new caring environmentally aware Sky were sending me.

1) 76 page glossy Sky Mag
2) 56 page glossy Sky Movies mag
3) 44 page glossy Sky Sports mag
4) 36 page Sky Kids mag
5) Single sheet advertising flyer from a mobile phone company
6) Single sheet advertising flyer from Alliance & Leicester

They must think that we’re all stooooopid

[Daddy k]

haha, i mean its nothing to do with saving the company thousands in admin costs incurred in generating the bills which have no advertisment space on

[sdb123]

Originally Posted by Ian J

I switched to Sky Talk in December as a means to getting Sky HD for £100 and received my first telephone bill last Thursday along with a letter from Sky stating “more and more people are trying to do their bit to protect the environment and here at Sky we’re no different. One of the ways that we’d like to help with this is to stop sending you paper copies of Sky statements in the post. In the past you may have elected to receive a paper statement, however we now believe the time is right for change.”

All highly commendable.

Today I received my monthly bundle of junk from Sky which every month for the past seven or eight years has gone straight into the bin unopened but this time I thought that I would open up the package to see exactly what it was that the new caring environmentally aware Sky were sending me.

1) 76 page glossy Sky Mag
2) 56 page glossy Sky Movies mag
3) 44 page glossy Sky Sports mag
4) 36 page Sky Kids mag
5) Single sheet advertising flyer from a mobile phone company
6) Single sheet advertising flyer from Alliance & Leicester

They must think that we’re all stooooopid

Too true Ian....all of these companies hop on the 'buzzword' bandwagon and then look completely daft with their relentless marketing/sales drive that contradicts the initial message.

[kopchoir]

ian off topic sky hd for a oner did you already have sky before and what other services did you have to take out with them????

on topic sky are stooges ywice they have sent me a letter in there sky mag saying your sub is going up knowing full well it will just go straight in the bin

[johntheexpat]

Originally Posted by Ian J

1) 76 page glossy Sky Mag
2) 56 page glossy Sky Movies mag
3) 44 page glossy Sky Sports mag
4) 36 page Sky Kids mag
5) Single sheet advertising flyer from a mobile phone company
6) Single sheet advertising flyer from Alliance & Leicester

They must think that we’re all stooooopid

but they are very good at re-cycling their programmes. Each one being used many, many times......

[h4rri]

They do produce an awful amount of junk mail. Bit like the NSPCC who despite a regular donation persist in writing to me begging for money. Stop wasting my money begging me for more

Alot of companies are now looking to reduce their carbon footprint and not all are linked to cost savings. It actually costs alot of money to foster some of the initiatives out there

[pixelpixel]

Just opt out of mailings, I don't get anything from them. I have the epg and I can use that and also anytime has a whats on section. They have most of the stuff on the website if you want to have a look, but I don't use that either.

They should make mailings like this as an opt in service and as default send nothing IMO

But then Sky might say that they sent it in one go, in a way that saved something

[h4rri]

Originally Posted by pixelpixel

Just opt out of mailings, I don't get anything from them. I have the epg and I can use that and also anytime has a whats on section. They have most of the stuff on the website if you want to have a look, but I don't use that either.

The guide and the site are frankly tom tit though. We constantly ear mark things in the guide then go to planner it up to find it's not there

[William123]

I asked the buggers to take my name off of their mailing list (ex customer). It took them the best part of two years to stop the crap coming through the letterbox.

Unfortunately they still send undressed mail (household deliveries) frequently. In fact today I had four leaflets from Sky put through the letterbox alongside some company offering a wall clock if I booked my funeral with them in advance.