What? I am from india and we get all the free practices on star sports from 2013 onwards...with Martin brundle and co commentery. The add breaks have significantly decreased nowadays.rssh wrote:I always watch race online nowadays because the Star Sports sucks big time and they don't show Practice sessions and they have a break of 2.5 minutes every 7 minutes in the race
Then I have good news for you. You can pay for the races online with Now TV from Sky and they're available at the price you'd happily pay. I wouldn't pay £10/race to watch online - you could go to a bar showing the race and have a meal with a couple of pints to wash it down for less.Rehan125 wrote:Personally, I couldn't justify the cost of a full Sky Sports package just to watch a few races. However, I'd happily pay £10 per race for occasional races via pay per view online.
And this isn't £10 a race – it's £20 a race, or even £30 if you care about practice. That's a completely ridiculous rate, frankly.andylaurence wrote:Then I have good news for you. You can pay for the races online with Now TV from Sky and they're available at the price you'd happily pay. I wouldn't pay £10/race to watch online - you could go to a bar showing the race and have a meal with a couple of pints to wash it down for less.Rehan125 wrote:Personally, I couldn't justify the cost of a full Sky Sports package just to watch a few races. However, I'd happily pay £10 per race for occasional races via pay per view online.
Although if 3x the people will subscribe if you halve the price, that also seems a no-brainer...wesley123 wrote:As the deal itself has shown, people will pay it anyways, so why not ask the huge amount?
This makes me wonder, where the hell in the UK do you live? Other than a students' pub on happy hours, I haven't seen any pub in London or Edinburgh pouring pints for less than £3. Ale or drought, no matter what, is more expensive than that in the places I've been to. Anyway, even at £2.50, that still leaves us with a fiver for the food. It seems to me you'll only be able to get a sunday roast in the dodgiest places!andylaurence wrote:Then I have good news for you. You can pay for the races online with Now TV from Sky and they're available at the price you'd happily pay. I wouldn't pay £10/race to watch online - you could go to a bar showing the race and have a meal with a couple of pints to wash it down for less.Rehan125 wrote:Personally, I couldn't justify the cost of a full Sky Sports package just to watch a few races. However, I'd happily pay £10 per race for occasional races via pay per view online.
Hahaha, if you're basing your numbers for an average pint off the two most expensive cities in the UK, you're gonna have a bad time. A pint in most of the UK costs about £2.Miguel wrote:This makes me wonder, where the hell in the UK do you live? Other than a students' pub on happy hours, I haven't seen any pub in London or Edinburgh pouring pints for less than £3.andylaurence wrote:Then I have good news for you. You can pay for the races online with Now TV from Sky and they're available at the price you'd happily pay. I wouldn't pay £10/race to watch online - you could go to a bar showing the race and have a meal with a couple of pints to wash it down for less.Rehan125 wrote:Personally, I couldn't justify the cost of a full Sky Sports package just to watch a few races. However, I'd happily pay £10 per race for occasional races via pay per view online.
Places like your local weather spoons will usually offer a £6.99 beer + burger deal. It'll be a fairly meh meal, but it'll come in well under the £10 budget.Ale or drought, no matter what, is more expensive than that in the places I've been to. Anyway, even at £2.50, that still leaves us with a fiver for the food. It seems to me you'll only be able to get a sunday roast in the dodgiest places!
Damnit!!! I *knew* there had to be side effects to the London Allowance!!! I've been suffering the lovely effects of the London housing bubble for a few years already, but this 50% surplus in beer surely tops it all. Damnit!!! At least beer is not as expensive as in France...beelsebob wrote:Hahaha, if you're basing your numbers for an average pint off the two most expensive cities in the UK, you're gonna have a bad time. A pint in most of the UK costs about £2.
Places like your local weather spoons will usually offer a £6.99 beer + burger deal. It'll be a fairly meh meal, but it'll come in well under the £10 budget.Ale or drought, no matter what, is more expensive than that in the places I've been to. Anyway, even at £2.50, that still leaves us with a fiver for the food. It seems to me you'll only be able to get a sunday roast in the dodgiest places!
Haha, tell me about it. I lived in Paris for 5 months earlier this year, where it was €9 a pint^W half litre. Even when you take into account that this is stronger, belgian beer, that's bloody expensive. The same beer could be had in antwerpen for €1.80 per 330ml.Miguel wrote:Damnit!!! I *knew* there had to be side effects to the London Allowance!!! I've been suffering the lovely effects of the London housing bubble for a few years already, but this 50% surplus in beer surely tops it all. Damnit!!! At least beer is not as expensive as in France...beelsebob wrote:Hahaha, if you're basing your numbers for an average pint off the two most expensive cities in the UK, you're gonna have a bad time. A pint in most of the UK costs about £2.
Places like your local weather spoons will usually offer a £6.99 beer + burger deal. It'll be a fairly meh meal, but it'll come in well under the £10 budget.Ale or drought, no matter what, is more expensive than that in the places I've been to. Anyway, even at £2.50, that still leaves us with a fiver for the food. It seems to me you'll only be able to get a sunday roast in the dodgiest places!
Exactly. A fiver for a meal is easily doable or up to a tenner at a good food place. If you're lucky enough to live in the Big Smoke, then you could buy two pints and get some chips from the local takeaway on the way home for a tenner or just skip the food and have 3 pints!beelsebob wrote:Places like your local weather spoons will usually offer a £6.99 beer + burger deal. It'll be a fairly meh meal, but it'll come in well under the £10 budget.Miguel wrote:Ale or drought, no matter what, is more expensive than that in the places I've been to. Anyway, even at £2.50, that still leaves us with a fiver for the food. It seems to me you'll only be able to get a sunday roast in the dodgiest places!
