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Hello All,

Here is some info that might help others..

I am an ex-pat living in the south of France. A couple of years ago I
installed sky to receive the FTV channels. I have a friend in the UK who
was never going to get Sky and he didn't mind my using his address to
register for a Solus card.

A few days ago I decided to pout. After wiping the lipstick from my TV
screen, I logged-on to the Pout web site and started the Reg process...

I entered my name and his address. However, he was not so keen on letting
me use his telephone number. So, I typed in the number of a taxi service in
his area (with the same STD code).

When it came to the payment options, I had a choice to make. I had
cancelled my UK MasterCard a few months back, but I still have a UK bank
account. I thought about using Direct Debit but, from what I could make
out, this would involve sending something through the post, and I never saw
any mention of DD in the NG posts. Also, the bank account has my correct
address here in France.

As I thought I would be loosing ITV, C4 and C5 in the near future anyway, I
decided to use my French VISA card. The registration failed. I ran though
the process again, changing the name (I couldn't remember if I had used
'Mike' or 'Michael'). The process failed again.

Next morning my card had been switched off.

Two days later, a new V2 card was delivered to my friends house with a
letter saying "We are sorry you have been having problems with your Sky
viewing card. We have enclosed a replacement".

So to recap:

I used a bogus telephone number;
I used a French VISA card;
I haven't paid anything;
I have a new V2 card.

This should give hope to anybody else in the same situation.

Cheers,
Mike.

Mike wrote:
Hello All,

Here is some info that might help others..


Pout is just softcore crap right?

Mike wrote:
Hello All,

Here is some info that might help others..


Pout is just softcore crap right?

"Cheddar" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
Hello All,

Here is some info that might help others..


Pout is just softcore crap right?



Agreed. However, it is also a way of getting a V2 card when there is a
chance that the V1 FTV cards might be stopped. Sky won't replace them if
they are the Solus cards issued to get BBC, IV C4 and C5.

Mike.

"Cheddar" wrote in message
...
Mike wrote:
Hello All,

Here is some info that might help others..


Pout is just softcore crap right?



Agreed. However, it is also a way of getting a V2 card when there is a
chance that the V1 FTV cards might be stopped. Sky won't replace them if
they are the Solus cards issued to get BBC, IV C4 and C5.

Mike.