£46 for a card that was free
 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tegory=29 784

Nick wrote:

£46 for a card that was free

That's cheap. I've seen them go for £70.

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"Jomtien" wrote in message
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Nick wrote:

£46 for a card that was free

That's cheap. I've seen them go for £70.



This one is cheaper :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=3075676 214

£46 for a card that was free

That's cheap. I've seen them go for £70.

This one is cheaper :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=3075676 214

....and they've both been removed.

Simon Kempster

wrote:

...and they've both been removed.

Why did ebay remove them both then?

All Sky cards belong to Sky and so may not be traded by anyone else.
Sky do monitor Ebay from time to time for precisely this reason.

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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 08:57:40 GMT, Jomtien wrote:

wrote:

...and they've both been removed.

Why did ebay remove them both then?

All Sky cards belong to Sky and so may not be traded by anyone else.
Sky do monitor Ebay from time to time for precisely this reason.

It's actually debatable whether they own the cards. The BBC Free TV line
certainly gave them away on request & no form of contract was entered into.
Those who have paid 23.50 from the now defunct www.freetoview.com may have some
contract with Sky.

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Nigel Barker wrote:

All Sky cards belong to Sky and so may not be traded by anyone else.
Sky do monitor Ebay from time to time for precisely this reason.

It's actually debatable whether they own the cards. The BBC Free TV line
certainly gave them away on request & no form of contract was entered into.

I don't think that this is debatable at all. The cards quite clearly
belong to Sky. It is written on the back of every single one of them.
Whether payment (which is always for the privilege of viewing, never
for the card itself) has been made or not is neither here nor there.

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On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 07:22:26 GMT, Jomtien wrote:

Nigel Barker wrote:

All Sky cards belong to Sky and so may not be traded by anyone else.
Sky do monitor Ebay from time to time for precisely this reason.

It's actually debatable whether they own the cards. The BBC Free TV line
certainly gave them away on request & no form of contract was entered into.

I don't think that this is debatable at all. The cards quite clearly
belong to Sky. It is written on the back of every single one of them.
Whether payment (which is always for the privilege of viewing, never
for the card itself) has been made or not is neither here nor there.

Of course it's debatable. In fact haven't we debated this before? Let's debate
it again:-)

When you take out a subscription with BSkyB you enter into a contract with them
& you actually sign that contract & pay them. Part of that contract is that the
card is theirs. Fair enough I agree you have accepted their conditions when you
sign the contract

When I called up the FTV line they acting as the agents of the BBC sent me a FTV
card without any cost to me or me entering into any contract with the BBC or
BSkyB. I was surprised at the time that the card was identical to any other SKy
subscription card & was not a special BBC card.. There is small print on the
back saying that it remains the property of Sky Subscription Services. However I
don't believe that this has any validity at all. Just because I write my name on
a banknote before I give it to you doesn't mean that I can request it back at a
later date. The FTV phone line as an agent of the BBC provided me with a card
free & clear.

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Nigel Barker wrote:

There is small print on the
back saying that it remains the property of Sky Subscription Services. However I
don't believe that this has any validity at all. Just because I write my name on
a banknote before I give it to you doesn't mean that I can request it back at a
later date.

Bank notes belong to the Crown, not to the person holding the note.
Sky cards belong to Sky. There is no way around this.

The same principle applies to your bank card and your passport.

You have temporary use of these items but you never own them.

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