Getting Sky+ as an existing customer

I know Sky don't really care about existing customers, but has anyone
managed to get Sky+? It is as easy an cancelling in the morning and going
down to Comet in the afternoon (so my wife can join)?


Actually, maybe just dumping it for a while isn't such a bad thing. £40 is
getting ridiculous!!



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On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:15:22 -0000, "CQMMAN"
wrote:

I know Sky don't really care about existing customers, but has anyone
managed to get Sky+?

Sky+ is freely available to existing and new customers.

It is as easy an cancelling in the morning and going
down to Comet in the afternoon (so my wife can join)?

Unnecessary and possibly fraudulent if you are doing so with the
intent to extract a benefit to which you are not entitled.

Jomtiem will be along in 5 seconds to say that this is not true.
5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..

Zero Tolerance wrote:
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:15:22 -0000, "CQMMAN"
wrote:

I know Sky don't really care about existing customers, but has anyone
managed to get Sky+?

Sky+ is freely available to existing and new customers.

Yes, but at twice the initial price. Nice reward for paying £40 for years.


It is as easy an cancelling in the morning and going
down to Comet in the afternoon (so my wife can join)?

Unnecessary and possibly fraudulent if you are doing so with the
intent to extract a benefit to which you are not entitled.

NO offence, but is that what you say or what Sky says? If Sky say it, does
it have any basis in law/reality?



Jomtiem will be along in 5 seconds to say that this is not true.
5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..

CQMMAN wrote:

I know Sky don't really care about existing customers, but has anyone
managed to get Sky+? It is as easy an cancelling in the morning and going
down to Comet in the afternoon (so my wife can join)?

Your wife can get it for £99 from Sky if you cancel your existing sub
first.

Some would object to this on moral grounds. I think that Sky deserve
no better.

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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:39:29 -0000, "CQMMAN"
wrote:

Yes, but at twice the initial price. Nice reward for paying £40 for years.

You will have had a substantial discount on your existing digibox when
you first got it. You haven't lost out.

NO offence, but is that what you say or what Sky says? If Sky say it, does
it have any basis in law/reality?

It's what I say based on what I think is how it works. You should
always make your own decision as to the legality of your own actions.

"CQMMAN" wrote in message
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Zero Tolerance wrote:
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:15:22 -0000, "CQMMAN"
wrote:

I know Sky don't really care about existing customers, but has anyone
managed to get Sky+?

Sky+ is freely available to existing and new customers.

Yes, but at twice the initial price. Nice reward for paying £40 for years.


It is as easy an cancelling in the morning and going
down to Comet in the afternoon (so my wife can join)?

Unnecessary and possibly fraudulent if you are doing so with the
intent to extract a benefit to which you are not entitled.

NO offence, but is that what you say or what Sky says? If Sky say it, does
it have any basis in law/reality?



Jomtiem will be along in 5 seconds to say that this is not true.
5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..



Any subscription that is paid to Sky is for the programming that you receive
and not for the equipment used to receive said programming.

A subscription entitles you to nothing more than that.

Zero Tolerance wrote:
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:39:29 -0000, "CQMMAN"
wrote:

Yes, but at twice the initial price. Nice reward for paying £40 for
years.

You will have had a substantial discount on your existing digibox when
you first got it. You haven't lost out.

I paid that over the past few years I have had the box didn't I? Or are you
saying that Sky do not build this into their business model?



NO offence, but is that what you say or what Sky says? If Sky say
it, does it have any basis in law/reality?

It's what I say based on what I think is how it works. You should
always make your own decision as to the legality of your own actions.

Well, I called Sky and was told that "technically" yes I could do it, but
should do it through a chain store like Curry's etc. So, yes, I suppose it
is acceptable even if Sky don't want people to know.

Also at the end of the day, Sky are a business. Their #1 priority is money
not customers (like any other profit making company). Therefore, I don't see
why I shouldn't adopt the same policy.

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 22:31:33 -0000, "Paul"
wrote:

Can someone help me out here cos i'm struggling a bit - when you say "cancel
and get my wife to sign up", I thought that the Sky deal / subscription etc
was her household. If therefore the wife goes and signs up for the latest
sky plus offer won't sky just say that the address was already a registered
one therefore had an offer when the system was originally installed, etc,
etc. and you're not entitled to anything?

Absolutely correct.

In article ,
Mike Henry wrote:
People move house and become new households all the time.
What do you mean by "move house"? You seem to be blurring "house" and
"household" there!

Yes, I was rather unclear there.

I meant people move house all the time (and remain the same household), and
people start or stop living with other people (and become new households).

Dave
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