Rant: Call us if your aerial needs to be over 30ft - sorry we cant install aerials over 30ft!!!

Made an online application for a sky installation 2 weeks ago. Got to
the bit where it asked if the aerial needed to be over 30ft - answered
yes.
Was told to order by phone.

Ordered by phone. Confirmed that it needed to over 30ft. Got told that
Special Heights Team would install it today.
Special Heights Team called today, said they couldnt install the aerial
as it was over 30ft, and they werent insured to go higher than 30ft. In
fact, their ladders wouldnt even reach 30ft. Asked if they were the
Special Heights Team - "Yes - Of course we are, and we're sick of Sky
sales staff telling people that we can install over 30ft"

WTF!!! It's on the F'ing web site!

Rant Over
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Richard Faulkner

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:56:05 +0100, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

Made an online application for a sky installation 2 weeks ago. Got to
the bit where it asked if the aerial needed to be over 30ft - answered
yes.
Was told to order by phone.

Must be a troll, Sky doesn't use an aerial.

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:56:05 +0100, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

... Made an online application for a sky installation 2 weeks ago. Got to
... the bit where it asked if the aerial needed to be over 30ft - answered
... yes.
... Was told to order by phone.
...
... Ordered by phone. Confirmed that it needed to over 30ft. Got told that
... Special Heights Team would install it today.
... Special Heights Team called today, said they couldnt install the aerial
... as it was over 30ft, and they werent insured to go higher than 30ft. In
... fact, their ladders wouldnt even reach 30ft. Asked if they were the
... Special Heights Team - "Yes - Of course we are, and we're sick of Sky
... sales staff telling people that we can install over 30ft"
...
... WTF!!! It's on the F'ing web site!
...
... Rant Over

The more I read on this thread , the more I am considering going my
own way and steering clear of Sky installations.
Might buy a dish and point it where I want.


Mike

In news Steve Pearce * opined very noisily:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:56:05 +0100, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

Made an online application for a sky installation 2 weeks ago. Got to
the bit where it asked if the aerial needed to be over 30ft -
answered yes.
Was told to order by phone.

Must be a troll, Sky doesn't use an aerial.

Huh ? Dish + LNB = Ae
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Yddap
Remove guts to reply

"Mike" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:56:05 +0100, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

.. Made an online application for a sky installation 2 weeks ago. Got to
.. the bit where it asked if the aerial needed to be over 30ft - answered
.. yes.
.. Was told to order by phone.
..
.. Ordered by phone. Confirmed that it needed to over 30ft. Got told that
.. Special Heights Team would install it today.
.. Special Heights Team called today, said they couldnt install the
aerial
.. as it was over 30ft, and they werent insured to go higher than 30ft.
In
.. fact, their ladders wouldnt even reach 30ft. Asked if they were the
.. Special Heights Team - "Yes - Of course we are, and we're sick of Sky
.. sales staff telling people that we can install over 30ft"
..
.. WTF!!! It's on the F'ing web site!
..
.. Rant Over

The more I read on this thread , the more I am considering going my
own way and steering clear of Sky installations.
Might buy a dish and point it where I want.


Mike


But not downwards.

In message , Steve Pearce
* writes
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:56:05 +0100, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

Made an online application for a sky installation 2 weeks ago. Got to
the bit where it asked if the aerial needed to be over 30ft - answered
yes.
Was told to order by phone.

Must be a troll, Sky doesn't use an aerial.

Bit pedantic arent you??

Aerial, Dish, WTF??

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Richard Faulkner

Richard Faulkner wrote:

Aerial, Dish, WTF??

Not heard of a WTF! - is that what they use over 30ft?

Mike


But not downwards.

Yeah, great if you want Australian satellite! Need a hi-gain LNB tho

Hellraiser..........

"Richard Faulkner" wrote in message
...
In message , Steve Pearce
* writes
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:56:05 +0100, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

Made an online application for a sky installation 2 weeks ago. Got to
the bit where it asked if the aerial needed to be over 30ft - answered
yes.
Was told to order by phone.

Must be a troll, Sky doesn't use an aerial.

Bit pedantic arent you??

Aerial, Dish, WTF??

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Richard Faulkner

Another shining example of the health and saftety nancy boys poking their
noses in. If it was my firm i would just charge a little extra and do the
damn job, instead of whining about insurance. Jeesh!

In uk.media.tv.sky on Sun, 30 Oct 2005, tom pepper wrote :

Another shining example of the health and saftety nancy boys poking their
noses in. If it was my firm i would just charge a little extra and do the
damn job, instead of whining about insurance. Jeesh!

After all - if you fall off a ladder from 29ft or 31ft, you're still
just as dead...
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Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett