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Cancelling Sky/Getting Sky +

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  • 04-05-2005 10:06pm
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    dubmick
    Registered Users Posts: 3,910 ✭✭✭


    My Sky box is on the blink (2nd one to go in year), is it possible to cancel the sub and then pretty much immediately order Sky + (€199 first time connection yeah) ?

    Cheers for the info

    Mick


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    sergeant121
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭sergeant121


    In the UK that would be fraud but in ROI ............... ?


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    JohnC.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    Can you do that? Won't they know you were already a subscriber and are not a first time subscriber? Unless you change your name and move house and bank. But that would be a bit extreme...


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    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    You wouldn't be able to use the same bank account AFAIK, though the name and address part could be overcome (wife's name, adding a letter to house number, eg 32C)


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    dmeehan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,455 ✭✭✭dmeehan


    byte wrote:
    You wouldn't be able to use the same bank account AFAIK, though the name and address part could be overcome (wife's name, adding a letter to house number, eg 32C)
    just tell em when you are cancelling that you are moving house, to an apartment block (so you can avoid them "asking" to come and move your dish)

    then get the missus to subscribe, or subscribe yourself including your middle initial and use a credit card or a different bank a/c for the payments


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    DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    I don't have the latest price handy, sohow much is it to upgrade to Sky+ without cancelling?


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    dmeehan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,455 ✭✭✭dmeehan


    do they try to coerce you into getting sky multiroom?
    what do they expect you to do with the "spare" sky box if you dont


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    chorus techy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭chorus techy


    dubmick wrote:
    My Sky box is on the blink (2nd one to go in year), is it possible to cancel the sub and then pretty much immediately order Sky + (€199 first time connection yeah) ?

    Cheers for the info

    Mick

    Not too sure - you'll have to take a risk! I've known some who've gotten away with it, but then others - sky immediately see that they're actually not a first time subscriber and charge you full whack.

    And the offer is "One per household" NOT one per person, so even if you get someone else in the house to sign up, they'll immediately see the subscription address / phone number is identical to your previous one and then hit you.


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    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Chorus techy's right. I hadn't thought of the phone number. The Address part is easily overcome, but not so much the phone number.


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