Sky box office trick

JBoyle4eva

To get free stuff on Sky Box office, simply do the following:

1: Go to order your chosen box office film!
2: When it's put into the personal pplanner, unplug your phoneline from your box at lest 2 mins before your chosen film starts
3: Watch your film
4: After film, plug back in your phoneline(COMPLETELY optional)
5: Wait 1-8 weeks later and you won't receive any billing for you film! ww)

JBoyle4eva

WARNING!!!!!

WAIT until film completely finishes(After end credits finish) to plug your phoneline! Otherwise, you'll be charged!

alastair

Not quite.

The digibox stores any PPV info, so whether you disconnect before/during/after/whatever the box still retains the debit info. At some point it'll tell Sky that you owe them money. There's a certain amount of 'credit' you can use without a phone connection iirc.

JDxtra

To get free stuff on Sky Box office, simply do the following:

1: Go to order your chosen box office film!
2: When it's put into the personal pplanner, unplug your phoneline from your box at lest 2 mins before your chosen film starts
3: Watch your film
4: After film, plug back in your phoneline(COMPLETELY optional)
5: Wait 1-8 weeks later and you won't receive any billing for you film!

That will not work. Sky does not make your digibox do a call back when you order or watch a PPV movie - it usually happens over night. Eventually you will be charged for those movies...

Agent Smith

my digibox has NEVER been pluged into a phone line....



would this work?

Gadgie

So you get one free film every eight weeks? Wahey!

Seriously though, I'll echo what the other guys have said - the box stores all PPV info so you'll get billed for what you watch eventually, unless you never plug the phoneline in again. There is a certain amount of credit on the box (maybe ~€50?) which will allow you to order stuff without the phoneline, but once that runs out you'll have to plug the phoneline back in if you want to order anything else.

By the way, getting free PPV is stealing and therefore illegal, so unless you want to get banned I'd stop discussing how to 'trick' Sky.

*waits for thread to be locked*

eirebhoy

I never ordered a film since I have sky and i never plug my line in. Any good films coming up?:)

JBoyle4eva

No, I've been doing it since April lat year and I still have to be charged! I SWEAR! Still haven't been charged!

If anyone else feels tempeted to do this, do it, and you WON'T be disapointed!

SRB

I suppose if the box was faulty this could happen, as the infomation IS logged and there IS a limit so you will normally get a message eventually asking you to 'phone customer services.
Also, as stated this is technically stealing from Sky, something Uncle Rup's Boys don't take lightly - so if a News Corp Flying Saucer appears over your house some night, don't say we didn't warn you !!!

eirebhoy

Would this work for a football match on Premiership+ or Setanta?

Dun

You have to plug your phone line in before it will let you order anything, otherwise it'll tell you to ring Sky directly to book whatever it is you want to watch.

As someone was saying, it's practically pointless, as you'll only get to order a certain amount before it will demand that you contact the mothership. We can't get our digibox to phone home, so our credit limit is up, and Sky don't seem to have any advice other than to leave it plugged in, but it's impractical to do so during the day, and even leaving it on all night doesn't work.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by eirebhoy
Would this work for a football match on Premiership+ or Setanta?

yes it will but as pointed out already it is not free, more like Sky giving you credit for a little while. only so much can be stored until the box tells you that there is insufficient room on the card to order

eirebhoy

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
yes it will but as pointed out already it is not free, more like Sky giving you credit for a little while. only so much can be stored until the box tells you that there is insufficient room on the card to order

When I eventualy do have o pay, will I also have to pay for the other film's or matches I have watched without paying too?

sergeant121

Originally posted by eirebhoy
When I eventualy do have o pay, will I also have to pay for the other film's or matches I have watched without paying too?

It's like shoplifting really. You pay the price when you are caught.

telecinesk

Cant beleive this thread is still running.Almost as silly as the 9v battery trick...... Mods please kill it....

skycards

The credits are stored on the the viewing card not in the box.

Mossy Monk

isnt it stored on both the card and the box?

skycards

No just the card .

Lots of people watching Sky in Europe bring their cards back to the UK , leave them in a UK box for a night or 2 . Sky then bill the card user ( not the box owner) and he is free to use his card for ppv again.

EKRIUQ

Originally posted by telecinesk
Cant beleive this thread is still running.Almost as silly as the 9v battery trick...... Mods please kill it....

whats th 9v battery trick????????????

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by TIPPTOP
whats th 9v battery trick????????????

it's a lie, you may aswell forget about it

remember people, if you want to view Sky Box Office pay for it

watty

Don't listen to IDIOTS

1) No-one has EVER succesfully ripped off Sky.

2) Attempting to get PPV or subscription TV free, EVEN if you don't succeed is a crime with large fines in this country.

3) It DOES store info in Box AND Card. Shred card and get a replacement from Sky and the "missing" PPV will appear later.

tossing aside his glasses, LurkingIcon dashes forth from the Satellite viewing room to Watty's Batcave.

telecinesk

9v battery trick, only the really stupid would try it.... No it dosent work and only an eeeeejit would try it.

Ripping off sky< More like sky ripping you off!

Best thing forget Sky, its bad value anyway.


Get an au-pair, more fun and its cheaper than PPV.

carrolls

Originally posted by telecinesk
9v battery trick, only the really stupid would try it.... No it dosent work and only an eeeeejit would try it.

Ripping off sky< More like sky ripping you off!

Best thing forget Sky, its bad value anyway.


Get an au-pair, more fun and its cheaper than PPV.

That battery trick: Best that can happen is you get a free movie. (Wow thats good).
Worst that can happen is you blow the crap out of the card and box.
Hey lads its a free world, Do it if you feel the urge.....

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by carrolls
That battery trick: Best that can happen is you get a free movie

you will always end up having to pay

SRB

If you don't believe Watty, ask Chris Cary !!!

skycards

Woops now there's a can of worms :-))

Tony

Originally posted by SRB
If you don't believe Watty, ask Chris Cary !!!

Or David Lyons

Dr. Nick

Originally posted by SRB
If you don't believe Watty, ask Chris Cary !!!

Ahh the memories. We were all tempted......

skycards

Hey now were going back :~) Yeh free card with every Amstard he he he .... Let's take it back to 07 ..... were they 16c57's... can't remenber that well .

Come to think of it I know a lot of people that made a hell of alot of money .... what was your point Watsy ?

skycards

I should say free Amstrad with every card ! now were back on track.

johnmryan2

Nope, you will be found out doing this, i ordered about 4 movies when i first got the box and was never billed, but a year later, the phone line had to be connected to the box and theni got billed.

You will be found out

JBoyle4eva

Originally posted by johnmryan2
Nope, you will be found out doing this, i ordered about 4 movies when i first got the box and was never billed, but a year later, the phone line had to be connected to the box and theni got billed.

You will be found out

See, I've only dissapeared for about a week, and i've missed all this action on my own thread! And, I NEVER leave my phoneline connected to my box 24/7, so until I eventually do, I'll be having €5.50 extra for each film I've ordered!

Originally posted by telecinesk
Cant beleive this thread is still running.Almost as silly as the 9v battery trick...... Mods please kill it....

Certainly.
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