Digibox Weee charge

rash

Anybody know how much the Weee charge is on a digibox

cast_iron

rash wrote:

Anybody know how much the Weee charge is on a digibox

€5.00

rash

Is there an offical reference I can refer to, to confirm this.

When I signed up to Sky via an agent, I was changed 10 euro (received a receipt). When the engineer called he also charged 10 Euro. I wasn't in at the time, so he was dealing with the childminder.
Will be looking for a least 10 Euro back.... chancer.

Had asked him to install a Quad LNB also, as an extra for a free-sat box. never ran any extra cables, so he's a total chancer.

cast_iron

rash wrote:

Is there an offical reference I can refer to, to confirm this.

http://www.weeeireland.ie/Category%20Listing%20Version%202.2.pdf

Tom2

There is no basis for any installer to demand payment of a WEEE charge (unless you are paying them directly for the digibox). It is true that the WEEE charge on a digibox is €5, but this is supposed to be identified and charged as part of the purchase price. Strictly speaking (just like in the Dixons ads etc), Sky should be advertising the HD Box as €444 + €5 PRF = €449. It is illegal to charge the €5 as an add-on or as a separate transaction. The EPA, who are enforcing the WEEE Regulations, have a lo-call number 1890335599 - they will follow up any reports made to them.

XDA

Reading that PDF file on the weeeireland site it looks like 10 euro would be right, as it specifically mentions satellite dish and satellite receiver at 5 euro each.

If the customer is getting the box and dish for free then surely its reasonable that they should pay the WEEE charge ?

XDA

Tony

XDA wrote:

If the customer is getting the box and dish for free then surely its reasonable that they should pay the WEEE charge ?

XDA

I disagree, free should mean free and I've never heard of an installer collecting the PRF charge.

Lennoxschips

semi-related question: is it still possible to get a digibox in ireland without a phone connection?

XDA

Tony wrote:

I disagree, free should mean free and I've never heard of an installer collecting the PRF charge.

Hi Tony, i do Sky installs in my spare time with a friend of mine, who is an authorised sky agent. He buys his own boxes from Electroplus. We've never collected WEEE for an install, but after i saw this post this morning I brought the WEEE charges to his attention and he checked. He pays the WEEE charges to Electroplus, but Sky don't pay the WEEE charge when they pay him for the install.

He'll be taking it up with Sky, but i doubt it'll get him anywhere, maybe this is something that should be raised with the WEEE people.

Regards

XDA

watty

Lennoxschips wrote:

semi-related question: is it still possible to get a digibox in ireland without a phone connection?

You pay extra.

Tony

XDA wrote:

He'll be taking it up with Sky, but i doubt it'll get him anywhere, maybe this is something that should be raised with the WEEE people.

Regards

XDA

Hi , yes I doubt they will do anything as it will cost them money, the whole scheme was badly thought out, the original idea was that manufacturers would absorb the charge rather than the over complicated red tape system that exists now. I know armstrongs have to pay over 20K a year to take part in the scheme.

bigpaddy2004

XDA wrote:

Hi Tony, i do Sky installs in my spare time with a friend of mine, who is an authorised sky agent. He buys his own boxes from Electroplus. We've never collected WEEE for an install, but after i saw this post this morning I brought the WEEE charges to his attention and he checked. He pays the WEEE charges to Electroplus, but Sky don't pay the WEEE charge when they pay him for the install.

He'll be taking it up with Sky, but i doubt it'll get him anywhere, maybe this is something that should be raised with the WEEE people.

Regards

XDA

Hi XDA,
Im in the same boat as yourself, I too get my box's from Electroplus and they do charge me the WEE charge. So from now on I tell the customer from the start there will be a WEE charge, I have never had any problems. The rest of the guys I do sky with also charge the customers a WEE charge. Im looseing out on nearly €100 a week because of this.

rash

I have no problem paying the WEEE charge. I was advised of the charge when I ordered it, and I payed it on the spot and got a receipt. My issue is with the installer chancing his arm and charging for it also.

Plus the fact that I asked him to supply and install a Quad LNB as an extra as I wanted to run a second FTA box, and he didn't have the cop-on to run a 2nd coax cable to the quad LNB. When I rang him as said that he could call out and run one, but there would be an extra charge. Now bear in mind when he called to the house, all he had to do was install the LNB, ,as there was already a dish and coax cable installed from the previous owner of the house.

The only good thing I can say about him is that he left the new dish and single LNB with me.

I suppose it's my fault for not being at the house at the time, lesson learnt this time.....never trust a monkey.

XDA wrote:

Reading that PDF file on the weeeireland site it looks like 10 euro would be right, as it specifically mentions satellite dish and satellite receiver at 5 euro each.

If the customer is getting the box and dish for free then surely its reasonable that they should pay the WEEE charge ?

XDA

Ulsterman 1690

Out of interest is the 5 euro charge on the "dish" actually in respect of the dish itself or the LNB

If anything I reckon they should be paying you for the old dish since scrap aluminum is worth a bit ?

watty

The dish is steel.

bigpaddy2004

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

Out of interest is the 5 euro charge on the "dish" actually in respect of the dish itself or the LNB

If anything I reckon they should be paying you for the old dish since scrap aluminum is worth a bit ?

LNB