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How I ripped off NTL in Dublin

  • 21-08-2007 12:44PM
    #1
    fta keith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭


    I did a scam with NTL here in Dublin in Ireland between 1993- 1999, I got a cable receiver for about £200 in 1993 so I can watch sky sports, in august 1993 I phoned up NTL at 12pm on a sunday afternoo and asked them can they put on Sky Sports for me this afternoon and they did but at 6pm the same day I phoned them up again and asked them to switch off Sky Sports and they did
    What happened next was funny I did the same thing everytime Man Utd was live on Sky Sports during a whole season and bill for the season was just £2.50 for the whole season so from 1993-1999 it cost me just £9punt to watch Man utd live games on Sky Sport.
    the scam worked because I was talking to a different call centre agent everytime and because I owned the cable receiver
    In 2003 I cancelled NTL to get a default Sky Digital and an outdoor tv aerial


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  • #2
    Skary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Skary


    And you are PROUD of this?


  • #3
    fta keith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭fta keith


    Yes I am proud of ripping off NTL and their bad customer service


  • #4
    mastermind2005
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 339 ✭✭mastermind2005


    I would be too....


  • #5
    Rosser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭Rosser


    fta keith wrote:
    I did a scam with NTL here in Dublin in Ireland between 1993- 1999, I got a cable receiver for about £200 in 1993 so I can watch sky sports, in august 1993 I phoned up NTL at 12pm on a sunday afternoo and asked them can they put on Sky Sports for me this afternoon and they did but at 6pm the same day I phoned them up again and asked them to switch off Sky Sports and they did
    What happened next was funny I did the same thing everytime Man Utd was live on Sky Sports during a whole season and bill for the season was just £2.50 for the whole season so from 1993-1999 it cost me just £9punt to watch Man utd live games on Sky Sport.
    the scam worked because I was talking to a different call centre agent everytime and because I owned the cable receiver
    In 2003 I cancelled NTL to get a default Sky Digital and an outdoor tv aerial

    How exactly is this bad customer service? A scam yes and a demonstration of bad taste in watching Man Utd. games but bad customer service no. Anyway it was 1999, eight years ago, anything more recent to impress us with?


  • #6
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Man City 1 Man Utd 0 . Loved watching that one :p


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  • #7
    Mr Velo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭Mr Velo


    Sponge Bob wrote:
    Man City 1 Man Utd 0 . Loved watching that one :p


    Quite Right.... and better seeing old whiskey nose jumping up in celebration when he thought Tevez had scored.... Sweet!!!


  • #8
    ciaran76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,708 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    Didn't it really cost you £209 as you paid 200 for the reciever too ?


  • #9
    fta keith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭fta keith


    ciaran76 wrote:
    Didn't it really cost you £209 as you paid 200 for the reciever too ?
    yes it did from sunday 12pm to 6pm from 1993-1999 with NTL it cost about 11p a match as I call this pay per cheap


  • #10
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Why bring this up now tho?? It happened 8 years ago!!


  • #11
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    What went through your mind when typing this thread? "I have no lies to tell everyone so will tell everyone some bull**** story about something that happened 10 years ago"


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  • #12
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,173 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    :rolleyes:

    FTAKeith, I advise you desist from continuing to post crap. This is your final warning.

    Also, hardly a scam.


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