Buying & Installing a Sky+ box

John_Mc · 27-11-2008 12:30PM #1

Hi,

Thinking about getting one of these for my Dad. He is in existing Sky customer and I am not prepared to pay €149 for the box when a new customer can get it for €49.

My question is if I can buy a Sky+ box online somewhere or second hand, would it be possible to pay someone to install it for me? Doesn't have to be a Sky technician, just someone who can do the job.

Thanks in advance

Rabidlamb · 27-11-2008 01:09PM

Ring them & tell them you can get local cable cheaper & you're looking to disconnect Sky. They'll offer you Sky+ there & then for the €49.

John_Mc · 27-11-2008 01:14PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Ring them & tell them you can get local cable cheaper & you're looking to disconnect Sky. They'll offer you Sky+ there & then for the €49.

Isnt that risky though? Someone else posted on here about trying that and the Sky CS operator went ahead and cancelled

glineli · 27-11-2008 01:20PM

I just did this last week. Go through to the cancellation agent, you should get offered it for 49, espically now, near the end of the month

kbell · 27-11-2008 06:22PM

John_Mc wrote: »

Hi,

Thinking about getting one of these for my Dad. He is in existing Sky customer and I am not prepared to pay €149 for the box when a new customer can get it for €49.

My question is if I can buy a Sky+ box online somewhere or second hand, would it be possible to pay someone to install it for me? Doesn't have to be a Sky technician, just someone who can do the job.

Thanks in advance

By the time you purchase the box online or 2nd hand (with no warranty), buy the Quad which no doubt wont come with the box then Pay someone to run the extra cable and install the box you'll have spent well over €149

John_Mc · 27-11-2008 06:26PM

kbell wrote: »

By the time you purchase the box online or 2nd hand (with no warranty), buy the Quad which no doubt wont come with the box then Pay someone to run the extra cable and install the box you'll have spent well over €149

well it's actually €149 + €49 = €198.

I obviously would not buy second hand if the deal wasn't a good deal better than sky are offering.

Dilbert75 · 28-11-2008 12:10AM

I did just what you're saying last weekend. Bought the box on Adverts.ie for €35, LNB, cable & 2x combiner/splitters for about €80 inc. shipping. Other connectors, self-amalgamating tape, etc. for another €50 or so. So all in, there probably wasn't much between the Sky advertised cost and DIY.

However, the €49 Sky installation cost is the base cost for a ladder monkey to throw the stuff in place and run away quickly if everything falls to hand - €49 will barely buy you an hour of an installer's time. In my case I wanted to have my roof aerials piped down to the Sky box (using the combiner/splitter), which would have been extra. And if you want a tidy job done, the cost will go up too. So I took my time and got it installed and working myself and got the satisfaction out of it working. Got some bits from satellite.ie, others from B&Q and local electrical wholesaler.

Buying & Installing a Sky+ box

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