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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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seeing as i'm already hd'd up?
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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Dojj,

you have sky hd already and you want a free hd box?
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 03:03 PM
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Dojj you won't get a free HD box from Sky if you're already an HD customer. You'd have to pay full price £199 and install.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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Why on earth would Sky ever give you a free box? The need to see a contractual commitment from you to offset the cost of the box.

You could steal one........
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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the sky+ box is fucked, but for £200 i can get one from ebay with 1 tb worth of memory, more than enough to series link in the night garden

oh well, if it's all about making money from me then i'll pass
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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You can pay another HD subscription fee and have it on the multiroom side if you have that, that's what they told me last week anyway when I asked them if i could have 2 boxs FOC
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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got multiroom but not got another plasma so just want to take advantage of the free box
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cough up then.
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It's like with mobile phones, they'll have their core price that they have to earn back to warrant selling a box at less that it costs (or FOC). They don't just give them away for fun.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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The Advert has just been on

New AND EXISTING customers can get a free SKY+ HD box if you take Sky movies HD.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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but i've already got the full package
mulitroom, hd, broadband AND the phone now as well
surely i'm worth keeping over the cost of a £30 box
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but i've already got the full package
mulitroom, hd, broadband AND the phone now as well
surely i'm worth keeping over the cost of a £30 box
HD box? £30?? You on drugs?

I bet the unsubsidised cost is alot more than that.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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free box
330 instlation fee
that's it
and if you pay the hd subs, it's only working out to be £120 for the years contract
so they want to sell me a box for £200 or i can pay £150 for the privelege if i sign up with them?

how does that make finaicial sense?
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Technically it aint free as I phoned up the other day and found out if you're an exsiting sky customer you ring up and claim your free HD sky box, it then costs a £30 standard installation fee, £60 if you have multi room, you then have to subscribe to the HD channels at a further cost of £9.99 a month

I am already paying around a bullseye a month for what we have at present sold I told them to forget it, at the moment I'm trying to save on my friggin tv bill a month not incurr further pigging costs


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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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the way things are going i might just get another sky+ box off ebay for £30 quid and be done with it

you don't realise how much you rely on stuff until it fucks up, all the kids programs are on the box and it's not really feesable to get them swapped over
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i had sky+ and multi room. i upgraded to sky+HD in my bedroom and it was £30 only and £9.99 extra a month 1st month is free. i have all the packages already.

i asked about having 2 sky+ HD boxes and the first is free the 2nd is £199 and its only £30 if i had one or two fitted as its only one call out.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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well, here's the rub, i've not had the original one fitted as i bought it privatly

i wonder if they'll come out and "fit" one for free now..........
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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I don't think Sky's software will allow a second box to be purchased under any offer even although it was an indirect purchase Dojj. (I think it goes against your first HD pack subscription) Give them a call and let us know how you get on.
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