basically my birds been with them 6 years she reckons and only had the original box and then bought a recon box 2 years ago . now that box is playing up so i need another one .

she reckons a new customer will get on free but sky will want £100-£150 for her to buy one ???

is this true ?

i know most times the new customer gets a better deal but in 6 years to have 2 boxs surely they got to do her a deal ? i had the same problem with NTL/Virgin a few months back . same box for 4 years and tehn had a prob and the div on the fone said i had to pay £80 for a new one or if the engineer couldnt find a fault with mine ( had a mind of its own turning off )they would charge me £50 for the call out . i went mad as fook and said just send me a new box , job done . in the end the engineer that had to come out to check it first was sound . gave hima cuppa etc and in 10 mins i had a brand new box . but all the hassle was unreal . is it worth ringing up sky and telling them she will finish her contract and i will take a new one out at the address and claim the free box ?

 

recon from sky £49
i asked this when fitting ours

 

Someones selling a skybox in the non ford related for sale room

 

My skybox started playing up back in november.
I rang them up to be told that because I didnt have the insurance I would have to pay for an engineer to come out something like £65 (call out charge) and then pay for the new set top box, something like £100 as I asked for the sky+ box.
I just said to cancel the TV, Internet and phone line as I can join Virgin for less than half the figure they quoted me.
They came to with a supply and fit all in for £80. I said no its ok and hung up. I then rang back 10 minutes later and spoke to someone else. They got it down to £60 all in. I said no thanks I think I will go to Virgin so she came back with £30 all in for the engineer to come and fit the new sky+ box and dish

You just need to haggle with them mate.
They also gave me 12 months warrenty on the new box, lol

 

As previous but my missus got it for nowt just got to have alot of nerve and a bit of patience