Signing up to Sky without having to take installation?

COF · 03-04-2009

I am considering signing up to Sky again, and I already have a Sky Box and nice dish set up. Installation around my house is not a straight forward install, and I do not want a Sky dish on my house, hell, I don't want a Sky dish at all, I've got a perfectly adiquate dish, thank you very much.

Basically, all I want is the card, I don't want to deal with any Sky installers. Is this possible, or to get Sky is it mandatory it is installed by them?

Thanks

**Analoguesat** · 03-04-2009

Ring them up and ask for a "second hand box contract"

Sky will send you a card and their ladder monkeys will never darken your doorstep.

COF · 03-04-2009

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

Ring them up and ask for a "second hand box contract"

Sky will send you a card and their ladder monkeys will never darken your doorstep.

Cheers. Also, is there any minimum term when it comes to these "second hand box contracts", and I'm assuming the pricing follows the standard Sky tariff as advertised on their website?

**satelliteman** · 03-04-2009

Same pricing & minimum term also no phone line needed

**nanochickin** · 04-04-2009

You may find they will try to charge you the £30 for non phoneline connection

I had ordered the full package & I told them to stuff it. They soon relented and waived the fee

**Analoguesat** · 04-04-2009

Originally Posted by satelliteman

Same pricing & minimum term also no phone line needed

Lets just clarify this - no phone line is required UNLESS multiroom is wanted - in that case the usual multiroom rules apply

ghinzani · 04-04-2009

Originally Posted by nanochickin

You may find they will try to charge you the £30 for non phoneline connection

I had ordered the full package & I told them to stuff it. They soon relented and waived the fee

Can you not just lie and say you have a phoneline?

**nanochickin** · 04-04-2009

It doesn't work like that. Your box constantly talks back to Sky, letting them know your viewing habits etc etc.

If the box doesn't talk to them they will soon start asking questions

ghinzani · 04-04-2009

Originally Posted by nanochickin

It doesn't work like that. Your box constantly talks back to Sky, letting them know your viewing habits etc etc.

If the box doesn't talk to them they will soon start asking questions

Yep but those questions are after the installation fee would/should have been paid

**Channel Hopper** · 04-04-2009

Originally Posted by ghinzani

Yep but those questions are after the installation fee would/should have been paid

Irrelevant, the installation is already in place. If this a single stb box in the house (and I suppose a non-recording box contract required) there is no need for a phone line on the second hand box.

Minimum 12 month conditions will apply though, which includes a full fee penalty plus costs to be debited should you fail to adhere to them.

ghinzani · 06-04-2009

Originally Posted by Channel Hopper

Irrelevant, the installation is already in place. If this a single stb box in the house (and I suppose a non-recording box contract required) there is no need for a phone line on the second hand box.

Minimum 12 month conditions will apply though, which includes a full fee penalty plus costs to be debited should you fail to adhere to them.

Whatever it doesnt matter theres no phone line, Sky would only find that out when its been activated anyway.

**shane77** · 07-04-2009

Originally Posted by ghinzani

Whatever it doesnt matter theres no phone line, Sky would only find that out when its been activated anyway.

Yes and then charge you

***dvmedia*** · 14-04-2009

Originally Posted by shane77

Yes and then charge you

They only actually care if it's multiroom.. otherwise they don't bother. I unplugged my phone line the day it was installed and never heard anything.

In another house, I even tricked Sky into installing into a property that had NO phone line.. I just fitted a phone point facia plate, and attached a 9v battery which made it look engaged. I told the Sky Engineer that BT were coming Monday

And even if you have multiroom, they send out warning letters first rather than charging.

**aileen** · 29-04-2009

I threw the 'phone line (10M extension) away and heard nothing.
I don't accept 'Unfair exclusions' clauses in contracts. They can pursue it if they wish. I know where I stand.

Tembo11 · 01-05-2009

Does the "second hand box contract" extend to any of the Sky + arrangements please?

**PaulR** · 02-05-2009

I believe so but I also believe that it is even more difficult to convince them that you don't want - or need! - the telephone connection.

Tembo11 · 03-05-2009

I could cope with that. It was the £60 plus for the installation for existing customers that I baulked at paying

***BLUEPLATINUM*** · 14-06-2009

Originally Posted by aileen

I threw the 'phone line (10M extension) away and heard nothing.
I don't accept 'Unfair exclusions' clauses in contracts. They can pursue it if they wish. I know where I stand.

The subsidy on the Sky boxes comes from the interactive service providers (including BSKYB). In exchange for their subsidy they expect the box to be "intercative capable" (i.e. connected to a phone line) for 12 months. This is not an "unfair exclusion", if you don't like it then pay full price for your Sky box.

joni_elrockie · 14-07-2009

I have a question about signing with sky... is about the payment options:
can I pay with my credit card and does it have to be a UK credit card or cant it be from outside uk?

**PaulR** · 14-07-2009

The problem with a non-UK card is convincing $ly that you are resident in the UK - not the country where the card is registered.

Given the fact that $ly has been cracking down on non-UK based cards I think you will have a really, REALLY hard job!

COOBS · 31-08-2009

Is it possible to order a multi room sky viewing card ONLY for my spare sky satellite receiver in my bedroom without having to get an extra phone line installed and having it connected permanently?

I do not want to sign up to another new contract for 12 months. I want to be able to stop and start the multi room card whenever I want, not be stuck in a contract.

***Tivù*** · 31-08-2009

You can certainly get a Card only - But there is no way around the requirement for all multiroom Boxes to be connected to the same phone line: Its an anti-fraud measure and is actively policed. That said, quite a few people have reported that they have never so much as received a snotty warning letter despite regularly using a multiroom Card at eg a Caravan or Holiday Home.

AFAIK they won't start charging full Subs until after two warning letters have been ignored.

As for the 12 month Contract, I'm afraid you're stuck with that.

If they allowed stop/start usage, I might even have cracked myself and given myself visual access to The Ashes (Albeit I am one of those who strongly believe its a Sporting Crown Jewel and should be FTA!).

ziggyblue · 01-09-2009

I am back from the UK where I used a friend´s phone to order a Sky contract. She said is it for this phone number and I said no and gave them a UK mobile number. I am just waiting for the cards to be sent to the UK address given. How long does it normally take for them to arrive?

***Tivù*** · 01-09-2009

Originally Posted by ziggyblue

I am back from the UK where I used a friend´s phone to order a Sky contract. She said is it for this phone number and I said no and gave them a UK mobile number. I am just waiting for the cards to be sent to the UK address given. How long does it normally take for them to arrive?

Not long at all - within 3 days unless your local Postie is inclined to go on strike!

ziggyblue · 12-09-2009

I got the new sky cards but they couldn´t activate it because the second hand box is already activated with the existing card that was in it which is to an unknown person. How the hell do I get this activated now?

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