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Clearing Box Office Credits
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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 10800" data-attributes="member: 175209"><p>Certainly DON'T enter 123 as a dialing prefix.</p><p></p><p>Because if you leave the phone line in, the box will keep on dialing the talking clock, a call for which you will get charged.</p><p></p><p>There have been several cases of people getting HUGE phone bills. The largest I heard of was £1500. The phone bill showed it had been calling the talking clock every 8 minutes for several days.</p><p></p><p>When Sky investigated, I beleive the person eventually admitted he "saw it on the internet as a wa of getting free PPV"</p><p></p><p>I asume he would still be liable for the phone bill. Think how much PPV you could buy for £1500!!</p><p></p><p>If you are going to try it, make sure whatever prefix you add is not a valid phone number, else you will get charged for the call.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I thought it had been proven that at best this (and the similar 9v battery trick) is only a way to DELAY paying for a PPV event. If the box ever does dial sucessfully it WILL result in a bill for all those old events you have watched. And it will only work until the card has reached it's credit limit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 10800, member: 175209"] Certainly DON'T enter 123 as a dialing prefix. Because if you leave the phone line in, the box will keep on dialing the talking clock, a call for which you will get charged. There have been several cases of people getting HUGE phone bills. The largest I heard of was £1500. The phone bill showed it had been calling the talking clock every 8 minutes for several days. When Sky investigated, I beleive the person eventually admitted he "saw it on the internet as a wa of getting free PPV" I asume he would still be liable for the phone bill. Think how much PPV you could buy for £1500!! If you are going to try it, make sure whatever prefix you add is not a valid phone number, else you will get charged for the call. Anyway, I thought it had been proven that at best this (and the similar 9v battery trick) is only a way to DELAY paying for a PPV event. If the box ever does dial sucessfully it WILL result in a bill for all those old events you have watched. And it will only work until the card has reached it's credit limit. [/QUOTE]
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