Old S*Y Cards

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Can old S*Y cards be used for anything now. ie can you erase the data on them and use them for programming other channels. have old annalogue one and digital or should i just throw them out.
 

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Keep them for those icy winter mornings, they fit neatly in the glove compartment. :)
 

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rolfw said:
Keep them for those icy winter mornings, they fit neatly in the glove compartment. :)
I use my barry manilow cassette case covers for that.
 

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LOL John, nice to meet sombody as sad as me, the Dean Friedman one works well in my case.. :D
 

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rolfw said:
LOL John, nice to meet sombody as sad as me, the Dean Friedman one works well in my case.. :D
Well you can thank your lucky stars...lol me toooo
 

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My mate had all his cassettes stolen from his car - all except the Barry Manilow ones.

Make your own conclusions.

So do people buy old Sky cards on ebay then? Why?
 

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Only dweebo phone-card collector dorks.

Apologies to any dweebo phone-card collector dorks out there!
 

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well you can even spread butter on bread with those old sky cards
 

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gameboy said:
My mate had all his cassettes stolen from his car - all except the Barry Manilow ones.

Make your own conclusions.

So do people buy old Sky cards on ebay then? Why?

Quite a lot of people buy cards on Ebay - some are anoraks (sorry, collectors) but some just hope that they can get the cards working again. About as much chance of that as of winning Lotto Extra. But, if they want to spend their money !?!
 

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Official line is that you do not own the card - Sky do - and require you to return it if you receive an updated one or stop subscribing.

Anyone ever done this?
 

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LOL

If they want mine back, they can bid for it on eBay like everyone else!
 
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