Sky - I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!
Sky are introducing their High Definition (HD) broadcasting next week. This is a good thing.
If you want to receive the HD channels you will need to buy a new box (£299) and pay a £10 per month subscription plus a £60 instillation fee. This is not good.
I spoke to the HD customer services and was disgusted to hear that this new sevice will cost me £480 for the 1st year. I think the £60 instillation fee is waved if ordered before a certain date?
ME: "What happens if I decide that I no longer want to subscribe to sky?"
Sky: "Your subscription is for a year"
ME: "OK, in a year I decide to cancel my subscription, what happens then?"
Sky: "You would no longer be able to recieve the sky channels"
ME: "What about the box, would I still be able to use the facility of the box?"
Sky: "The Sky HD and the Sky+ facilities are subscriptions services and if you cancel your subscription these facilities will no longer be available"
ME: "What happens to the box?"
Sky: "You keep the box"
ME: "I am byoing the box to be able to watch HD TV, if I cancel my subscription to Sky then the box becomes a very expensive paperweight!"
Sky "Im not sure where you going, why would you want to canel your sky subscription?"
ME: "I bought a sky+ box and when I tried to cancel my subscription I was told that the Hard Disk facility I paid for would become useless, even though I can use the sky+ box to watch freeview channels, why cant I use the boxes facilities?"
Sky: "Thats because Sky+ is a subscription service"
ME: "Then why did I need to pay £200 for the box if the service is not available unless I pay you a further fee to use it, similar to having to pay for your steering wheel everytime you drive your car"
Sky: "I do not agree"
ME: "Wheather you agree or not the fact that I need to purchase a device then pay a subscription to use its facilities is extreamly unfair, I understand that the sky channels would be blocked if I cancelled my subscription but blocking the facilitie of the machine is totally mad, you even block my ability to watch pre recorde programmes!"
Sky: "Subscription to theses services is part of the contract"
ME: "Convince me I need to spend £500 for this new HD box then!"
Sky :"You have all the information, you need to make your mind up and call back if you decide to go ahead with this or not"
ME: "I think Ill wait untill Telewest bring their PVR system on line, thanks for your time"
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If you want to receive the HD channels you will need to buy a new box (£299) and pay a £10 per month subscription plus a £60 instillation fee. This is not good.
I spoke to the HD customer services and was disgusted to hear that this new sevice will cost me £480 for the 1st year. I think the £60 instillation fee is waved if ordered before a certain date?
ME: "What happens if I decide that I no longer want to subscribe to sky?"
Sky: "Your subscription is for a year"
ME: "OK, in a year I decide to cancel my subscription, what happens then?"
Sky: "You would no longer be able to recieve the sky channels"
ME: "What about the box, would I still be able to use the facility of the box?"
Sky: "The Sky HD and the Sky+ facilities are subscriptions services and if you cancel your subscription these facilities will no longer be available"
ME: "What happens to the box?"
Sky: "You keep the box"
ME: "I am byoing the box to be able to watch HD TV, if I cancel my subscription to Sky then the box becomes a very expensive paperweight!"
Sky "Im not sure where you going, why would you want to canel your sky subscription?"
ME: "I bought a sky+ box and when I tried to cancel my subscription I was told that the Hard Disk facility I paid for would become useless, even though I can use the sky+ box to watch freeview channels, why cant I use the boxes facilities?"
Sky: "Thats because Sky+ is a subscription service"
ME: "Then why did I need to pay £200 for the box if the service is not available unless I pay you a further fee to use it, similar to having to pay for your steering wheel everytime you drive your car"
Sky: "I do not agree"
ME: "Wheather you agree or not the fact that I need to purchase a device then pay a subscription to use its facilities is extreamly unfair, I understand that the sky channels would be blocked if I cancelled my subscription but blocking the facilitie of the machine is totally mad, you even block my ability to watch pre recorde programmes!"
Sky: "Subscription to theses services is part of the contract"
ME: "Convince me I need to spend £500 for this new HD box then!"
Sky :"You have all the information, you need to make your mind up and call back if you decide to go ahead with this or not"
ME: "I think Ill wait untill Telewest bring their PVR system on line, thanks for your time"
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posted by darKPlay at
11:51 AM
3 Comments:
You are so right about the sky bastards
By
Aledan, at 6:05 PM
Sounds like the title of a film!
Darkplay and the Sky barstards!
By
darKPlay, at 12:45 PM
You are screwed. They can do whatever they want.
Here in the States we have Charter when SAYS you get digital reception. Problem is it's not digital at all and is compressed analog.
I had it for a while and went to Disg Network and when I got TRUE digital I was amazed at the color.
By
Grinder, at 6:51 PM
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