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New SKY customer
I want to get the basic sky package for my aged FIL for a Christmas present. Are there any problems ordering it in my name then transferring /cancelling the contract in 12 months? Naturally, I don't want it installed until after Christmas and I don't want them to contact him direct. What are the best offers and has anyone…
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Virgin Media putting a set price up
Hi all, I know this may sound obvious to some but I need a bit if help with VM. I signed up to a £35 pm contract locked in for one year but price locked only for 2 years. 9 months into contract they put price up to £43 pm and also gave just sent letter to say will be going up again. I have rung several times to complain…
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Can you cance Sky online?
My GF has been subscribing to Sky but I've been paying the bill. I've asked her to cance and she reckons that she's done it on line. Is that right? I didn't think you could?
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Sky referral and/or new customer deals
Hello MSE chums! General background : moving house hopefully on the 20th December, shortly after if not then. We already have Sky but it's not on the best deal and have decided when we move to cancel it in husbands name and start fresh in mine so as to get a new box with guarantee etc. Now - my mother in law could refer…
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BBC launching 5 new HD channels from 10th December
I think this was due to happen 'before 2014' but it's happening 'from' tomorrow. Will this table work for the channel numbers and platforms? BBC Three HD BBC Four HD BBC News HD CBBC HD CBeebies HD Respectively, those channels, on each platform will be: Freeview HD / YouView 105 106 107 73 74 Freesat HD 147 148 212 607 608…
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Netflix - cashback/free trial?
Is anywhere offering cashback for the Netflix free trial at the moment? I'm sure pretty much every site like Swagbucks, Quidco etc offered some kind of cashback or points for doing the free trial at one point but can't seem to find it on any sites now. Also does anyone know how much you're able to use the free trial? Is it…
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Is my Dad paying too much for Sky?
Hi, I don't have Sky myself so I'm not sure on costs but I found out today that my dad pays £59 per month which seems a lot. He has one Sky+ HD box and subscribes to HD and Sky Sports. He does not have movies. His telephone and broadband are through BT not Sky. He has been with Sky for years, probably about 20 and has…
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Moving house
We are hoping to move house in a couple of months we currently have Sky which we do not wish to continue with tbh we only really watch main 5 channels, the owners of the house we are buying have full virgin package, we were planning to have freeview so here come the questions 1) Can we use the virgin cable just to access…
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Virgin Media Price Hike
Just received notification of a 15% price hike from VM :mad: Will be looking to cancel our services but I paid up front for our line rental 6 months ago. According to T&C 's this in non-refundable however as we are being "forced" to cancel due to this steep increase would it be worth battling them for a refund of the…
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Paying too much for tv, internet, and phone line???
Hi All, newbie here so if I have replicated previous threads I apologise. I have tried to get an understanding of how much people are typically paying for TV, internet, phone line from other threads but still struggling to work out if I'm paying too much or have better options. Currently we have a full sky package (movies,…
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Sky channels on Youview (TalkTalk)
Its about time Sky channels have been added in the EPG on youview, Brilliant :D But what really annoys me is we still can't record the sky channels, anyone know any updates when talktalk will sort this out? Would be good to record sky movies as I just don't have the time to watch them when there are broadcast :(
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TV Licensing - do i need a lisence?
OK. I dont have a TV, watch live TV under their definition, on my phone etc just the catch up services. However, as of this week Im now letting somebody else use my broadband (live in bedsits), this person has a license for their bedsit and they will be watching live TV. Do I need a license if hes watching BBC, BT sports…
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WiFi TV
Any experts on this please? We would like a TV in our living room but haven't a TV aerial socket in there and where we want to place it would mean aerial cable trailing across the room. We have good broadband speed from TalkTalk , if I bought a Wifi TV would we be able to watch good quality pictures via broadband from…
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wireless surround sound
does anyone have any experience of wireless surround sound such as BOSE. I wanted to get OH a wireless system to work with existing tv & dvd etc. At the moment we have wired system but it is getting very old and the bass is overpowering when drama or anything with speaking is playing. great for pure music but I also hate…
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Thanks SKY thats great..... ?????
Where do I stand on this? Back in August I moved from Virgin Media to Sky as my Virgin Media package jumped from £25 to £48 as offers had ended after the year. So I contacted Sky and they sucked me in with a great package deal with 50% off for a year. Total package cost was going to be £35pm. All was well until end of…
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Tried to cancel Sky but is this true....
Hi Can someone help please. Rang up for the 2nd time today to cancel our Sky package as sick of paying ridiculous prices when theres so many deals out there. The most they could offer me was 20% off my tv package so ive decided i still want to go ahead and cancel it all. The operator told me that if i cancelled my phone…
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Be careful that TalkTalk don't get you on a new 24-month contract for phone & BB !
Hi all, I have TalkTalk phone & Bband. TV is with Sky and am currently on a 50% discount. My deals with TalkTalk & Sky expire in a few months time. Got a phone call from TalkTalk yesterday offering me a free Youview box with no increase in my monthly subscription. They would send me a self-installation guide to get it…
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talktalk u view box
Friend has offered me their talktalk u view box,i have telephone and broadband with talktalk so will i be able to use this box without paying an extra subscription to talktal
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Delighted with Sky!!
I had a great experience when phoning up Sky today, so I thought I would share it :) As it stands I'm in a bit of a poor position finance wise and I'm having to cut back in many areas. So I was advised to contact Sky to see if I could haggle, as I'm currently paying £51 a month. So I phoned Sky and explained my situation…
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Sky Multiroom
Now then this is my rant for the day sky work man turns up to fit the sky multi room well does that not mean every room no sir you only get a spare box in 1 room well after he fits says that's it sir and goes away well it did not work in the bedroom and all my Telly's don't work the 1 in the kitchen so I phoned them and…
