Sign up as a new customer will Sky know?

derek19_2

I am going to be moving shortly and the house I am moving to does not have a dish.

I have Sky plus but would change to Sky + HD as I have an HD TV.

If I cancel my present subscription and re-apply at my new house in my wife's name and bank account, will Sky realise that it is the same customer?

Will they even care?

The other thing I was thinking of was to sign up my wife at the new address as a friend and when it was all up and running then cancel my subscription.

Can you sign up your wife as a friend?

THe £50 M&S vouchers would cover any extra subscription.

bungle888

Very curious to the answer to this one, I have been going to do this for some time now, just never had the bottle lol

oneandonlyboy

If its a new address and person applying it will be ok.
Once you leave sky it takes 12 months for you to be classed as a new customer.

terryya

I did this when I moved house and had no problems.

Don't bother with refering a friend - go through a cashback site such as quidco and you'll get £75 cashback and £50 of M&S vouchers. Looks like free box and installation as well.

mum26

Could we do this in the same house, sky has been in my dp's name since we joined, could we cancel (providing we are out of contract) and I sign up as a new customer in my name with my account? would we then be able to use our current hd+ box in our bedroom for no extra cost (just as sky+ rather than hd)? Thanks.

tanit

Not sure if 'oneandonlyboy' is giving the correct advice about 12 months before being seen as a new customer by Sky.
I cancelled my subscription with Sky in May this year after 10 years with them. Cant be bothered with their laid back attitude to people with problems and the crap Sky+ box's which are constantly going wrong.
Since I cancelled I have been pestered with letters every week asking me to come back. The latest one offering me the system for £9.00 per month for 1 year. Thats right until Nov. 2011.
I have no intention of returning to them but it shows that sometimes you can cancel and get a better deal as I was paying nearly £40 per month for what I came to consider a lot of rubbish.

davemurgatroyd

tanit wrote: »

Not sure if 'oneandonlyboy' is giving the correct advice about 12 months before being seen as a new customer by Sky.
I cancelled my subscription with Sky in May this year after 10 years with them. Cant be bothered with their laid back attitude to people with problems and the crap Sky+ box's which are constantly going wrong.
Since I cancelled I have been pestered with letters every week asking me to come back. The latest one offering me the system for £9.00 per month for 1 year. Thats right until Nov. 2011.
I have no intention of returning to them but it shows that sometimes you can cancel and get a better deal as I was paying nearly £40 per month for what I came to consider a lot of rubbish.

The difference is between you ringing them to subscribe and them ringing you to come back. Ringing them to rejoin does definitely mean waiting twelve months to be considered a new customer otherwise you have to wait and see how long it takes them to ring you to come back after cancelling.