Sky Plus

hudgebadger

Hi all

We have moved into a new house and decided to connect Sky+ as there was a dish on the house but the TV aerials where not connected.

I purchased a Sky + box from Ebay and fitted it, but the Sky + feature did not work and when I phoned Sky they stated that they want a £10 a month fee for us to use this feature.:mad:

So apart form being a bit miffed as I didn't realise that Sky controlled the Sky + feature from Sky towers, can anyone help with a way of getting the £10 monthly fee down to a more reasonable level

Thanks in advance

Chris

lucylucky

Short answer is "No"

Sky do charge a £10 a month if you wish to use their service.

Heinz

If you subscribed to a channel pack, the Sky+ subscription would be free. However, the channel pack would be £20 or so.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

hudgebadger wrote: »

can anyone help with a way of getting the £10 monthly fee down to a more reasonable level

I'm afraid Sky have you by the short and curlies. You won't get the £10 reduced as they want you to take a subscription.

A better option might have been to go the Freesat+ route, where there are no other costs other than the price of the box.
Mind you, depending on how much the old Sky+ box was, a Freesat+ box would probably have been dearer.

hudgebadger

lucylucky wrote: »

Short answer is "No"

Sky do charge a £10 a month if you wish to use their service.

I didn't realise that sky charged for Sky+ I assumed that the functionality was built into the box and not controlled by Sky them selves.:(

If I had known that it was a chargeable service I would have probably looked at alternatives.

That said box itself cost about £30 and works fine and we are very pleased with it for the price.

Just trying to see if there are alternatives about or if Sky cuts deals for such how flying customers:D

Regards

Chris

Kurtis_Blue

hudgebadger wrote: »

Just trying to see if there are alternatives about or if Sky cuts deals for such how flying customers:D

Are you a Sky customer?

hudgebadger

Kurtis_Blue wrote: »

Are you a Sky customer?

No I am not a sky customer. I am just seeing if there is a change I can reduce the monthly bill as I fell that it is fairly expensive for the service it represents

Chris

lucylucky

hudgebadger wrote: »

No I am not a sky customer. I am just seeing if there is a change I can reduce the monthly bill as I fell that it is fairly expensive for the service it represents

Chris

You can ask but I cannot see them reducing it for you.
They have no incentive to do so.

McKneff

Its not that expensive really when you see what you get.

Live pause is brilliant, recording to hard drive is brilliant, rewind, ff, all this and more for £2.50 is a week.
Cheap at twice the price

hudgebadger

McKneff wrote: »

Its not that expensive really when you see what you get.

Live pause is brilliant, recording to hard drive is brilliant, rewind, ff, all this and more for £2.50 is a week.
Cheap at twice the price

I understand what you are saying, but we are on 1 income, and if I can save a few pounds here and there it all adds up.

I think if the service was priced around £7.50 a month I would have no real problems with it. A tenner a month though is £120 a year for me that is a lot on money for the service.

Chris

Parva

Incidentally, does the existing dish have a dual LNB? Or to put it another way, have you got two feeds from the dish to the receiver? If not then Sky+ won't be of much use as you'll only be able to record whatever channel is onscreen, you won't be able to record one channel whilst watching another. The only solution to that would be to buy a dual LNB to replace the single one.