Satellite Insurance Scams

zipady_do

Disgusting really, wonder how they even got a hold of Skys database to do all this?! I'd call the police and they should be able to advise what you should do next. Terrible.

Edit: I'd also call Sky and ask why the hell these details are out there for these companies...

macman

Sigh...they don't need Sky's database. There are over 10m active Sky subscribers in the UK, so random number dialling will find you plenty of them.
No different to the PC 'remote assistance' scammers, they similarly have no idea if the household has a PC or not.

Florence22

That's so true Macman, then there's all the times we forget to tick/untick all of those little boxes at the bottom of everything and our data is on a merry-go-round, it's pretty relentless.

Hi Zipady_do, a group of us now have MPs, Consumer Direct, Action Fraud (therefore the National Fraud Squad) and Kent (for the heavy-handed chancer debt collectors), and Croydon (SatLite) Trading Standards involved. Whether much will come of all this we don't know but we're doing our best and we're not letting it go. The Who Calls Me website is up again if you wanted to see in detail what's happening - the number to input is 08442490999 and it's the 15-page thread (up to now).

Florence22

I hope I'm not breaking any forum rules here but a journalist from BBC Northwest Tonight has asked for anyone in the north west region, (Gtr Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside etc), who has had dealings with SkyLite/SatLite/Sampora and Capital Credit Management to contact her.
The more that do the better.
Her email address is:

[EMAIL="jayne.barrett@bbc.co.uk"]jayne.barrett@bbc.co.uk[/EMAIL]

Best of luck!

Goobtastic

I have just received an identical call and a very unprofessional sales agent who didn't appreciate me exercising my right to decline an offer of sale, and promptly hung up on me.......shocking behaviour - not impressed - these guys need looking at - I don't object to being contacted about stuff, so long as the "sellers" don't mind me saying no thank you..
Not doing Sky any favours or indeed other more professional sales organisations as it just results in a hardening attitude by the general population of potential customers :mad:

thumper1989

can i just say it is not a scam in the slightest!!! alot of those people who you all tell to go away or are very rude too have been given permission to call you by you filling out internet surveys and giving out all of you details via the web from there they are sold to companys who will try and sell their products to you!!!! sky do not supply their own insurance and dsuk are an fsa regulated company!!! so before you all assume think first ur gonna ask how i no this??? i earn 3o plus grand a year working for one of these companys!!! so really lets get real not everyone is out to get u!!!

Kurtis_Blue

3o grand whoop de dooo, maybe spend some of that boys wage here:

http://www.letslearnenglish.org/index.php/courses/#skills

and increase your earning potential.

spike7451

thumper1989 wrote: »

can i just say it is not a scam in the slightest!!! alot of those people who you all tell to go away or are very rude too have been given permission to call you by you filling out internet surveys and giving out all of you details via the web from there they are sold to companys who will try and sell their products to you!!!! sky do not supply their own insurance and dsuk are an fsa regulated company!!! so before you all assume think first ur gonna ask how i no this??? i earn 3o plus grand a year working for one of these companys!!! so really lets get real not everyone is out to get u!!!

Considering they all charge far more than Sky charge for a one-off service call,it sounds like a rip off scam to me...If it quacks like a duck....
Sky DO provide their own protection plan thru Domestic & General....

http://www.skyprotect.com/sky-competitors.html

No, Sky will never authorise the disclosure of your details to these companies, nor do we permit these companies to use Sky customers' information in any way.

Sky actively monitors companies selling repair plans for digital satellite equipment that it receives complaints about, including the source of the data used by those companies.

Sky service call charge of £65 Vs repair plan charge of £99 a year for a Sky HD box...I've had Sky for over 10 years & called them out once,that cost me £45 (as it was then)...If I had the repair plan I'd have wasted over £1000 on the slight off chance I might need it...

ashleypride

thumper1989 wrote: »

can i just say it is not a scam in the slightest!!! alot of those people who you all tell to go away or are very rude too have been given permission to call you by you filling out internet surveys and giving out all of you details via the web from there they are sold to companys who will try and sell their products to you!!!! sky do not supply their own insurance and dsuk are an fsa regulated company!!! so before you all assume think first ur gonna ask how i no this??? i earn 3o plus grand a year working for one of these companys!!! so really lets get real not everyone is out to get u!!!

These companies selling Sky box warranties are either
1- An Out and out scam
2- Not a scam just bad service and a complete rip off.

There is absolutely NO point in getting Sky box insurance.

macman

Agreed. About as useful and cost effective as 'water pipe insurance'-or indeed insurance against being hit by a meteorite...