MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: What should Homer & Marge do about the loss of Sky?

layces

I think they have done them a favour. Suggest they move to Freeview and SAVE SOME MONEY!

ferf1223

we had a similar issue - our neighbors put up a scaffold that blocked our dish. we brought it to their attention and they said that they would pay to have the dish moved. We contacted Sky and as we had upgraded to Sky+ within 12 months, they considered this to be something covered under the 1-year warranty (no idea why, but hey!) and moved it for free.

if we were Marje & Homer, we would offer to pay for the relocation of the dish if it came down to it...whether we're under any legal obligation to do so is irrelevant to us, it's the right thing to do not to mention the fact that failure to do so could cause a lot of bad blood between the people you have to live next to. £60 or so is worth avoiding any bad feelings, we think.

ysabell

This happened to me when a neighbour raised the roof on his bungalow. It blocked the signal to my sky dish. After mentioning the problem he paid for the dish to be moved to a position where the signal was restored. A local Aerial Installer was used and was totally satisfactory. In his place I would have done the same. Good neighbours are a blessing and worth a lot of piece of mind, especially in these days of unnecessary confrontation.

Cerro

I can't believe some people would be so narrow minded as to simply say "Its not my problem - the law is on my side" - you would enrage half your street and what exactly would that achieve?

Im glad to see most people feel morally obliged to help out - although I wouldn't feel that way, I would certainly help them because it makes sense, next time I need a favor or help with something, they are more likely to agree.

Put it this way, unhappy neighbours can make your life misrable. One is bad enough, half the neighbourhood would be a nightmare! They would object to anything you do, especially planning permission and they could drive down the value of your house. Picture it: Potential buyers coming to view the house, oh look a big 10ton truck is parked out in front of the house, blocking out the sun. The other neighbour has decided to throw a house party with music that makes the walls shake (course you could complain but before anyone can tell them to turn it down, damage done). Or just be plain vulgar to every potential buyer - builders bum anyone? Im sure lots of people would jump at the chance to live in a neighbourhood like that... so you see, keeping the neighbours on your side is a good thing.