Sky tv end of contract/new deal in OH name

Gratis

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Sky wouldn't go to the trouble of checking the electoral roll anyhow. As long as the surname and bank details are different there are very unlikely to be repercussions for anyone living in a shared house (not a household) signing up for Sky after the original customer cancels.

Is it seriously your contention that Sky does not regard “a shared house” as being a “household” for the purposes of a Sky TV account?

Pray elucidate.

Sky’s entire system is based upon regarding all the occupants of a single residential premises, registered on the Royal Mail database, as being “a household”. Provided that the account holder lives there and the monthly payment is made, it’s irrelevant to Sky how the place is divided up internally, who’s related to whom and who sleeps with whom inside it.

Unless Sky polices its system of banning intra-household account transfers, all its ten million subscribers would swap the account holder every year, to take advantage of new subscriber deals and free boxes. That would overwhelm its accounting system and completely undermine its business model.

Posts #8 and 9 apply.

davemurgatroyd wrote: »

The T's & C's you agree to with a new contract are that the household has not been a recent customer of Sky - do you wish to enter a "fraudulent" contract?

bubblegun wrote: »

As posted above you would be defrauding the company by trying to open a new account which could potentially mean you get blocked from having Sky again on either account.

VisionMan

Gratis wrote: »

Is it seriously your contention that Sky does not regard “a shared house” as being a “household” for the purposes of a Sky TV account?

Pray elucidate.

Sky’s entire system is based upon regarding all the occupants of a single residential premises, registered on the Royal Mail database, as being “a household”. Provided that the account holder lives there and the monthly payment is made, it’s irrelevant to Sky how the place is divided up internally, who’s related to whom and who sleeps with whom inside it.

Unless Sky polices its system of banning intra-household account transfers, all its ten million subscribers would swap the account holder every year, to take advantage of new subscriber deals and free boxes. That would overwhelm its accounting system and completely undermine its business model.

Posts #8 and 9 apply.

Then what about shared houses that have separate locked rooms, some with self contained domestic services, such as student accommodation? Are they denied the benefits of SKY TV just because one out of many has it at that address?

Pray elucidate.

VisionMan

Oh, and just to add further to the above, whats Skys definition of a household? Because thats the crux of the matter.

talktalktobt

VisionMan wrote: »

Then what about shared houses that have separate locked rooms, some with self contained domestic services, such as student accommodation? Are they denied the benefits of SKY TV just because one out of many has it at that address?

Pray elucidate.

Just for fun - try it. Go to the sky website and try taking an account out at an address which has sky and see what happens.

If that doesn't answer your question phone sky and ask.

[Deleted User]

talktalktobt wrote: »

Just for fun - try it. Go to the sky website and try taking an account out at an address which has sky and see what happens.

The OP at post # 27:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=65971434&postcount=27

wasn't suggesting taking out a subscription at an address which already has SKY. The proposal was to cancel the existing subscription and for a housemate (not a family member) to subscribe instead.
So "just for fun" (or otherwise) your suggestion would be a pointless exercise because it would prove nothing.

talktalktobt

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

The OP at post # 27:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=65971434&postcount=27

wasn't suggesting taking out a subscription at an address which already has SKY. The proposal was to cancel the existing subscription and for a housemate (not a family member) to subscribe instead.
So "just for fun" (or otherwise) your suggestion would be a pointless exercise because it would prove nothing.

I am getting a bit frustrated by all this negativity. All I suggested was to try it and see what happens. If that doesn't work for you why not go to the source and ask Sky directly?

And, just to let you know, what happens if you try to take out sky at an address that has had sky in the last twelve months is that you would get a message telling you that they can't proceed with your order online and to call the call centre.

[Deleted User]

talktalktobt wrote: »

just to let you know, what happens if you try to take out sky at an address that has had sky in the last twelve months is that you would get a message telling you that they can't proceed with your order online and to call the call centre.

So,if that is the case, if anyone moves out of a property (having recently cancelled Sky) the new incumbent will not be able to subscribe at the new address for a year?

I sincerely doubt this to be the case.

As I said, why would any of us here go to the trouble of actually testing that theory?
It's perfectly obvious Sky will allow new customer deals if there is no link between the old subscription and the new. If the new customer has to ring Sky to order then so what? It's hardly a major imposition.

talktalktobt

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

So,if that is the case, if anyone moves out of a property (having recently cancelled Sky) the new incumbent will not be able to subscribe at the new address for a year?

I sincerely doubt this to be the case.

As I said, why would any of us here go to the trouble of actually testing that theory?
It's perfectly obvious Sky will allow new customer deals if there is no link between the old subscription and the new. If the new customer has to ring Sky to order then so what? It's hardly a major imposition.

All I said was that if you try to register online at a household that has had Sky in the last 12 months is that you get a message to call the call centre and you can't sign up online. Where on earth did you get "the new incumbent will not be able to subscribe at the new address for a year" from what I said?

I only, and quite reasonably, suggested that if you wan't to know where you stand was to call sky. By doing this you would find the answer to the question you asked and would not need to continue with this, in my opinion, antagonistic line of inquisition.

I think I will refrain from trying to assist in future.

VisionMan

Please ignore.

[Deleted User]

talktalktobt wrote: »

Just for fun - try it. Go to the sky website and try taking an account out at an address which has sky and see what happens.

talktalktobt wrote: »

All I suggested was to try it and see what happens.

talktalktobt wrote: »

I only, and quite reasonably, suggested that if you wan't to know where you stand was to call sky.

None of this (except perhaps for the third option) has any relevance to the query posted at #27 of this thread. :eek: